it holds up really well. It doesn't smell as nice as NXT or Zaino, or most of the good caranuba waxes. (Nu Finish isn't a wax. It's a synthetic -- like NXT.) But it sure does shine, and bead, and leaves the paint feeling nice and smooth. The stuff has been around for literally decades! (Back when it first came out, I think the commercials featured it polishing K cars.)