Re: Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
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fightnews
what about the gloss enhancing properties of a quick detailer or waterless wash? i assume they would do the same? im glad im not a huge beading guy because i like all of those products lol
The life of a quick detailer is short lived unless it is one that is meant to leave protection behind. A typical non-protection QD will only alter the surface tension but again that is short lived and usually gone after a wash or two. Tested this myself with various QD's that leave nothing behind. Same can be said for a waterless wash or rinseless wash. At least that is my two cents. Not saying I am right but rather just experience from using many products.
Sometimes we tend to overthink things rather than just enjoy using the products.
Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
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Originally Posted by
fightnews
not saying im right, but that looks like a lot more polish then i usually put on. do you think im using to little? its easier for me to wipe off when i only use a little. by "a little" i mean about half that, u think i should be using more and is it different depending on what you're using?
also just curious how many cars you have?
That's a coating prep polish in the pic. It has zero abrasives, so the quantity of polish used isn't really a big deal, other than wasting product and a lot of polish to wipe off. ;)
If it was a polish with abrasives, that would be way too much to use, generally speaking.
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Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
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RippyD
Eldorado, can you check the sheeting for us the next time you use D114 and nothing else. I get that it's beading. I'm curious how it sheets one any toppers have been removed. Maybe go strong on the D114.
Ok so here's how it went...
I did just like you asked, D114@1:128 [tad bit over]
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1 gallon in the bucket
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Washing my Cadillac, so no willy nilly stuff going on... 2 microfiber towels to rinseless wash my car to ensure no swirls are instilled...
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Don't worry, I've thought about everything... Didn't use the Big Blue to dry as it's "contaminated" with Wolfgang Uber.. Used a fresh clean Cobra to dry.
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Good wipedown...
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Used both sides to give it an extra cleaning... Then dried.
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.... These pics are gonna suck, but...
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Trust me, it's sheeting. It's actually sheeting better than I thought it'd be.
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The hood is nearly dry after sheeting.. Could there be a bit of Ech2o/Reload still on the paint? Possibly, but it's doing pretty good.
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Re: Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
Update: Last night I did a waterless wash and a baggie test... Paint was rough. This is what it looked like after just a small area on the trunk lid.
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Small area on the hood showed a similar amount of bonded contaminants..
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So in my experience here, the beading knocks off considerably within a couple of months and returns only when boosted with a spray product such as Carpro Ech20/Reload, but that beading soon wears off once again.
There's a small chance that these bonded contaminants were due to having used the mixture of Ech2o/Reload over the Mckee's Paint Coating several weeks ago [because IME Reload is among the worst protecting sealants I've ever used] but either ways the beading from the coating is lackluster. Combine all that with the fact that I saw no difference in appearance after having applied the coating, I'll be moving on to the next product.
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Re: Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
Did you try the little bottle of cquartz I gave you? I am curious if the same would happen with any coating given the location you are in.
Mckee's 37 Paint Coating, revisited
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The Guz
Did you try the little bottle of cquartz I gave you? I am curious if the same would happen with any coating given the location you are in.
I have yet to try that sample you gave me, my friend.
Btw, on the vertical panels of my car, which are protected with a sealant [that shall remain unnamed] there were absolutely no contaminants when I clayed those panels last night.
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