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08-17-2016, 11:18 PM
So, I applied McKee's 37 paint coating to my '08 Jeep srt8 this weekend. I've used OptiCoat 2.0 in the past on a couple of different cars, so I appreciated the ease of application with the 37. However, I felt is was a little harder to judge if I was applying evenly. As such, I put 2 coats on the entire vehicle, except for the roof, as I applied that pretty liberally on the first coat, so I wasn't worried. I'm at almost 8,000 ft in northern NM, so protection from the sun is a concern.
Thoughts: The Jeep looks great! Being that it's silver, it's not as impressive as my 2014 Ruby Red Metallic Mustang GT was after polishing and applying OptiCoat, but it still looks like glass. It's just that if you're standing any more that 5 feet away, it just looks likes a clean silver Jeep with great reflection. It does look MUCH better than it looked when I bought it from the previous owner.
Now for the questions. I started with the coating at about 4PM on Sunday, and finished with the second coat around 6PM. It sat in the garage all day Monday and Tuesday. I left the house this morning at about 6:30, so it was a full 60 hours after final application until it was driven. Of course, it rained today at about 2 PM. My question is, do I have anything to worry about? I did take some pics, but I'll have to do some resizing so I'll post them in the morning. The roof was beading awesome! The hood looked pretty good. It was only lightly sprinkling when I took the pics, but at one point, I watched a few drops hit and immediately roll down and off the front of the hood. The sprinkle was too light to really judge the rest of the panels - you'll see in the pics. Question 2: when can I wipe her down? Question 3: I normally use ONR almost exclusively (unless it's just really dirty), so is this still ok? Is there something else that is better or more suggested with the 37 coating? Question 4: Is there something that can be applied to sorta "refresh" the coating every now and then?
Here was my process:
Wash
Clay
ONR wipe down
Correction using Griot's Garage compound with Orange pad
Polish using HD Polish with Black pad
Pinnacle Surface Cleansing Polish (by hand with a balled up microfiber)
IPA mist wipe down (just in case)
McKee's 37 Coating
Thoughts: The Jeep looks great! Being that it's silver, it's not as impressive as my 2014 Ruby Red Metallic Mustang GT was after polishing and applying OptiCoat, but it still looks like glass. It's just that if you're standing any more that 5 feet away, it just looks likes a clean silver Jeep with great reflection. It does look MUCH better than it looked when I bought it from the previous owner.
Now for the questions. I started with the coating at about 4PM on Sunday, and finished with the second coat around 6PM. It sat in the garage all day Monday and Tuesday. I left the house this morning at about 6:30, so it was a full 60 hours after final application until it was driven. Of course, it rained today at about 2 PM. My question is, do I have anything to worry about? I did take some pics, but I'll have to do some resizing so I'll post them in the morning. The roof was beading awesome! The hood looked pretty good. It was only lightly sprinkling when I took the pics, but at one point, I watched a few drops hit and immediately roll down and off the front of the hood. The sprinkle was too light to really judge the rest of the panels - you'll see in the pics. Question 2: when can I wipe her down? Question 3: I normally use ONR almost exclusively (unless it's just really dirty), so is this still ok? Is there something else that is better or more suggested with the 37 coating? Question 4: Is there something that can be applied to sorta "refresh" the coating every now and then?
Here was my process:
Wash
Clay
ONR wipe down
Correction using Griot's Garage compound with Orange pad
Polish using HD Polish with Black pad
Pinnacle Surface Cleansing Polish (by hand with a balled up microfiber)
IPA mist wipe down (just in case)
McKee's 37 Coating