Finick
05-28-2018, 08:19 PM
Posted these questions over on Autopia, gonna bring them here to see if I can reach more people (fingers crossed.)
My thoughts on FK1000P are mostly favorable at this time. Seems to shed dirt well, and seems to have quite the "presence."
My questions are;
1) What applicator do you prefer? I’ve been using a 3.5” flat waxing pad by hand (it’s for a DA) and it’s really not been a super great application experience. It really drags on the surface, which makes it take much longer to lay down a coat that id prefer. Using more product facilitates a smoother application, but then I'm putting down a lot more product than i think is probably necessary (thin being the objective.)
1b) Are there any tricks to make the applicator glide a little more smoothly that would be applicable to any foam applicator? I'm using a 3.5" flat waxing pad (for a DA) and I do enjoy the size. My hands are on the larger side so the smaller yellow foam applicators like Meguiars makes tend to make my hand cramp. The foam composition does feel different between the two though, so perhaps next time I use it I should try the yellow one to see if it makes application more pleasant.
1c) Do any of you simply use a DA to apply it?
2) the dreaded smearing and oily residue I’ve read about. This seems to be something I simply can’t avoid sometimes. Even when I applied a coat so thin on my hood that I had to go by tactile feel alone because I couldn’t see the residue I was leaving behind, coming back to buff it off later with a light I could still make out that it wasn’t giving me a clean wipe down. It drives me absolutely nuts, and is the main reason that I stuck with spray waxes for the majority of my protection for a good while.
I did experience a great wipe off fresh after polishing and going over the paint with an IPA solution. That was a dream to wipe off, came off very clean. But I (and based on others experience) don't believe this should be or even isnecessary for this product to cooperate.
I’ve also seen people say things along the lines of.. first coat doesn’t go on the smoothest, but the second coat goes on much easier. That hasn’t exactly been my experience, at all. Both coats go on equally as annoyingly and, except for the one application following an IPA wipedown, buff off leaving a smeary mess.
I like the performance of the sealant very much. I’ve purposefully avoided using anything that would mask the surface characteristics (just washing/drying with ONR and calling it done) and I've been happy with it so far.
If I can iron out the application process to be smoother/more consistent, this will be a winner in my books. Otherwise, I'm on the lookout for another LSP that reasonably durable, less finicky, and is a good value. Currently testing PBL paint coating v2 on my trunk lid so I guess it's possible if I'm a fan of how that works out, I could just jump into something like Cquartz UK 3.0 and call it a day.
Thanks for your time,
Finick
My thoughts on FK1000P are mostly favorable at this time. Seems to shed dirt well, and seems to have quite the "presence."
My questions are;
1) What applicator do you prefer? I’ve been using a 3.5” flat waxing pad by hand (it’s for a DA) and it’s really not been a super great application experience. It really drags on the surface, which makes it take much longer to lay down a coat that id prefer. Using more product facilitates a smoother application, but then I'm putting down a lot more product than i think is probably necessary (thin being the objective.)
1b) Are there any tricks to make the applicator glide a little more smoothly that would be applicable to any foam applicator? I'm using a 3.5" flat waxing pad (for a DA) and I do enjoy the size. My hands are on the larger side so the smaller yellow foam applicators like Meguiars makes tend to make my hand cramp. The foam composition does feel different between the two though, so perhaps next time I use it I should try the yellow one to see if it makes application more pleasant.
1c) Do any of you simply use a DA to apply it?
2) the dreaded smearing and oily residue I’ve read about. This seems to be something I simply can’t avoid sometimes. Even when I applied a coat so thin on my hood that I had to go by tactile feel alone because I couldn’t see the residue I was leaving behind, coming back to buff it off later with a light I could still make out that it wasn’t giving me a clean wipe down. It drives me absolutely nuts, and is the main reason that I stuck with spray waxes for the majority of my protection for a good while.
I did experience a great wipe off fresh after polishing and going over the paint with an IPA solution. That was a dream to wipe off, came off very clean. But I (and based on others experience) don't believe this should be or even isnecessary for this product to cooperate.
I’ve also seen people say things along the lines of.. first coat doesn’t go on the smoothest, but the second coat goes on much easier. That hasn’t exactly been my experience, at all. Both coats go on equally as annoyingly and, except for the one application following an IPA wipedown, buff off leaving a smeary mess.
I like the performance of the sealant very much. I’ve purposefully avoided using anything that would mask the surface characteristics (just washing/drying with ONR and calling it done) and I've been happy with it so far.
If I can iron out the application process to be smoother/more consistent, this will be a winner in my books. Otherwise, I'm on the lookout for another LSP that reasonably durable, less finicky, and is a good value. Currently testing PBL paint coating v2 on my trunk lid so I guess it's possible if I'm a fan of how that works out, I could just jump into something like Cquartz UK 3.0 and call it a day.
Thanks for your time,
Finick