What would you use on my wife's SUV

[Centexhokie]

My wife has a 2013 Nissan Murano. She doesn't like to keep it up and I would rather work on my car so as not to be upset when she doesn't keep it up. I was thinking about one of the nano coatings to minimize the upkeep needed. What would you suggest and why?

[drbll]

My go to on vehicles like this is Griot's One Step Paint sealant. Easy to use, relatively low cost, and the protection is long lasting.

[Centexhokie]

My go to on vehicles like this is Griot's One Step Paint sealant. Easy to use, relatively low cost, and the protection is long lasting.

How long should it last? The car is garaged and she doesn't drive 10K a year.

Thanks.

[allenk4]

Are you in Austin?

I have some extra Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant you can try.

It has worked great on my Yukon.

Easy on....easy off

[drbll]

How long should it last? The car is garaged and she doesn't drive 10K a year.

Thanks.

Griot's claims a year. I usually hit my vehicles 2x a year, so I haven't tested it completely, but it still does look good after 6 months for sure.

[Centexhokie]

Are you in Austin?

I have some extra Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant you can try.

It has worked great on my Yukon.

Easy on....easy off

Thanks for the offer. I appreciate it, but I don't mind buying something that I decide to use. I am closer to Waco than to Austin.


Griot's claims a year. I usually hit my vehicles 2x a year, so I haven't tested it completely, but it still does look good after 6 months for sure.

Thanks. That is an option. I have that available.

Would you guys not go to the trouble of a Cquartz or something like that.

[lyodbraun]

Get a coating put on it such as some from Gtechniq Cquartz or one of the other top brands....

[Pureshine]

Opti-coat would be my choice.

[Chiuy]

+1
Opti-coat would be my choice.

[MarkD51]

Hello, After being a member here for just about a full year now, and trying to keep up with all the good folk's posts, what's current as far as fantastic products go, it truly is more than mind boggling!

There are so many great products, most of us could recommend-suggest literal dozens of absolutely killer products.

For the more conventional type Paint Sealant, and Wax products, all, such as Collinite, Wolfgang, Detailer's Pro, Blackfire, Menzerna, Duragloss, Chemical Guys, Poor Boys, Dodo, Optimum, the list goes on and on and on....please forgive me folks that I've missed and omitted another 5 dozen great products-manufacturers.

I think you get the picture, it can be confusing which to honestly pick-choose, just boatloads of fantastic products here, and Autopia.

If you're looking for the absolute "minimum" of maintainence, which will last a looong time, offer the very best to be had in protection, then as others have mentioned, a Coating Product from the likes of Optimum, Carpro, GTehniq, and last but not least, Detailer's Pro, these would be actually more economical in the long run. Less work on you, less upkeep, and re-application needed, and offer better all around paint protection.

The Detailer's Pro Paint Coating is a more recent product available, is quite easy to work with, and offers good value, and ease of vehicle maintainence. I like it!

Don't forget plastic trim, and rubber. These take a beating as well from the elements, I really like the Carpro CQuartz DLX Trim Restorer, and other products like Optimum Opti-Bond Tire Gel, Ultima Trim-Tire Guard, and Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant.

All are very fine products that will ease your involvement, and maintainence, and offer much better, and longer protection versus anything you will find on Auto Parts Store's Shelves. Run from OTC products loaded with silicones, they are more hassle, and expense in the long run, and can actually damage such parts.

Glass, is also not only a maintainence item on a vehicle, but can also be a very important safety item, and many manufacturers here make Glass Coatings, and Repellants which enhance vision in various severe weather conditions, rain snow, and enhance wiper performance.

Even a product such as Rain X is IMO better than no Glass Product at all.
There are others which work as well, and even better, and last longer.
Enhanced vision, and the safety that can come from it often can have extremely high value, which one cannot put a price upon.
Hope this helps,
Mark

[VP Mark]

Opti-Coat or DP paint coating.

[Centexhokie]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. After looking at this in light of my time I am going to wash, clay, correct, and seal with Griot's this weekend. Then within a month I will strip the Griot's and apply Opti-coat 2.0. I would do it in one step, but I can't get the Opti-coat before the weekend and I would like to do the major correcting this weekend.

Again, thanks for the recommendations.

[cardaddy]

Are you in Austin?

I have some extra Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant you can try.

It has worked great on my Yukon.

Easy on....easy off

You'd do GREAT to take him up on this one! :dblthumb2:


Thanks for all of the suggestions. After looking at this in light of my time I am going to wash, clay, correct, and seal with Griot's this weekend. Then within a month I will strip the Griot's and apply Opti-coat 2.0. I would do it in one step, but I can't get the Opti-coat before the weekend and I would like to do the major correcting this weekend.

Again, thanks for the recommendations.

Sounds like a plan. Although if I were doing a short term sealant that I wanted to strip off in a while, I'd do WDGPS hands down. (Yes I've used both as well.) In the end OC 2.0 will make you very happy, considering the wife's attitude towards not wanting to mess with it. Even she will see months and months in how well it beads and who knows, she may be one of the converted by then. ;)

[Centexhokie]

You'd do GREAT to take him up on this one! :dblthumb2:



Sounds like a plan. Although if I were doing a short term sealant that I wanted to strip off in a while, I'd do WDGPS hands down. (Yes I've used both as well.) In the end OC 2.0 will make you very happy, considering the wife's attitude towards not wanting to mess with it. Even she will see months and months in how well it beads and who knows, she may be one of the converted by then. ;)

I'm sure anything can work for the less than a month that I will have before putting on the OC 2.0. I have three (3) things readily available, Collinite 845, Griot's Garage One Step Sealant, and FK 2685 Pink. It would seem to me that the easiest of these to apply will be the Griot's.

The good news I figured out last night is that the paint is in very good condition and doesn't seem to need any correction just a cleaning, clay bar, and polishing.

[zmcgovern45]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. After looking at this in light of my time I am going to wash, clay, correct, and seal with Griot's this weekend. Then within a month I will strip the Griot's and apply Opti-coat 2.0. I would do it in one step, but I can't get the Opti-coat before the weekend and I would like to do the major correcting this weekend.

Again, thanks for the recommendations.

I would recommend waiting instead of applying a fresh sealant and then hoping to strip it all a short time afterwards to apply a coating.

It is crucial that ALL oils, waxes, sealants, etc be removed from the surface prior to applying a coating if you want to maximize the durability of the coating. The only way I am ever fully confident I have completely removed an existing layer of wax is with a light polish and then a couple IPA wipe downs... I think you would have better luck doing the correction immediately followed by the coating rather than trying to strip a new layer of sealant and then apply a coating.


If you wanted to make it even easier on yourself, you could use Optimum's Hyper Polish which is a water based product that is easily removed with an ONR wash, and then to be even more safe you could do a quick IPA wipe down afterwards.


Just my $0.02