Looks good thanks for doing this bro!
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Looks good thanks for doing this bro!
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Nice OP. im rooting for acrylic spritz, polymer spray and FK1000!
First update. Reminder that the Sentra hood got done a little over 2 weeks ago. It's been outside 24x7 and gotten rained on for 3-4 days. Been washed twice since I applied them with N-914 and rinseless dilution. The time between pics is a second or two. The bottom 3 sections at the bottom of the pic are shedding water like crazy.
https://i.imgur.com/iKrzfs9l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/igoy5VGl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5rE2Lo1l.jpg
So far Opt Spray Wax, Polish Angel, and Reload are doing great. Aquawax is just a little behind the others. Sonus Acrylic is trying, but not going to make it. Blackfire is done. I could reapply and give it another chance, but I think I'll try another spray wax or QD there. This is pretty consistent with what I've experienced with it before (sorry AG).
Did a reality check on the Land Rover hood even though the sealants are only a day old. The car got rained on today, so no harm from the hose.
https://i.imgur.com/xwaSPxal.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hAPIo71l.jpg
They're all doing what you would expect: water is flying off the hood except for the untreated area at front center. Also looks like I missed a spot when applying the Mystery Sealant based on the water accumulating right near the windshield sprayer. I'll note that and will account for it going forward.
Score so far: Blackfire is out and Sonus Spritz is heading that way.
Anxiously awaiting results!
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dang OP.. I would've sent you some Sonus Acrylic Glanz to use if I knew.. or if you still want to use something else hit me up!
I figure reload will do it’s thing on the sentra and last that one out
And I’m thinking the 111/601 on the rover
Cool update
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I'll work on getting another 2-3 sealants to use since I have an open spot on the Rover and will be able to reapply a couple of spots on the Sentra soon. Assuming it's warm enough to apply something, I could get a few more going as some of these fail. Once temps drop it may be too cold and wet for decent application.
Between what I'm doing and Cruz's tests we should have comparative results for 25 or more products. I also want to use the collective experience all of you have: if things don't look right please speak up and I can try to make adjustments or re-test as needed.
The BF Wet Diamond spray does not last very long for me either. It looks really good,but it doesn't seem to hold up.
Here's how things are looking... Sentra will be confusing so I'll need to explain.
https://i.imgur.com/ql8rn52l.jpg
Top right: I reapplied the Blackfire because I wanted to see how quickly it fails. When I did the first check point it was already done. Also want to make sure I didn't screw up. I re-applied it two days ago and it got rained on today. You can see it's already slowing down.
Top center: Sonus has stopped working, as expected based on slowing down last week.
Top left: I applied something else where the AW was previously. I didn't get a pic, but it had stopped working. Ignore this for new product since I didn't polish off the AW first and am just trying something.
Bottom left: The Opt Spray Wax has also stopped working.
Durability so far:
- Blackfire is < 2 weeks (not sure yet how much less)
- Sonus Spritz is ~3 weeks
- AW is 3+ weeks, longer than Sonus Spritz and less than Opt
- Opt Spray Wax is < 4 weeks but longer than AW
AW and Opt are close, with the edge going to Opt in this test.
Remaining on the Sentra hood and working well are Reload and PA Cosmic Spritz.
Added two more products to the Land Rover hood:
https://i.imgur.com/2ofzPtUl.jpg
I divided the large open section in the front into two areas and applied Sonus Acrylic Glanz and Griots One Step Sealant, which is really an AIO (applied by hand). They both had 10+ garaged hours to cure. They got rained on a few hours later.
Everything is performing well with no significant differences. Sorry for the crappy pic - will do better next time.
https://i.imgur.com/6NVwQTBl.jpg
The two new products are shedding water well, but seem to have smaller beading than the others. No idea what this means. This pic is looking at just the center of the hood.
https://i.imgur.com/QsyFkMol.jpg
So far I don't think there are any big surprises here. Neither AW nor Opt spray wax last very long. But given the ease of application and cost, not too bad. Will test more wipe-on-wipe-off as I go to see what's the most durable. Also heading into the rainy season so these are going to be wet all day, every day.
Hope you get better results with groits sealant, it was one of the first to go for me in my AIO test
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