McKee's 360

[acuRAS82]

It rained over night, which is 5 days after I did a wash. I'm already noticing the water beading is changing. I want to keep an eye on it and see what happens without using the Hydro Blue on top of the 360.

Beading on the paint is changing for the better? Given it was previously really bad.

[acuRAS82]

Update 6/18 (5 weeks):
I’ve washed 3-4 times with Hyperwash since the last update. Last wash being tonight. Car lives outside these days. Driven 10-20 miles per day. I stopped tracking the front half-roof (topped it), but the back roof remains in-glossed in any way until I see some bad behavior. Behavior is still pretty good at this point. It hasn’t really lost any performance in my opinion since week 2. Slow and steady. Not overly impressive beading but that’s expected. Definitely still beading though and protection is still good. Go figure.

Pics taken at around 1, 2, 4 and 6 seconds after hose turn off. This is ‘flat’ spray which has become my new favorite for car washes.

[Eldorado2k]

I’m surprised. It must be the contaminants in the air over here that degrades it so fast.

[acuRAS82]

After a heavy rain today.

[CleanIT]

Beading on the paint is changing for the better? Given it was previously really bad.

Beads got larger after last rain. I washed it again with Meguiar's soap. It's going to rain at some point today so I'm curious how it does as the Hydro Blue continues to wear off.

[CleanIT]

After a heavy rain today.

About what mine look like. Mine are a tad worse.

[acuRAS82]

About what mine look like. Mine are a tad worse.

Still not happy with this type of beading?

If so, you should either get a sealant that you don’t mind updating regularly (every month or two?), or a ceramic spray sealant updating regularly or try a coating. The beads on my roof are pretty typical of a generic, couple month old sealant. Maybe a bit worse since this is an AIO, but the beads generally get flat with traditional sealants as they age.

[DetailZeus]

Props for sticking it out. Kind of curious what mine would have looked like if I let it keep going.

[CleanIT]

Question, how long would have to wait for the AIO to completely wear off before starting fresh with something new? I'm trying to avoid having to polish it. I'd rather just let it wear off, clay and start over. I'm also considering a spray wax/sio2 to put on top. Hydro doesn't seem to work well with it.

[acuRAS82]

Question, how long would have to wait for the AIO to completely wear off before starting fresh with something new? I'm trying to avoid having to polish it. I'd rather just let it wear off, clay and start over. I'm also considering a spray wax/sio2 to put on top. Hydro doesn't seem to work well with it.

You asked the magic question that your thread was trying to uncover. I had mentioned that my father’s car came back to me at 6 months and still had beading, not great but appeared to still be protected.

There’s numerous ways to kill an aged sealant. If you have any IPA or paint stripper, that should do the trick along with claying. Or alone should remove it. There’s also alkaline prep soaps, paint cleaners, etc., but I assume you don’t have these. A polish itself could be used as a paint cleaner simply by quickly spreading over the car with minimal working it in.

I’m telling you way too much for the sake of info. Just clay thoroughly and if you don’t have IPA maybe you want to consider it as it will make the surface free of oils and stuff that will impact your Hydro Blue or other SiO2 products you want to use after. Or get Klean Strip Prep-All as an IPA substitute. Others here can let you know a good IPA ratio if you go that route.