Review: BlackFire Wet Diamond Sealant

[rwright]

By the way, welcome aboard Todd.

[UCD]

great review Corey!

[kingofsorrow]

wow. great review. the results are amazing.

[sensi09]

UPDATE MANY MONTHS AFTER THIS REVIEW WAS COMPLETED:-

Nice review. Any insight in terms of durability versus other sealants you've tried?

[rcomito]

Honey (AG), This is tough. You know how much you mean to me.
And you can't deny that we are Great together. But it needs to be
said.

I confess. Black Fire Wet Diamond has been my only indiscretion
since I first met you. I'll admit I was curious. It was just that one
time.

I promise I'll never stray again.

Love,
Rick

P.S.: BFWD Rocks on my black CTS.

[jaymz]

I've been using this stuff for a year-and-a-half; It's freakin' AWESOME. Took all my other sealants and threw them to the curb. I did buy some Megs Ultimate Wax recently, but haven't compared to BFWD yet. Nice to know we can get it here. Also be nice if we could get it cheaper, but I just stocked up...and it goes a l-o-n-g way. Would there be any point in following the initial appl (red pad on spd 3) with a second coat (gold pad on spd 5-6)?

Jim

Jim

[rider9195]

I really like with with Blackfire Midnight Sun Carnauba, either batch #24 or #25.

I have the Midnight Sun wax, and it does say batch #24. What does that exactly mean?

[CEE DOG]

Another good review. And very appropriate timing.

Thank you Stephan

Oh that's just dirty Corey

Another Great review Corey!
It really looks like the paint is a lot darker or is that just the lighting? Have you (or anyone else) used BFWD on black paint? If so, how does it look?

Yes, I agree it darkened that Blue but popped the flake as well. In person it honestly had this beautiful blue/purple tint to it. Really spectacular

Really nice review Corey!

The dusting, from my understanding, is caused by the actual drying agents in the product, which where added to the line (along with polycharger) around 2008-9ish.

Ultimately BFWD does not need to haze prior to being wiped off. You can apply it and remove it immediately with little to no effect on durability. I will usually apply it with a gold pad on a PC around speed 3. I can cover about 1/3 of a normal sized car with just a few drops, then I come back and buff that section off immediately. This seems to drastically cut down on both the streaking and dusting issues that may occur in humid climates on some paints.

BFWD was designed to be fool-proof to a larger degree than most other sealants. Want to buff it off wet? No problem. What to wait until it hazes? No problem. Want to do half you car, grab a beer, watch Mike Phillips on Speed, then buff it off, no problem.

Thanks for the review.

Thank you Todd! Welcome to AG, a lot of us were praying for good opportunitys for both you and Angelo. Thanks so much for adding your knowledge on BFWD. Would removing it before it hazes not be more difficulty (more oily)?

I also thought I'd post this quote. Maybe you can confirm that this quote of a quote is still in context.

The reason I asked is that there is an ongoing, albeit always friendly, debate on the optimal way to apply BFWD. The three options were outlined by Todd a while back:

Quote:

[1]Haze... If you choose to let it dry to haze completely make sure to give it 30 to 45 minutes. This is not how the product was designed to work but it will. The touchy area is that once you have let it start to haze, it must haze completely or you might get very light 'shadows' or streaking in the paint.

[2]Apply it wet and remove... This has become my favorite method. Apply it to a 'section' (roughly about 1/4 of the car) then remove immediately. Like other high quality acrylic sealants you will feel the surface increase in slickness as you wipe it off.

[3]In between- This would be Angelo's method. Apply it to the whole car then remove. The only problem is that if you take a long time to apply it to the whole car or you have a large car it might start to haze. If it starts to haze you have entered the 'Haze' section. In this case just let it set up for another 20-30 minutes and your fine.

I have tried options #1 and #2 but I have not tried #3. I think I prefer #1. I apply to the entire car and then wait 30+ minutes. Removal is a snap once the product has dried, and I have not experienced any streaking (yet) on my black car. I cannot remember whether I had any "dusting," which I presume is the dried residue. If I did, I guess I didn't find it to be a problem. I'll pay more attention to this next time.

Also I've heard people like to leave it on over night if they can (if garaged) before buffing it off.

I really like with with Blackfire Midnight Sun Carnauba, either batch #24 or #25.

The wax was developed to specifically 'bond' (term used loosely) to the extremely slick surfaces that modern sealants like BFWD are noted for. It has a small polymer blend that it is similar to the polymer used in BFWD.

Very interesting! I had just assumed the midnight sun would be very similar to all my other top shelf waxes. I actually just bought a pot of this. Now I look forward to using it!

Do you do the small areas you can't get with the PC by hand before or after you do the large areas by machine?

I don't have a rule one way or the other. In the past I have completed unreachable areas after but I'm leaning more towards doing them before lately.

great review Corey!

Thank you!

wow. great review. the results are amazing.

Thank you!

Nice review. Any insight in terms of durability versus other sealants you've tried?

I apologize. I dropped the ball on my durability testing when I used the same vehicle to test new selants. I do not remember how many months I was at when I did so.

Honey (AG), This is tough. You know how much you mean to me.
And you can't deny that we are Great together. But it needs to be
said.

I confess. Black Fire Wet Diamond has been my only indiscretion
since I first met you. I'll admit I was curious. It was just that one
time.

I promise I'll never stray again.

Love,
Rick

P.S.: BFWD Rocks on my black CTS.

Thats great

[Munich77]

Great review. I love BFWD, too, myself. It holds up pretty well all in all. I had it on my wife's car in the winter for a couple of months. Granted I dry the car with FK425 which I think provides a bit of additional protection but the BFWD held up. I reapplied it in April I think and it is still going strong.

[nothelle]

And blackfire legends continue.....

CEE... you need to top BF Sealant with either one of these:


Their combo work absolute wonders.....!