Modesta Glass Coatings

[Velocitybts]

Here is a teaser of how it was initially. IT was this BAD EVERYWHERE. I think this car has seen over 1k car washes.

[Spinny02]

Wow! that looks rough!

[Kaban]

Wow! that looks rough!

Looks like pretty much any used black paint to me that was neglected. I hate black paint, especially sticky Porsche and Subaru paint.

[Rsurfer]

Last Jan. I fully polished a black hood on a Ford Ranger that wore factory paint. I divided the hood into quarters and coated each quarter with a different coating. The four are Modesta, 22PLE, Opti Pro, regular Cquartz (not finest) No instructions where given to the vehicle owner on care or maintenance. There were coatings that were noticeably glossier than the others. 6 months into the test there was no change in appearance. Very light swirls were consistence across each coating. I plan on checking on the panel sometime very soon for gloss and durability.

Bump for Joe!!!

[knightmare]

So Modesta has a 9 hardness rating? On what scale/ Is that a 9h or what? A diamond is a 10.. so Modesta is almost as hard as a diamond? And it has to obviously have some flex on car surfaces, especially plastic bumpers, etc.? Sorry, not coming down on you, I just get tired of the "wizard of oz" marketing schemes. Does Paul get free products or is he a paid spokeperson? If it is a 9, I should be able to take a Topaz or Garnet stone and rake it across the paint with no problem. Topaz is a 8, Garnet Is a 6.5-- a 9 is twice as hard as a 8 on Mohs scale of hardness, which is the world standard.
Wolf's hard body claimed a 9H, I like the stuff too, but I don't see 3-10 years out of it.

I was looking around for modesta after seeing Paul dalton using them, seeing as how their flagship coating has a 9 hardness rating and is temp resistant up to a crazy temp. Not to mention they use a sharpie on the paint and it wipes right off effortlessly...

I couldn't find much. I did come across a couple posts about people talking how they thought it's just another company rebranding or using another coating in attempt to clean up on the coating craze.

If modesta is and does what they claim it does, it looks pretty good. Oh, and they claim 3-10 durability😳 I'd like some input if anyone has any...

[knightmare]

I see mcgovern already covered the hardness scale....my bad..lol

[Mike lambert]

I had the Maryland rep at my shop for a demo. Very nice product,not that hard to use ,but he said ir curing is a must. I just found the time for the whole process would not fit in our area.

[Joe@Superior Shine]

I see the truck daily from across my lawn -LOL

I keep telling myself I need to get it, was it and evaluate it. We have been so busy lately.

[zmcgovern45]

I had the Maryland rep at my shop for a demo. Very nice product,not that hard to use ,but he said ir curing is a must. I just found the time for the whole process would not fit in our area.

It says IR curing is an optional step in the Modesta literature for each of their products (unless it has changed recently?)

[RaskyR1]

It says IR curing is an optional step in the Modesta literature for each of their products (unless it has changed recently?)

Yep.

Wouldn't be the first time something has changed on a coating after the initial release though.