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Originally Posted by lecchilo
While I haven't experienced any long term marring coming back (I really don't think the testing for this has been consistent because you never know, even with great washing techniques you MIGHT be doing something to the finish... I guess the only way to find out is to do it on some garage queen which won't get any sort of dirt on it ...
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Let me post my experience. This is just for info purposes and is *NOT* a slam at anybody or anything. I don't have a dog is this fight as I have never used 106FF and don't plan to, and I certainly don't care if others use it or not. OK, disclaimer over...
My Denali XL was detailed by a *VERY* good pro (and a member here). Final steps were 106FF by rotary folowed by 106FF by PC. Waxed with Collinite. Looked super, no problems. It then sat in the corner of my shop for months while I drove my beater-Blazer instead. No wash, no use, nothing; it just sat except for a few brief errands and whenever I moved it around/outside. When it was outside it continued to look super...no holograms, that's for sure. The Collinite was still 100%, everything looked exactly like it did when I first parked it save for a light layer of dust.
*EXCEPT* that a few months later I sold the Blazer, and when I pulled the Denali XL out into the sun to start using it.....it had holograms that absolutely were not visible previously.
I washed it (no, I didn't induce any marring
) and the Collinite was still beading just like new. I was surprised that the holograms appeared even though the LSP was still OK. Over the next few weeks even more holograms started to appear, until it finally because obvious that I had to redo the vehicle. Based on the difficulty I had in doing said correction, some of the previously hidden holograms seemed to be quite severe, the sort of thing I wouldn't expect to be so well hidden for so long no matter what.
Based on the above, I can't help but think that the 106FF does a fair amount of concealing, even when used by a good detailer. Would a solvent wipe-down have helped (AFAIK he didn't do that), I dunno
But this was a whole lot of concealing that lasted for months.