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Originally Posted by Accumulator
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. |
To me this is the NAIL in the COFFIN as far as this debate goes...
Jeff thinks your a liar and the detailer you used (the person you used is VERY high quality and posts amazing cars on here all the time, with outstanding results) isn't good enough for his products, BTW.
I should also add that almost all dark colored on the Mercedes lots have light hologramming. When my mother bought her Benz it looked really nice. With in a couple of months it was hologram city.. When I asked the dealership what they polished it with they where empahetic in the fact that they did not polish the car.
They even brought over there lead tech from the body shop (this guy is good actually) and he agreed they where buffer swirls in the paint that they where caused by high speed machines that seemed in areas to spin in circles (such as dynabrade air sanders). When we looked around the lot they noticed a lot of the cars (not even close to all I must add) that had been on the lot for a while had this wierd hologramming. The body shop is the only department that polishes paint for the dealership and once again he was certain that they did not polish any of the cars.