Who's doing/done their winter prep? - Page 5

Carticular · 10-19-09, 12:38

I just put another coat of Z5Pro on my car and topped with Z8. I now have about 5 coats of Z5Pro on my car. I placed my order for ONR too, so winter is taken care of!!

the_invisible · 10-19-09, 01:33

Yeah, cleaned all my cars with clay and polish.

For my five cars, I have these combinations:
1. NXT 2.0 + M16
2. NXT 2.0 + M26
3. e-Zyme
4. SwissVax Saphir
5. Pete's 53

Streetlife · 10-19-09, 01:42

I just finished mine this past weekend on my Acura 3.0CL.

I did my usual prep, came out excellent as always, and i used 2 coats of WGDPS 3.0 as my LSP. I made sure i gave at least 12 hours of cure time for each coat. You can really see a difference in the look of the sealant if you allow the cure time of at least 12 hours to take effect.

STSInNYC · 10-19-09, 10:13

Our Accord: FK 1000P
MIL's Accord: FK 1000P
My folks' Buick LeSabre: Collinite 845
Br-in-law's Element: Collinite 476

All proven from our own experience to get through the Northeastern winter from October-April.

derekz · 10-28-09, 08:44

I clayed and used #83 then Clearkote Vanilla Moose Wax both with my DA last Friday. This Friday I plan to add a coat of PB Natty's Blue paste wax and possibly OCW if it arrives in time. Plus I still need to protect the rubber seals and wax the rims. A lot to do!

lazzman · 10-28-09, 12:44

I prep all cars in the spring with 4 coats of Black Fire, then layer two or three coats of Fuzion over it through the course of summer, for a nice look.

For winter I just put two coats of Collinite 476S on using my Flex 3401, easy to use, looks real nice and is tough.

Living in the North East and having my Black vehicles live outside year round, I have no problem layering many coats of protectant on the finish. It is the easiest step to do for me and the Collinite always goes on last.

longdx · 10-28-09, 01:43

My wife's DD" clayed, PB Black Hole , followed by Collinite
My work truck: clayed, Finish First (x2)

the_invisible · 10-28-09, 02:05

My Porsche will be garaged this winter. It will be back in action in Spring.

It has the typical washing swirls, but nothing major. No RIDS, just very minor swirls. To save myself some time next year, I will polish it next week with M205 and then apply many coats of Swissvax on it in intervals of 24hrs. By the time I roll it out next year, it will be in its tip top shape.

uberyk · 10-29-09, 06:01

I've been using 1Z glanz as my sealant for a while now.
Been reading a lot of things about Opti-Seal ,Collinite 845 and Klasse High Gloss lately.
Just wondering if it's worth switching up to one of these for the winter.
I'm going to try to ONR every week during the winter but still would like to have the best protective "shell" as possible.
Oh and in winter time, is it worth topping off your sealant with a nuba wax?

Accumulator · 10-29-09, 07:08

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Originally Posted by uberyk

I've been using 1Z glanz as my sealant for a while now...
Been reading a lot of things about Opti-Seal ,Collinite 845 and Klasse High Gloss lately...

Noting I've never used Opti-Seal, out of those I'd go with multiple (at least four and preferable more) coats of KSG. Get enough layers on there and you won't even have to redo it come spring.

Quote:

Oh and in winter time, is it worth topping off your sealant with a nuba wax?

I'd rather do one more coat of sealant. I don't see any functional advantage to topping KSG.

Devilsown · 10-29-09, 07:21

I did the the south's version of a "winter" prep, on 1/2 of my cars, The mini got 3 coats of Zanio Z2 (going to add a 4th or 5th) and I still got to get the M3 going to use 1Z Glanz wax on it see what lasts longer

uberyk · 10-29-09, 07:25

The coatings of nuba would be more for aesthetic reasons than functional.
I have it ingrained in my head that a nuba will give a deeper, wetter look than a sealant.
That's why I've always topped off the 1Z with some Lusso Oro.

With whichever sealant I go with, I'll def be putting on multiple coats.
It was more like is it worth reapplying some nuba every now and then when I ONR the car in winter like I'd do in regular weather.

Just to make it more interesting let's add some FK1000P into the mix as well.
I've gone through 100's of pages of posts about sealants and every new thread/post is something new to think about.