Ultima Test Video - Page 4

maesal · 10-04-07, 02:34

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Originally Posted by pt91

Not to bash Z5 or anything but I am testing Ultima against the Z5 on my black car and so far Z5 is coming in 2nd because it seems very prone to rain water spots. We don't hv hard water and I park inside day and night. No acid rain either.
My hopes are that Ultima will protect a little better than Z against water spots.
Who needs a 6 to 9 month sealant if it looks like crap after one rain?

I agree. I had problems with Z5 and water spots. A customer also had big problems with water spots 2 months ago with Z5-Pro.
I've just ordered the Ultima sample kit, I hope that PGP will protect better.

SuperBee364 · 10-15-07, 10:13

Great video, man, top notch.

The one question I still have regarding UPGP... how good is the environmental protection? Do bug guts, bird bombs, water spots, tree sap, road tar, etc. easily penetrate through the UPGP layer and adhere to the clear coat? This is my last score to still determine in my UPGP testing, but I haven't had any of the mentioned contaminants on my car lately.

SuperBee364 · 10-15-07, 10:16

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Originally Posted by pt91

Not to bash Z5 or anything but I am testing Ultima against the Z5 on my black car and so far Z5 is coming in 2nd because it seems very prone to rain water spots. We don't hv hard water and I park inside day and night. No acid rain either.
My hopes are that Ultima will protect a little better than Z against water spots.
Who needs a 6 to 9 month sealant if it looks like crap after one rain?

That is one of the problems I always had with Zaino. Difficult environmental contaminants (water spots, bug guts, bird bombs, road tar, tree sap) would very easily penetrate the layer of Zaino and adhere to the clear coat.

Still searching for answers on how UPGP stacks up on this subject.

pt91 · 10-15-07, 10:54

I took off the last of the Z5 on our cars yesterday and replaced it with the full Ultima protection. Pretty happy with it.

cdodkin · 10-15-07, 11:40

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Originally Posted by SuperBee364

That is one of the problems I always had with Zaino. Difficult environmental contaminants (water spots, bug guts, bird bombs, road tar, tree sap) would very easily penetrate the layer of Zaino and adhere to the clear coat.

Still searching for answers on how UPGP stacks up on this subject.

I've had a huge bird bomb sitting on the VW roof for a week now (yeh I know - I'm a bad owner) - so I'll take some shoots of the offending baked-on poop, the removal, and the finish under it.

VW is still on a single layer of PGP, so it's a great test.

I'll shoot for PM today for the poopectomy

Rob Tomlin · 11-02-07, 09:04

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Originally Posted by cdodkin

Ok, bit of an experiment here - broke out the 'Detailing Cam' today, so that you folks could see how Ultima performs after it's been on a car for a while.

I used the '04 Passat, which has been outside 24x7 since the Ultima was applied 25 days ago, and was last washed 2 weeks ago.

Video is Quicktime - so you'll need that installed if you don't have it already.

It's FREE and available here: QT Mac Version

And here: QT PC Version

Download my Ultima Water test Video from here:>>>> Ultima Water Test Video

and save it to your hard drive to playback as many times as you like - saving it to your HD will save me some bandwidth!

Hope you like it - share and enjoy!

Chris.

Video no worky.

cdodkin · 11-02-07, 09:06

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Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Video no worky.

Working for me - do you have Quicktime installed?

Rob Tomlin · 11-02-07, 09:38

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Originally Posted by cdodkin

Working for me - do you have Quicktime installed?

Yup.

Got the broken icon twice.

cdodkin · 11-02-07, 09:42

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Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Yup.

Got the broken icon twice.

Mmmmm, just downloaded it and played it on my Mac ok

So I'm still thinking it'd your install of Quicktime - might be worth checking if there's a new version available..

Also, try right clicking to download the file to your hard drive, then play it back from there - in case it's a browser plug-in issue.