Product Review: Detailer`s Pride Premium Surface Shield

[JaredPointer]

Final review for the weekend….

Product: Detailer’s Pride Premium Surface Shield (PSS)

Packaging: Packaged in a white 8 ounce bottle with a wrap-around type label. Nothing flashy, but the label states what the product is and contains directions and warnings and so forth. The dispenser cap on the sample 8 ounce bottles are nice.

Price: $16.95 USD for 16 ounces of product. That’s $1.06 USD per ounce. There’s a bulk size as well that’s $29.95 USD for 32 ounces of SSE. That makes it $.94 per ounce.

Directions: The directions on the PSS do state to shake well. Apply PSS to all painted areas of the vehicle by hand using a foam applicator or by machine using a finishing pad. The directions do state that the product is thick and to spread as evenly as possible. Allow 30 – 45 minutes for the PSS to dry. Buff off using a MF towel or a MF bonnet over a lambswool pad on your machine.

Cautions, Hints, etc: Nice little important section in bold that states PSS must cure for 12 hours before being exposed to any moisture. The product is oxygen activated and premature exposure to moisture will drown the polymers. All the normal stuff about being harmful if you decide to drink it. There’s also a nice little blurb about polymers and glossing agents on the bottle. Also states the PSS is water based and safe on all finishes.

Product: PSS is a crème colored sealant. It has a banana smell. By look it kind of reminds me of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant. It seems to be a little thicker to me, but I did not compare them side by side.

Usage: I put a dime sized drop on a yellow Meg’s foam applicator and began to spread the product. I tried to spread it thinly and evenly. I was surprised at just how far I could spread that little drop. It went on pretty easy, and I finished applying it to the entire car. I let it sit on the finish for the 30 minutes the directions recommend. It dried to a haze, and I removed the haze with a MF. The haze removed very easy.

Now for the results… PSS is very slick!! I felt it to be almost as slick as UPP. The shine was incredible. The color of this Altima was a champagne color, and it really made it shine. As abused as this paint was, with the polishes doing the prep of course, I was still amazed at the look I got just by adding this sealant. It is by far the most impressive product to me out of the DP lineup I have used so far. I was very happy with the final results on this car, and I think the DP line is very solid, especially the PSS. I don’t know the owners of the Altima, but I got their name and number from my friend. I will call them up and see how they liked the car, and ask them to come back in a couple of weeks so I can “monitor” how the PSS is doing. I plan on giving it a wash with the DP shampoo and following up with the DP Final Gloss Booster to see how it looks over the PSS. This is a very nice sealant.


Here are a few before and after pics of the whole shebang. Not astonishing by any means, but considering what I had to work with it turned out pretty nice.

Befores....
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Afters...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/JaredPointer/Detailing%20Stuff/altima6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/JaredPointer/Detailing%20Stuff/altima7.jpg
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Click HERE to read more about PSS or to get yourself some from Autogeek!!! (http://www.autogeek.net/dp525.html)

[MS22]

Nice work Jared. I am glad to see that someone else found the PSS to be a great product. I am in total agreement with you that the whole line of DP products are "solid".

[Woob]

Short Review: DSS is very slick and deep looking. I`d like to say it works very well on dark AND light colored cars, but seeing it on Silver made me want to use it more. That stuff is ridiculously easy to apply and take off, just make sure to have a very even coat on the surface. You hafta pay attention to the polymer protection and not apply any liquids to the surface after. Good stuff from DP!

[holland_patrick]

I`m going to jump in here and add my two cents.. I have to agrre with everything they said. I used it on a bark blue car.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/holland_patrick/IMG_2673.jpg
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[JeffM]

I used it on black this weekend, really outstanding !

[GregCavi]

I have 2 8 oz. bottles that i want to use. I would have to say that the 12 hour curring time without moisture does sound like a pain though. Is this the only sealant that has a strict cureing time without moisture or did I just never hear this rule? Its kind of hard to use a product like this on a cusomter car not knowing the weather and such.

Greg

[JeffM]

I applied it to my vehicle, then we had a thunderstorm. I S&W it today, and it is still slick. Maybe not as slick though, hard to tell.

Go figure...

[JaredPointer]

I have 2 8 oz. bottles that i want to use. I would have to say that the 12 hour curring time without moisture does sound like a pain though. Is this the only sealant that has a strict cureing time without moisture or did I just never hear this rule? Its kind of hard to use a product like this on a cusomter car not knowing the weather and such.

Greg

I`m not sure Greg, but I think a general "unwritten" rule about most of the sealants talked about here suggest a 24 hour "cure" time. I take that to mean don`t get it wet or top it with anything. I understand there`s a chemical reaction going on and that water will effect it. I try to keep any sealant I apply dry for the first 24 - even if it doesn`t really mean anything scientifically, it makes me feel good about it.

On the flip side, I think using it on a customer car would be fine, as I don`t think that it getting wet would completely negate the fact that it`s on the finish.

[tubafeak]

I believe what happens is the sealants, which are water-based bond to the water and then rinse away. It dilutes it beyond everything around it and you`ll end up with spots of less protection. It should be fine with a customer car as the customer probably won`t see the differences in beading patterns.