WaxAddict
01-04-2015, 05:32 PM
This is a shout out recommendation and mini-review for Sonus SFX-4 Paint Sealant. B) Sonus SFX-4 Paint Sealant, 8 oz. with Polycharger (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/sonus-paint-sealant.html#.VKm1sE1IWUk)
I am a big fan of waxes. I like they way they look and I enjoy applying them - to a certain extent. If you`re like me and like the "deep wet look" as opposed to the "bright glassy look", then you`re likely a wax addict as well.
However, I would appreciate another month or so of durability. This is what brought me to Collinite a few years back. Both 915 and 845. As most of you know, those "waxes" have polymers in them, especially the 845, which looks and lasts like a traditional sealant. Hence, to my eye, 845 is bright and glassy. It looks great on it`s on (if that`s what you`re after), but topped with a wax like DoDo Blue Velvet, it`s amazing, for a few weeks. The protection of 845 is still there, but I can tell as I dry or QD my car that I`m slowly loosing "the look" that I like.
What if the underlying "sealant" could give me the wet look from the get-go? This would have two advantages: I could use the sealant on it`s own, or, enjoy some of my short-lived "beauty waxes" on top with less worry of loosing protection and wetness.
Enter Sonus SFX-4. This comes off easier than any wax in my collection, such as easy-going Lusso. I applied the first coat with a flat black OC pad and my GG6 on 3. Oddly this method was not as easy as it is with 845. It must have something to do with the surface tension of the two products. While 845 tends to permeate the pad and make for even spreading, the SFX-4 tended to stay in the four spots I applied it on the pad, causing some dry buffing. (The directions say use two dime sized drops on black pad). It didn`t want to prime itself against the paint, even with decent pressure and higher speed. Priming the pad with the sealant by finger would have led to too much product, so I went to a standard-issue wax applicator pad by hand. No problems.
Cure time is 15 minutes per directions, or more. I waited 45 minutes. As I wiped off the product, the look reminded me of Natty`s Liquid Blue. Shiny, bot not glassy, with copious wetness and medium to good depth. A second coat provided an even wetter look, as promised in the directions.
It`s been a few weeks and rain plus one 2B wash and one UWW+ wash haven`t phased it. Beading is good, but not any better than my waxes. I have yet to apply a wax topper, but I`m sure to, as soon as I get the itch.
I`m sold. I`ve found a sealant that this WaxAddict can live with! ;)
Conditions: Garage, medium high humidity (for December) and 75 degrees.
Prep: Mothers Clay, PF2500/white pad, FF4000/blue pad, IPA.
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26718&stc=1
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26719&stc=1
I am a big fan of waxes. I like they way they look and I enjoy applying them - to a certain extent. If you`re like me and like the "deep wet look" as opposed to the "bright glassy look", then you`re likely a wax addict as well.
However, I would appreciate another month or so of durability. This is what brought me to Collinite a few years back. Both 915 and 845. As most of you know, those "waxes" have polymers in them, especially the 845, which looks and lasts like a traditional sealant. Hence, to my eye, 845 is bright and glassy. It looks great on it`s on (if that`s what you`re after), but topped with a wax like DoDo Blue Velvet, it`s amazing, for a few weeks. The protection of 845 is still there, but I can tell as I dry or QD my car that I`m slowly loosing "the look" that I like.
What if the underlying "sealant" could give me the wet look from the get-go? This would have two advantages: I could use the sealant on it`s own, or, enjoy some of my short-lived "beauty waxes" on top with less worry of loosing protection and wetness.
Enter Sonus SFX-4. This comes off easier than any wax in my collection, such as easy-going Lusso. I applied the first coat with a flat black OC pad and my GG6 on 3. Oddly this method was not as easy as it is with 845. It must have something to do with the surface tension of the two products. While 845 tends to permeate the pad and make for even spreading, the SFX-4 tended to stay in the four spots I applied it on the pad, causing some dry buffing. (The directions say use two dime sized drops on black pad). It didn`t want to prime itself against the paint, even with decent pressure and higher speed. Priming the pad with the sealant by finger would have led to too much product, so I went to a standard-issue wax applicator pad by hand. No problems.
Cure time is 15 minutes per directions, or more. I waited 45 minutes. As I wiped off the product, the look reminded me of Natty`s Liquid Blue. Shiny, bot not glassy, with copious wetness and medium to good depth. A second coat provided an even wetter look, as promised in the directions.
It`s been a few weeks and rain plus one 2B wash and one UWW+ wash haven`t phased it. Beading is good, but not any better than my waxes. I have yet to apply a wax topper, but I`m sure to, as soon as I get the itch.
I`m sold. I`ve found a sealant that this WaxAddict can live with! ;)
Conditions: Garage, medium high humidity (for December) and 75 degrees.
Prep: Mothers Clay, PF2500/white pad, FF4000/blue pad, IPA.
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26718&stc=1
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26719&stc=1