Day 55 Update: Pinnacle Black Label Diamond Surface Coating (w/ video)

[RaysWay]

Last night I ran into my friend with the 2014 Subaru Forester I detailed last month and was excited to see how the PBL Diamond Surface Coating was holding up.

Click here to see the original detail. (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/74139-2014-subaru-forester-detail-multiple-rayviews.html)

It`s been raining pretty much every night here this week so when I checked her Subaru, I was greeted by spherical confirmations that the coating was still present.

This was the only pic I took last night from my phone that did not come out blurry.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HPSvGgMN0NY/UuvoV8J1MoI/AAAAAAAAMak/tTyCz0dwuus/s640/IMG_0175.JPG

I invited her for some pizza today so I would have a chance to take pictures to post an update on this coating. There were a few clouds in the sky, but pretty sunny overall.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7dRzAH8guvg/UuvoViUzHtI/AAAAAAAAMag/-sovSQmFnY0/s640/IMG_0176.JPG

This Subaru hasn`t been touched since the coating was applied 55 days ago (12/7/2013).

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tYxcc_TglyM/UuvoXV17ulI/AAAAAAAAMa0/KhHHhhr6OoQ/s640/IMG_0177.JPG

Still glossy.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hSkqMCdYReI/UuvoYOuLXHI/AAAAAAAAMbA/ZeZ-I9SyU7c/s640/IMG_0179.JPG

The only areas that looked dirty were the wheels and the lower panels. The metallic paint did a great job of hiding the dirt so it was difficult to capture the road film on camera.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zz8uboJWJXA/UuvoZ38LwCI/AAAAAAAAMbQ/N7DVLdhpSmA/s640/IMG_0181.JPG

I decided to use a horizontal panel to test for water beading. I used the Gold Plush towel here to show which area I would be testing.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PE95b-CdoBs/UuvobDSZU_I/AAAAAAAAMbk/xaSRhz5uamQ/s640/IMG_0183.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-geKQQpiTrt0/Uuvob4BqMFI/AAAAAAAAMbs/EPJYKL-EZTA/s640/IMG_0184.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_pO6gOnM0No/UuvocTlGM_I/AAAAAAAAMbw/xc6-j79l38E/s640/IMG_0185.JPG

After a quick spray.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U4dV_5YXUyY/UuvofVvQWEI/AAAAAAAAMcE/kmCeTqbbUbs/s640/IMG_0186.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-71qpsd8o6Hs/UuvoiaxZotI/AAAAAAAAMcg/9n5eNyD0q9c/s640/IMG_0189.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gCzPtdeRH-g/UuvofeFdYqI/AAAAAAAAMcI/RndCTJmqOG0/s640/IMG_0187.JPG

Without the sprayer.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nAnN76CzBG8/UuvoipD_l7I/AAAAAAAAMck/TrG2L8dCMSg/s640/IMG_0190.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C6eh0A5uGvs/UuvoiwdbbeI/AAAAAAAAMco/CXiWShuw968/s640/IMG_0191.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iLRd1ozbdYM/Uuvoj8IJd2I/AAAAAAAAMcw/M89RcXPO2jM/s640/IMG_0192.JPG

The paint still felt slightly slick. It obviously wasn`t as slick as the paint was 54 days ago, but I could still feel something was on the paint. I`ll update this again in the future.

Bonus Video:

Pinnacle Black Label Diamond Surface Coating 55 Day Update

Thanks for reading!

[Todd@RUPES]

Very cool Vega!

[Todd@RUPES]

Very cool Vega!

[Pats300zx]

Very nice video Vega...Thanks for posting !!

[Old Pirate]

Nice to see, got mine on for about 7 weeks now and holding up very well.

[glfahlc1]

considering a coating to put over the black montan wax this spring. i`ll keep pinnacle in mind

[PPLd]

considering a coating to put over the black montan wax this spring. i`ll keep pinnacle in mind

I believe you are supposed to put the BlackICE wax over the PBL coating?

[Reflectiveauto]

The thing that gets me is that Pinnacle says its super hydrophobic on its website and even on the phone but those water beads are really flat like of a wax. I was thinking about getting the Pinnacle Glass coating but was not convinced of it being super hydrophobic. Im not raining on your video but I dont get companies saying it has certain protection when it does not but Im glad your happy with the coating.