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    Pollen!

    Man, this pollen is just brutal on the LSP`s, eh?

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    Re: Pollen!

    Pollen is bad but we haven`t been hit by it to bad yet. Usually I keep a sealant on our vehicle early on to try and counteract the pollen problem. If the surface is slick enought th pollen has a hard time hanging on.

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    Re: Pollen!

    It is winding down here but still enough to notice sitting on the paint.

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    My black truck looks green. It`s brutal.

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    My red Toro is tinted yellow after mowing.

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    Re: Pollen!

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Oldz View Post
    My black truck looks green. It`s brutal.
    If its just pollen on the car a California Duster will take it off very quickly
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    Re: Pollen!

    What I was getting at is how the pollen works like Seal Team Six on LSP`s. It completely killed the Opti-Seal on my friend Jr`s car in like a week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beemerboy View Post
    If its just pollen on the car a California Duster will take it off very quickly
    I have one and it does work well. No marring to speak of. Its still a pain cuz it comes back quick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post
    What I was getting at is how the pollen works like Seal Team Six on LSP`s. It completely killed the Opti-Seal on my friend Jr`s car in like a week.
    I found that Fuzion and Collinite 845 hold up pretty well. You are right tho....some LSPs fade very quickly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Oldz View Post
    I found that Fuzion and Collinite 845 hold up pretty well. You are right tho....some LSPs fade very quickly.
    Well, we replaced it with some 845 so we`ll see...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post
    Well, we replaced it with some 845 so we`ll see...
    Keep us posted...GL

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    Re: Pollen!

    I had performed a multi-product wax test during the middle of pollen season (not planned) and Collinite 476 was zapped just as much as the others in terms of loss of beading. There was some protection.

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    Re: Pollen!

    I hate to bring this thread back but I applied Collinite 845 last week and from the lack of beading today, I`m not sure how it`s holding up. We`ve had plenty of pollen here so maybe that`s it? I rinsed off the pollen a few days ago and the beading was still there. Today, it seems like on some surfaces, there is no beading at all.

    Maybe one should let it cure longer?

    I didn`t use to pay this much attention to detailing before so I`m still learning (as we all are).

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    Hey, thanks for dragging up my old thread! People have posted (in other threads) about the microscopic structure of pollen which I guess could be likened to microfiber in that it has a lot of surfaces for grabbing onto things, and is also (therefore?) quite abrasive. So I`m not sure if the beading-killing is from the pollen grabbing onto and pulling off or wearing away the LSP, or whether it`s the "Dawn" effect of the pollen attaching itself to the surface of the LSP and changing the beading characteristics. We`re not quite into the peak pollen season yet; I started the thread two weeks later than now, and we`ll probably be a little later this year as winter dragged on pretty long this year.
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    Re: Pollen!

    Quote Originally Posted by Nav45 View Post
    I hate to bring this thread back but I applied Collinite 845 last week and from the lack of beading today, I`m not sure how it`s holding up. We`ve had plenty of pollen here so maybe that`s it? I rinsed off the pollen a few days ago and the beading was still there. Today, it seems like on some surfaces, there is no beading at all.

    Maybe one should let it cure longer?

    I didn`t use to pay this much attention to detailing before so I`m still learning (as we all are).
    rinse alone will not get the pollen off

    WASH

    then decide
    Formerly the "Best Detailer", now just Super Wax Waster Man. Not necessarily tactful, but normally right. It`s good to be da King !!!

 

 

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