CarPro SiC

[The Guz]

Mike are you referring to the facebook group?

Yes I am

[Coatings=crack]

I watched that and another one by Detail Popo, he done basically the same thing.

Not a fan of the process personally. Uk is pretty straight forward i found, Sandro stated its a quick bonding coating so its hard to mess up. Sic seems to be very tedious.

Think it’s a good way to get flash times once you have that you have to decide if all that extra time is worth it.


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[noorth]

@coating=crack, the process itself i`m sure is a good practice to get the best out of the product.

I have 2 ceramic coating now - Nova Evo and CQUK3 so i don`t need another one anyhow. But i almost ordered Sic very glad i didn`t.

[Desertnate]

You may want to start looking at other coatings to see what would work in your area with shorter flash times. Nothing wring with trying something new. Look at Budget and I . You can always go back to Cquartz. May want to put 22ple down the line on your list as they also have long flash times. The benefit is working multiple areas at once with these longer flash times.

For my personal car you and Budget already inspired me to experiment beyond CarPro! I was actually planning on using 22PL HPC but might have to re-think it. For my other family vehicles, CarPo coatings have always been a first choice due to how well they hold up and their affordable price in a 30mL bottle.

I guess my biggest complaint with the flash time of UK 3.0 and now SIC is the current length of the flash. If the flash time is only 1~2 minutes I can very methodically work one panel at a time before moving on, I never have to backtrack to buff it out. With a 5~8-ish minute flash time it becomes hard to find a break point to go back to buff off previously applied areas. I could be in the middle of applying on a door and then have to jump back to a previous applied area to buff it out before it hardens too much...and then jump back to the area I was applying. For me this leads to application errors. If a flash time is even longer, the ideal length would be enough to do any entire side of the car before having to go back and buff off. That or the product is still easy to buff out after it`s flashed for a period of time. High humidity in my area also wreaks havoc on flash times and makes them even more variable the longer they get.

I really like CarPro products, and plan to still use UK in some circumstances. I`ll just have to adjust my work flow or really slow down.

[noorth]

For my personal car you and Budget already inspired me to experiment beyond CarPro! I was actually planning on using 22PL HPC but might have to re-think it. For my other family vehicles, CarPo coatings have always been a first choice due to how well they hold up and their affordable price in a 30mL bottle.

I guess my biggest complaint with the flash time of UK 3.0 and now SIC is the current length of the flash. If the flash time is only 1~2 minutes I can very methodically work one panel at a time before moving on, I never have to backtrack to buff it out. With a 5~8-ish minute flash time it becomes hard to find a break point to go back to buff off previously applied areas. I could be in the middle of applying on a door and then have to jump back to a previous applied area to buff it out before it hardens too much...and then jump back to the area I was applying. For me this leads to application errors. If a flash time is even longer, the ideal length would be enough to do any entire side of the car before having to go back and buff off. That or the product is still easy to buff out after it`s flashed for a period of time. High humidity in my area also wreaks havoc on flash times and makes them even more variable the longer they get.

I really like CarPro products, and plan to still use UK in some circumstances. I`ll just have to adjust my work flow or really slow down.

Still surprised by your comments. Not sure if it was here or autogeek that you had to wait a very longtime for Uk3.0 to flash - over 10min i think you said. I applied it inside, flashed under 2 minutes...

So i will be very interested how it goes outside in 3 mths or so.

Thanks for the insight!

[The Guz]

For my personal car you and Budget already inspired me to experiment beyond CarPro! I was actually planning on using 22PL HPC but might have to re-think it. For my other family vehicles, CarPo coatings have always been a first choice due to how well they hold up and their affordable price in a 30mL bottle.

I guess my biggest complaint with the flash time of UK 3.0 and now SIC is the current length of the flash. If the flash time is only 1~2 minutes I can very methodically work one panel at a time before moving on, I never have to backtrack to buff it out. With a 5~8-ish minute flash time it becomes hard to find a break point to go back to buff off previously applied areas. I could be in the middle of applying on a door and then have to jump back to a previous applied area to buff it out before it hardens too much...and then jump back to the area I was applying. For me this leads to application errors. If a flash time is even longer, the ideal length would be enough to do any entire side of the car before having to go back and buff off. That or the product is still easy to buff out after it`s flashed for a period of time. High humidity in my area also wreaks havoc on flash times and makes them even more variable the longer they get.

I really like CarPro products, and plan to still use UK in some circumstances. I`ll just have to adjust my work flow or really slow down.

I could not remember the flash times so here’s a photo of the labels for Insanity and HPC. Keep in mind that 22ple recommends 12 hours between additional coats. They confirmed it as well when I messaged them.

User friendly coatings that’s for sure. Just a long window between an additional layer. VM1 is a winner in my book from them.

Insanity




HPC

[Desertnate]

Still surprised by your comments. Not sure if it was here or autogeek that you had to wait a very longtime for Uk3.0 to flash - over 10min i think you said. I applied it inside, flashed under 2 minutes...

So i will be very interested how it goes outside in 3 mths or so.

Thanks for the insight!

Just to clarify from the post over at AG.

The post your thinking about was my application on a friends car in the fall with UK 3.0. Conditions were in the low 60`s indoors and high humidity due to rain and fog passing through. At one point it was taking over 20 minutes to flash. In warmer weather for a different application I still waited nearly 10 minutes for UK 3.0 to flash. TiO2 and UK 2.0 seem to flash for me in 2~3 minutes which is just about the sweet spot.

[Coatings=crack]

@coating=crack, the process itself i`m sure is a good practice to get the best out of the product.

I have 2 ceramic coating now - Nova Evo and CQUK3 so i don`t need another one anyhow. But i almost ordered Sic very glad i didn`t.

Have you found any long term write up about Evo?


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[wristymanchego]

Have you found any long term write up about Evo?


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Sandro from Car Craft Auto Detailing has covered NV Evo many times.

His recent vid on YouTube of his personal Alfa Brera provides a solid update.

[Coatings=crack]

Sandro from Car Craft Auto Detailing has covered NV Evo many times.

His recent vid on YouTube of his personal Alfa Brera provides a solid update.

His Alfa has pro on it. He also has a video on Evo so im guessing 2 different coatings? Maybe like Cquartz finest and CQUK?

Edit: yeah just saw on his latest video Pro is certified only


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[noorth]

Have you found any long term write up about Evo?


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Nope, i looked on the aussie car detailing forum quickly with a google search and i couldn`t find anything about Nova Evo. Pretty quiet forum it seem overall. Not sure how old the product is.