Brandt K.
one week shy of 5 months since hood was coated
washed 2bm with pbl shampoo v2
csl + exov2 x2 unaltered at all
csl which was topped twice but most recently 8 days ago with pa rapidwaxx which gave it some added hydrophobic boost on this wash
exov2 x2 which was topped twice but most recently 8 days ago with pa rapidwaxx which gave it some added hydrophobic boost on this wash as well
that bald/flat spot was gone
Side note, the rapidwaxx boosed behavior on the pblv2 section of my drivers rear door.
it didnt seem to have a great beading effect on the roof or drivers side however it did sheet well, but of course the other parts of my truck put it to shame, unfortunately
now some short clips of water behavior on the freshly washed coatings
just a reminder... the gtech showdown on the hood is as follows
to Your visual left is EXOv2 x2
Middle is CSL
Your visual right is CSL + EXOv2 x2
csl vs csl + exov2 x2
sheeting
I am considering opening up my bew exov3 but its very windy (30+mph gusts) and id have to park my nice freshly washed black car outside
truck was dried with my big blue drying towel, i may or may not top again with raoidwax. considering using ech20 but i will post some pics after i decide
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oh no i dont think the vids worked
Man, I was ready for some fine movie action. There goes my lunch plans I guess I`ll find something on YouTube to watch.
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LOL - oh man. 90 seconds? That`s it? Just messing...but... That`s almost nothing, when comparing it to some of the hour plus uploads I`ve had to deal with on YouTube.
Don`t even worry about it. I know what it`s like to go through all that work, then you end up with something not quite working. Yeah, frustrating to say the least.
Thanks for trying, and the continued status reports!
I don`t know why they didn`t upload..the ones on my car earlier today uploaded just fine
I ended up going over the truck with ECH20 1:15 and a micro. it sure does have a nice gloss
Brandt K.
wednesday afternoon after the 2bm wash I topped whole truck with ech20
im finally getting back some nice beads on the csl and exov2 only sides
csl + exov2 x2
csl
exov2 x2
csl + exov2 x2
CSL +EXO looks like a sure fire beads winner. I wonder how CSI alone does longevity wise. I think I may try get csl EXO done to my car this spring.
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I have five months of it on the hood alone (well, topped in the recent past so call it 4 months give or take some days)
the problem with people like myself is the need to top it.
my friend in south Carolina with the tored scat pack charger has CSL on it and he bought Cure at my recommendation after we topped the csl after a road trip last summer when he was down here in Texas
he`s been using cure once a month or so and washing only 2bm with super slick and suds and he says it still performs like new..the cure makes that red really pop more and keeps the coating fresh and beading... it seemed to me that CSL started to lose some of its awesome beading ability around 4 months without topping it with anything, just washing and drying
granted this is just my experience, which is documented in this thread somewhat
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Ech2o does bead pretty nice. It is one thing I noticed about it. So I can see why you are getting good beading again. It is supposed to last about a couple weeks. But it does look great in the gloss department. How did it look over all the combinations you have? Was one area glossier than the other?
It could be time for a decon wash to remove some of the contaminants that have built up on the paint.
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the csl + exo looks best... its not as easy to tell the differences until the paint gets wet and you look at the paint though the water beads, the csl alone has the darkest effect of the three...exo alone is somewhat brighter...but you top csl with exo and it`s pretty crazy.
i didn`t notice any improvement on beading with the csl + exo side after i put the ech20 on it..if anything it diminished it some, the beads weren`t as hovering as they used to be....
sadly i think my eyes don`t like water contact angles that are not 115 and above anymore I don`t think. lol ... first world detail problems
yeah I need to apply some BDX next time...I was gonna try and wait for the 6month mark so if it brings back the csl and exo only sides to their original glory I can have some documentation of it and be able to show my clients why they still need to see me twice a year after the coating
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..unless of course they wanna pony up for CSL + EXO because that stuff is essentially bulletproof thus far
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1st decon wash on hood today
`Holy sheet` hood gets a decon...results interesting
Brandt K.
Hmm this csl/exo combi makes me wanna polish off gloss coat and try it. Must resist!
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