Synergy on top of Black Label Coating-review/PIC HEAVY

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Synergy on top of Black Label Paint Coating


Finally was able to purchase a pot of Synergy. Truck was coated with PBL paint coating (as well as glass and wheel) back early december 2013.
here’s the original thread:

http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...s-updates.html

The other day I fixed some rock chips on the hood so I ended up re-polishing and recoating the entire hood and a few other small sections around the truck that I did paint repairs on. I let it sit for 18 hours before putting the synergy on.

The rest of the truck I went over with PBL surface cleansing polish and then used Synergy.

I did two coats, first coat was put on with the DoDo Juice wax applicator. The second coat I used a 4inch black wax pad and my megs da drill adapter but ended up just going back to the DoDo applicator as I found it to be overall easier to use since I was having to take off the 4inch pad and squeeze it into the pot.

Smell: I read someone else’s post about this and they said it smelled like butterscotch. I didn’t get the same smell, I smelt cotton candy and that’s what I’m sticking to because I had a friend say he smelt the same thing, even on my paint afterwards.

Application: Well this stuff is pretty thick in the can. I put a few good swipes on the DoDo applicator and went to town. I was able to cover a considerable amount of surface with just one prime, actually half the hood and the other half was completed with another prime.

When using the 4inch black waxing pad I was not able to cover as much distance and the setup of the DA adapter on an electric drill was getting pretty uncomfortable, having to keep my finger on the trigger of the drill to spin the pad.

Here is a pic of the wax curing (applied via DoDo applicator).


and then removed




Removal: On the panels that I let cure more than about 10 mins it was very easy to remove the Synergy with a gold plush mf or miracle towel. I found this product to be very easy to apply and remove.

All in all I did two coats, about 12 hours apart, and this is on top of 7 month old PBL paint coating.

So how does it look you may ask?

Now I should qualify these pics by stating they are coming from a year old camera phone, but in person, oh my gosh it looks amazing.

Here’s some pics after the first coat in the garage…




reflection of the metallic on the tailgate from inside the garage was pretty unreal


flake in the sun…


Pulled it into the sun after the second coat had sat for about half a day and took some good pics…
















Water behavior?
I have some videos of beading/sheeting that I will upload soon but here’s some beads!




black and white shot looks cool…


Even looks cool under the negative and solarize options on my phone….








Impressions: The paint was left buttery smooth and very slick. One coat would have been sufficient, but I chose two. And to be honest, I think I will put another one on this weekend if i get time, just because I can. I had original thoughts on using this for my business and I still will, but I can tell you nobodys getting a discount on this stuff because I can only imagine how awesome this is going to make the metallic on my black SRT.

Application and removal were a breeze, it’s the prep thats a pain in the butt. But hey it’s worth it. For a shine like this. It looks so much better in person.

It rained on me last night coming home from work and I can tell you the hydrophobic properties of just the PBL coatings are awesome, and it just got a lot better with these two coats of synergy.
This is the most expensive paste wax I have ever used. Before that the most expensive I have is a collection of DoDo juice samples. So I don’t really have a comparison to ‘any other waxes but I can definitely tell you that I feel this cost is justified after using this product.

I had someone ask me yesterday if I just had my truck repainted! haha. That’s one heck of a compliment if you ask me. Keep in mind this is a 2006 truck with now 108k on it. You can see it’s age by looking at the faded running boards that I just cannot get anything to work very long on.

I will post the beading test videos as soon as I figure out how to get them to work on here.

Thanks for reading.

Questions/comments welcomed.
-Brandt

[Justins00ss]

Great review! I too have topped my CQUK coated GTO with Synergy for a amazing look.

I did a silver metallic custom Harley not too long ago and topped it with Synergy and the flake just jumped out at you.

Glad to see you had great success with it.

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Great review! I too have topped my CQUK coated GTO with Synergy for a amazing look.

I did a silver metallic custom Harley not too long ago and topped it with Synergy and the flake just jumped out at you.

Glad to see you had great success with it.

Thanks. You have the red GTO, right? I remember seeing the pics and it looked awesome. The liquid look Synergy gives is pretty awesome, especially on top of a glass based coating.


I am now wondering if I am going to be wasting this stuff by layering it on my truck.

I want to get some reload next order and give that a try on top as well, always wanted to play with some of that stuff.

[Justins00ss]

Thanks. You have the red GTO, right? I remember seeing the pics and it looked awesome. The liquid look Synergy gives is pretty awesome, especially on top of a glass based coating.


I am now wondering if I am going to be wasting this stuff by layering it on my truck.

I want to get some reload next order and give that a try on top as well, always wanted to play with some of that stuff.

Yeah I have the red GTO. Thank you. I thought the same thing about how it gives it a glass look.

The reload works good but on darker colors can be a little tricky to work with. I will admit that I have wasted my share of Synergy so far but for car shows it`s worth it!

I too charge for the use of it on nicer cars. I just did a SL550 about a month ago and it came out great with the Synergy on top.

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Yeah I have the red GTO. Thank you. I thought the same thing about how it gives it a glass look.

The reload works good but on darker colors can be a little tricky to work with. I will admit that I have wasted my share of Synergy so far but for car shows it`s worth it!

I too charge for the use of it on nicer cars. I just did a SL550 about a month ago and it came out great with the Synergy on top.

Thanks for the tip about the reload, I will have to read up about working with that on black before I purchase it later on, as it will be just for my car and truck.

So I`ve put two coats on a Nissan Frontier so far and it looks like I barely broke into the tin.
How many coats have you used so far? I`m trying to get a real world idea of how many applications I can get.
If I used this all on my truck I feel like I could probably get at least 30 applications. The closed cells on that dodo applicator worked great with this hard paste wax.

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I had someone ask me yesterday if I just had my truck repainted! haha. That’s one heck of a compliment if you ask me. Keep in mind this is a 2006 truck with now 108k on it. You can see it’s age by looking at the faded running boards that I just cannot get anything to work very long on.

That may be the best detail related compliment I think you can get. That`s awesome and now you`ve giving me strong cravings to apply Synergy. Thanks for sharing this review!

P.s. I just smelled a jar and I`m on team butterscotch.

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well apparently I`m not smart enough to get these videos to imbed properly so I`m going to have to try and figure something else out but here are some links to the videos on youtube.

Synergy Hood Beading Test


Synergy hood beading test 2-outside - YouTube




Synergy vertical panel (door) beading test

Synergy door beading test 1 - YouTube

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That may be the best detail related compliment I think you can get. That`s awesome and now you`ve giving me strong cravings to apply Synergy. Thanks for sharing this review!

P.s. I just smelled a jar and I`m on team butterscotch.

This stuff is awesome man. Well I`m going to have to go to the dollar general after work and pick up some butterscotch candies and do a smell comparison test.

Of course there is also the chance that at 30 I am still to young to understand what butterscotch smells like, haha.

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Thanks for the tip about the reload, I will have to read up about working with that on black before I purchase it later on, as it will be just for my car and truck.

So I`ve put two coats on a Nissan Frontier so far and it looks like I barely broke into the tin.
How many coats have you used so far? I`m trying to get a real world idea of how many applications I can get.
If I used this all on my truck I feel like I could probably get at least 30 applications. The closed cells on that dodo applicator worked great with this hard paste wax.

Yeah I have used about 15-20 by now and have used about 1/4 of the can. I easily see 40+ out of a can using thin coats.

Got to love Synergy!!!

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Good to know