Review: Mothers: Reflections

[bcwang]

Hmm, the paint was not warm, felt like it was room temperature. Does this problem go away if the temperature is cooler?



I was using one of those circular cloth covered foam filled wax applicators. Is that the one you are talking about or do you mean those yellow circular foam ones? It was especially hard to get any coverage when I first started. I had to use a lot of liquid at the beginning until the pad became saturated.



Do you think that having it dry too fast doesn`t allow it to fully bond with the paint? Does having a damp applicator dilute the chemicals so it doesn`t form as good a coat of protection?



But otherwise, the resulting finish is fantastic. My car has never looked better. I`m surprised how little powder there was when wiping off the stuff. Interestingly, I think I can still smell the aftershave smell on my car even now. By the way, my finish is slick right now, what was the complaint about slickness that people had?

[forrest@mothers]

Warm/hot paint causes the product flash quicker - sometimes as fast as you put it on. It doesn`t hurt anything.



As you saw, terry cloth applicators don`t work well until they`ve become saturated with product, which wastes it. That`s why I prefer foam.



A damp applicator merely helps it glide across the surface.



The slickness will probably disappear in a week or so, unless you hit it with an instant detailer. That`s what folks were referring to.

[bcwang]

Thanks for the tip Forrest. Next time I`ll try with a foam applicator.

[bjwebster]

Well, I hit the car today with some quikshine and it really brought back a slick surface. After I QD`ed it i sprayed a small area to check for beading ant it really tightened up the beads alot too.

Thanks for the tip Forrest!

[bcwang]

I wonder when you know there is no more protection though. Doesn`t a QD make it slick and bead water even if there is no existing protection anymore?

[bjwebster]

Originally posted by bcwang

I wonder when you know there is no more protection though. Doesn`t a QD make it slick and bead water even if there is no existing protection anymore?

Yeah, I wonder the same thing...

[shaf]

Maybe if the QD doesn`t make it as slick as it used to anymore? :nixweiss

[bcwang]

I guess I see how there have been complaints about Reflections weak beading action. After waxing it just friday, and raining today, it doesn`t really bead very strongly. I`m sure the protection is there, but the shallow beads after a fresh waxing isn`t something I`m used to.