Pornography and coating failure...

[tedj101]

Justice Brennan once famously said (when the Supreme Court was trying to define pornography) "I know it when I see it!" I know it when I see it too. But what about coating failure? Would I know it when I see it?

Todd Helm famously said, if you don`t use Pinnacle Black Label Cleaning Polish before using Pinnacle Black Label Paint Coating you will get coating failure. But what does that mean? What does it look like?

I assumed that he meant that the coating would not bond to the paint. But does that mean not at all or just that it won`t last as long? When I coat a car, it glows and water beads like crazy so I am assuming that I have not achieved coating failure, but I may be wrong.

Water beading raises another issue. Todd told us that you can`t/shouldn`t let the car get wet for XX (12?) hours after coating with PBLPC. But what happens if it rains 6 hours after my coating job. Will the coating run off? Will it streak? Will it start to break down and disappear in 6 months? None of this has ever been made clear.

Does anyone actually know the answers to these questions from personal experience? I`d like to hear some horror stories - hopefully to learn from them so I don`t have to live them myself!

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[ShaneB]

Good questions...Id like to know some of this too