acuRAS82
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Water ban in Boston metro? Why?
Best ceramic for durability/value/ease of application?
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tom p.
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Major drought since the Spring and no snow this past winter. We hit a Tier 5 ban which I`ve never seen before. We need rain. The storms all seem to bypass us.
The Guz
Mike
It may be a little harder to spread out a year later.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
jrtf83 - Welcome to the Forum !
That is a very nice truck, Congrats !
You mentioned you have used Zaino; are you really good at applying Thin Coats, as that was always the Zaino process? I used a lot of Zaino prior to the year 2000.
My Zaino Rep applied hundreds of layers to his red Toyota and his paint looked like it had a thick layer of clear coat on it..
You need to apply Thin Coat/s of whatever product you decide to use if it is a Coating, ok ?
You need not good, but Great lighting as well.. preferably lots of overhead and then a good set of lights on a stand that you take with you all around the vehicle so you can see the coating from the edge where the panel and the light come together... All over the vehicle...
This is how I have been doing it for over 15 years, and I have no problems, issues, no high spots, etc., I just do not allow my application process to do that..
You have Zaino experience, so you should remember about laying down those 3 THIN coats with ZFX mixed, and then that was it, right ?? Do it that way again, and you will be fine..
I know that Optimum products work really great.. I have proof of their ability to last years on my own vehicles, which I always tested out products, before I ever use them on Client vehicles..
If you brought it in to my shop, I would use Optimum Gloss Coat - 2 coats, and you would love it.. It would last longer if you keep from using car wash places as much as possible... They all have to use a really strong soap to get as much off your vehicle in 1 pass.. That`s why nothing lasts very long if you use those places all the time.. And if they have those brushes, they also give you free scratches, etc...
You need to prepare your paint to the best you can to help your Coating choice adhere the best to the surface, if you want it to last a long time..
Are you going to paint correct your truck at all ?
If not, then use your Autoscrub product, but use the FINE grade, so you do not introduce marring to your paintwork.. Yes, a Fine grade may take a little longer to get the paint really smooth, but that is ok, just be prepared to do it, and do it with lots of water, or clay lube, etc,..I have always done it this way and I never have issues ..
For sure, a really good, careful, paint correction will always allow the coating to adhere the best to the paintwork, AND you get a beautiful vehicle, that just blinds you in the sunlight to look at it... And the product will have to last longer, because it was applied on a really clean surface..
On my personal 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4, in Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat, with the first version of Optimum Opti-Guard Coating, I drove 2,000 miles straight to Texas from California, and it did not even look dirty when I arrived...Very little dirt even stuck to it.. This coating ended up staying on the vehicle for years..
Yes, perhaps Optimum Gloss Coat may not go that long, but how do you know until you try it ?
Good luck with your research and your project !
Dan F
Dan
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You don`t have to do a full correction. I`ve played with applying coatings in some pretty poorly prepped surfaces and they seem to last. A simple paint cleaner after a wash is good enough. My wife`s car I just did an ABC wash and then applied the coating (McKees) over a year ago and it`s still going.
William_Wallace
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Curious what did you (original poster) go with.