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Both PDMS products, just that the Vinyltex has some glycerin and perhaps a slightly higher resin content, experiment with adding a little water to reduce the percentage of resin you are applying on the surface.



Bet you have seen less gloss when you tried to dress a wet tire?? The water on the tire diluted the product.
 
Thanks Ron. I didn't want to sound like I was ignoring your previous post just wanted as many replies as possible. How much would you water Vinylex down for a satin finish? I mean I'll experament with it but would like a good starting point. Thanks again -Brad
 
Even though it called "Shine", this stuff has the perfect amount of gloss for me. I put on one coat, wait a few minutes, then wipe it down with a dry rag. If you do 2 or 3 coats you can get that shiny look that some people are into.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Brad4rdHay [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Thanks Ron. I didn't want to sound like I was ignoring your previous post just wanted as many replies as possible. How much would you water Vinylex down for a satin finish? I mean I'll experament with it but would like a good starting point. Thanks again -Brad [/b]</blockquote>I would guess that both are around 30 to 33% resin, where as a medium shine but with lasting abilities has 21 to 24%, a real low shine is down around 15 to 18%.

I would start with 4 ounces of the product and add 1/2 oz water, take a look , then if you want add another 1/2 oz of water. Would personaly figure about 1 ounce per 4 ounce of product, but may be a little too much dilution. That is 25% roughly and should get you close.



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Eagle One Concours Dressing offers just the gloss I'm looking for, but haven't found it locally. The product I've seen in the NYC area is called Eagle One Wet and is way too glossy for me. Wonder if the Concours Dressing has been discontinued; I don't see it listed on the Eagle One web site...



Jose
 
They mention it but it seems it isn't listed. I vote Vinylex, I use it on everything plastic, vinyl or rubber. Gloss lessened by wiping it with a damp towel after app.
 
Ron,



I noted today your comments on Endurance, or at least that you had made a similar product..





I had understood(again, like I said, I might be confused here) from an earlier post you made that Meguiar's Endurance product was "bad" for your tires in terms of the "bad" silicones and chemicals it placed on the tire, and would cause browning/fading of the tire.



If that is/or is not the case, please let me know. I do have some Endurance, but have not used it since I read some posts on the forum regarding "good" and "bad" silicones. I believed from the info the posts contained that Endurance fell into that "bad" category.





Please enlighten a confused grasshopper on the benefits or faults of this Enurance product.



For now to play it safe, only Vinylex is being applied to my tires until I hear more on this from the Grand Master at Wju-den mountain. (had to throw that in, watched Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon over the weekend).





SJ
 
I had some and tossed it. Not only does it contain bad silicons and pertolium distilates, but it did'nt look good. The shine was greasy looking and the tire itself felt greasy. It also attracted lots of dust and grim so while it lasts long it looks bad after a few days or so. -Brad
 
The reason we were looking into producing a gel product, was that our sales people were telling us that they were getting request for a similar product.



By the time we had developed a formula and put it into testing, they were back saying it was a dead issue.



Seems the majority of customers that were hot for it had cooled down and no longer wanted such a product.



We have to react to the customer needs, even if we are aware of the negatives of a product.



Business is business, we can produce factual data that shows the negatives, but some just don't care, they want X no matter.



Getto shine dressings are one area that seem to never go away, no matter how damaging and the like they may be.
 
Thanks Ron.



From your post and others I can seem to gleam that Endurance is not what I should be applying to my tires. I also note that you do not often "directly" criticize a product, so I am going on the fact of what you said about "potential negatives". I think I will stick with the Vinylex for now.



Again Ron thanks for the info, oh, and the Ford Video too, received it on Saturday and enjoyed watching it. Boy oh boy, told the wife I had a video to watch..she thought at first it was going to be a real movie. Thought I was car crazy for watching Ford's tech apply ABC system. Of course I fooled her into watching Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by telling her it was really a romance story.



SJ
 
We produce the raw footage and Ford then does the edits and puts it together. The guy in the video is Tim Brune, our Tech Director.
 
When you're detailing... what kind of music do you like? Ipod/earphones or Sound system and speakers?

I like classic rock on the boombox... '70's:D
 
Hum of the buffer is music to my ears (through the noise cancelling headphones). Rarely listen to music while detailing - usually have the tube on tuned to the weather channel.

Regards,
GEWB
 
I really dont listen to anything while detailing. Its probably the one thing I do that I dont have music playing. However, the few times I have, its been a huge mix of old rock, new rock, basically all rock :D
 
I scored some huge home speakers for my shop from the church garage sale ($20 and they are big). With my old Onkyo receiver and 5 disc CD changer I can rattle the walls. Usually, it is playing old school rock or some Stevie Ray Vaughn / blues type stuff.
 
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