I write "experience" rather than review, because I feel that calling it a review implies that you're testing it against all the other products in it's segment, which I haven't.
I remember seeing someone's write-up on Poli-Seal on Detailing Domain or one of those other sites, and was INCREDIBLY surprised by the amount of correction they were getting on some Saab paint. Excitedly, I ordered some, put it on my white LC pad, and went to work on a very thrashed sapphire black (metallic black) BMW X5. I worked the product in small sections, and had my results shown by the sun. I was really disappointed to reveal almost no correction of defects at all. I worked the product in different ways, speeds, methods, ect, with the same results.
After a couple weeks I tried Poli-Seal again, on a Lexus SUV this time, in cloudy weather and was floored by the results. Obviously, the cloud cover provided a great amount of "light" to work with, but doesn't show any of the defects in the paint. I believe it was this scenario that really highlighted, for me, the amount of "gloss" that can be gained with this cleaner/sealant. I was really impressed. I was even more impressed to see how much it cleared up the headlights and black trim on the B-pillars. Again, this was with a White LC Pad on a PC speed 6. The paint was dramatically more smooth after using it and the brand new LC white pad was COMPLETELY black after the two SUV's.
I've come to accept that Poli-Seal isn't going to "correct" anything, like the Detailer's Domain review may have gotten my hopes up for, but instead, has a lot of cleaning power, and adds a great sealant to the paint, in an easy step that doesn't dust AT ALL.
I'm interested to hear everyone's' opinion and remarks with Poli-Seal.
Headlight before:
Headlight after:
B-Pillar Before:
B-Pillar After:
Paint after:
Brand new pad after two SUV's
Here's a BMW 335i with severe water spotting that I wanted to see how much Poli-Seal would cut through:
Obviously it really "needs" to be compounded and polished out to get all the etching out, but it was still a dramatic difference for a product that's not supposed to do much in the way of correcting. This seems like it'd be the perfect product for maintenance for customers with it's light cleaning, application of sealant, all in one pass.
Your input?
I remember seeing someone's write-up on Poli-Seal on Detailing Domain or one of those other sites, and was INCREDIBLY surprised by the amount of correction they were getting on some Saab paint. Excitedly, I ordered some, put it on my white LC pad, and went to work on a very thrashed sapphire black (metallic black) BMW X5. I worked the product in small sections, and had my results shown by the sun. I was really disappointed to reveal almost no correction of defects at all. I worked the product in different ways, speeds, methods, ect, with the same results.
After a couple weeks I tried Poli-Seal again, on a Lexus SUV this time, in cloudy weather and was floored by the results. Obviously, the cloud cover provided a great amount of "light" to work with, but doesn't show any of the defects in the paint. I believe it was this scenario that really highlighted, for me, the amount of "gloss" that can be gained with this cleaner/sealant. I was really impressed. I was even more impressed to see how much it cleared up the headlights and black trim on the B-pillars. Again, this was with a White LC Pad on a PC speed 6. The paint was dramatically more smooth after using it and the brand new LC white pad was COMPLETELY black after the two SUV's.
I've come to accept that Poli-Seal isn't going to "correct" anything, like the Detailer's Domain review may have gotten my hopes up for, but instead, has a lot of cleaning power, and adds a great sealant to the paint, in an easy step that doesn't dust AT ALL.
I'm interested to hear everyone's' opinion and remarks with Poli-Seal.
Headlight before:
Headlight after:
B-Pillar Before:
B-Pillar After:
Paint after:
Brand new pad after two SUV's
Here's a BMW 335i with severe water spotting that I wanted to see how much Poli-Seal would cut through:
Obviously it really "needs" to be compounded and polished out to get all the etching out, but it was still a dramatic difference for a product that's not supposed to do much in the way of correcting. This seems like it'd be the perfect product for maintenance for customers with it's light cleaning, application of sealant, all in one pass.
Your input?
