My initial NXT review

Scottwax said:
The sheeting/beading depends on how the water hits it. Rain = beads, strong water pressure = sheets. It doesn't go back and forth between sheeting and beading in the rain, if that is what you mean.
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Yeah, but my beads are disappearing with rain too.
 
Scottwax said:
The sheeting/beading depends on how the water hits it. Rain = beads, strong water pressure = sheets. It doesn't go back and forth between sheeting and beading in the rain, if that is what you mean.
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I'd be interested to see how the beading holds up in the rain. Previously the car would get very salty, so it didn't matter. Plus, it's my wifes car. She doesn't make a habit of reporting to me on the beading behavior while she drives. Hopefully I'll get to see a clean Regal with a 2+ week old NXT coating get caught in the rain.



But I will say, I've never ever noticed with any other protectant that hose spray on a clean car sheeted while rain water beaded. The hose spray from the ultimate nozzle (not counting when soap is still on the car) is really not that different from a very heavy rain falling on it. :nixweiss
 
There will always be differing outcomes with durability and beading. This depends on your environment, exposure to elements, prep, usage, etc, etc. So it is not surprising that one person receives 3 months of protection and another 3 weeks. My protection and beading would last for years.....but I do not drive the vehicles very often and they are garaged 24/7. I got tight beading from NXT on my used vehicle for the 2 weeks between baths so far. After the wash she still looked great so I just Qd'd with FD and will watch and see how things go. :wavey

:wavey
 
Well, the Regal got poured on today, and it was beading very well. I don't know what's up with that. I've never had a product that beaded so poorly during a wash but then beaded up in a rain... bizarre... :nixweiss
 
Aurora40 said:
Well, the Regal got poured on today, and it was beading very well. I don't know what's up with that. I've never had a product that beaded so poorly during a wash but then beaded up in a rain... bizarre... :nixweiss
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it may be that the wash soap is causing a different sort of reaction than the rainwater?
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
it may be that the wash soap is causing a different sort of reaction than the rainwater?
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The NXT Wash exaggerates the sheeting action, so if that is the wash you are using, that is probably why.
 
In my observations, dirty cars don't bead as well in rain as a "clean" car. If you take the same dirty car that didn't bead in the rain, wash it, then put it in the rain again, it will bead much better (assuming there's wax on it). My car always beads better when clean.

Scottwax beat me to it about the NXT wash. It really sheets using the sheeting method!



Dave
 
Dave Holmes said:
In my observations, dirty cars don't bead as well in rain as a "clean" car.
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I agree - I was too busy to wash my truck for about two weeks and I thought the wax was gone - no beading in the rain at all. But, I washed it and it's much better. Of course I didn't have time to Re-Klasse (It's been about 6 months) so I just re-NXT'd it :) And now it's beading superbly of course and is nice and slick. I have to say, this stuff is easy to use...it's getting my newbie thumbs up. I'm going to try my S100 over it for kicks soon....
 
Dave Holmes said:
In my observations, dirty cars don't bead as well in rain as a "clean" car. If you take the same dirty car that didn't bead in the rain, wash it, then put it in the rain again, it will bead much better (assuming there's wax on it). My car always beads better when clean.

Scottwax beat me to it about the NXT wash. It really sheets using the sheeting method!



Dave
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Yup, I agree. But this is with Gold Class wash, which I use a lot on things other than NXT (it's my non-Aurora wash of choice). Also, when the car was beading the other day in the rain, it hadn't been washed in almost 2 weeks. Also, you can still tell when washing a car that it is beady even though the soap is trying to cause sheeting. The water will sheet very fast off the car. Anyway, NXT continues to puzzle me. Also, this was the 2nd application of NXT as opposed to the 1st. Maybe there was something going on there? I'll be curious to see if the 2nd coat goes more than 6 weeks. :nixweiss
 
Ok, well it's been about another 6 weeks since the 2nd coat of NXT (March 8th or so judging by my posts) and it is fairing much better. I have seen the car in several rainstorms, and washed it a little over two weeks ago. Both during the wash, and in the rain, water shed very well and beaded up well. In fact, both my wife and I drove home in the rain today, and her car looks more dry than mine (which has Wolfgang that's probably about a month old?) Not that this is a directly comparable thing, dryness, but the NXT does seem to be doing much better than the first coat.



I don't think it was application, as I didn't exactly gain any skills between the first and second coat, and used similar amounts both times. Perhaps the second coat stays on better once NXT has been put on the paint? Perhaps there was some issue with the existing MPPP on the paint the first time? I have no idea. But this coat of NXT is performing much better than the first did.



The car also still had good smoothness when I washed it last. I will wash it this weekend and check the smoothness/slickness of it. I suspect it will still be noticeable.
 
Thanks for the update. I've been getting pretty good results with NXT, but I've been consistant in polishing prior to using it. Now that I have a PC, I am going to try applying it that way to take advantage of NXT's mild cleaners and abrasives.
 
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