What QD to use to maintain KSG?

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starkraven

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It occurred to me that Meguiar's QD may not be the best possible QD to use to maintain KSG because of the wax in the QD. What do you all use? I am considering using CG Extreme Slick Synthetic Acrylic Polymer Detailer. I have no experience with it though.
 
I don't know what KSG is, but Dodo Juice's Tropical Mist is the best spray wax I have ever used. It leaves a streak free finish even in the sun, and has some polymers to boost waterbeading.





John
 
JohnKleven said:
I don't know what KSG is, but Dodo Juice's Tropical Mist is the best spray wax I have ever used. It leaves a streak free finish even in the sun, and has some polymers to boost waterbeading.
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Sorry, KSG = Klasse Sealant Glaze. It's acrylic. I don't think it has any waxes in it. My thought is that I should stay away from QDs with waxes to better enable layering a few days later.

John
 
KSG works well with a lot of "sealant type" QDs..the BF/UPP/etc. stuff is fine.



FK425 is what I use after every wash (while drying).



The Sonus Acrylic Spritz is more of a "booster" that doesn't really do as much as the ad-copy promises, but is still worth using from time to time if you don't have time to apply another coat of KSG. I would *NOT use it as a QD no matter what they say, not enough cleaning/lubrication/encapsulation for that IMO.
 
Accumulator said:
KSG works well with a lot of "sealant type" QDs..the BF/UPP/etc. stuff is fine.
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I checked out the decoder ring, so I know what BF and UPP are now. But what is "ETC"?



Just kidding. But seriously, what other "sealant type" QDs out there do you like?
 
starkraven said:
I checked out the decoder ring, so I know what BF and UPP are now. But what is "ETC"?
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Heh heh, that's a good one :chuckle:

..what other "sealant type" QDs out there do you like?
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The two I probably use most often are FK425 and FK146 (FK= FinishKare). For use on sealants, I could pretty much get by just fine with only those.
 
Ok, Accumulator, so when you use FK425 for drying, do you use your regular WW's, and do you get any effect on the performance like in the old days when we used to use WAUD?



Sorry if I'm steering this off-topic...
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Ok, Accumulator, so when you use FK425 for drying, do you use your regular WW's, and do you get any effect on the performance like in the old days when we used to use WAUD?



Sorry if I'm steering this off-topic...
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On wheels (which I blow dry with the compressor first), I use the FK425 with a regular cotton towel. There, that's on-topic :D (OOPS, my bad...for a second there I thought this was a wheels-centric thread :o Sheesh, I gotta quit trying to multitask! People just aren't built for that...)



Regarding drying the vehicle proper, I blow off most of the water with the AirWand, then spritz the QD in question and then do a *two-step* drying- first with the WW and then a quick "buffing style" pass with a plush MF (and the plusher the better). I get it about 99% dry with the WW though. That second step's a recent tweak I've tried the last few washes and I like it better than an all-WW approach (or at least I think so, so far...ah, me and my endlessly-tweaked wash/dry regimen :o ).



Recently, I've been *really* overkilling the laundering of my WWs; sanitary cycle, Dawn, numerous no-detergent-washes, etc. Some of my older WWs are simply not gonna perform like new, but the newer ones are doing OK with that kind of treatment. I *think* that the age/wear-tear/etc. issue means more than the contaminated-with-QD issue, but who really knows :nixweiss
 
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