Which to use for winter LSP?

whis9 said:
Will have to try this for my winter prep, I have a darker blue subaru, would this be ok?
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You're referring to the FK1000P, right?



The look might not be what everyone would prefer on a darker color, but I'd use it anyhow. And who knows, the look might be exactly what *you* like! It's sure not gonna lood "bad" or anything.
 
FWIW: I emailed Finish Kare a year and a half ago and asked how long one should wait before applying a second coat of 1000p. JJ Jhaveri, president of the company, replied: "24 hrs to couple of days." He did not, however, give me a reason for this delay.
 
Accumulator said:
No, it's more serious that that. I was able to sort out the problem by buffing with MFs and FK425, but I had to get mighty aggressive about it and I'd hate to try that on softer clear. Noting that I *was* working on a big vehicle, sorting this out took pretty much a full afternoon. Redoing it (something to strip it, then KAIO, then fresh FK1000P) woulda been a *LOT* faster, but then I would have ended up with less FK1000P on there (no, I had no evidence that my buffing away the issues removed so much FK1000P that I was left with just one coat after all).



This isn't as serious an issue as the pseudo-holograms one can get with Collinite 476S, but it's still considerably worse than some minor "oh, I'll just wipe that away, no problem!" type of thing.
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Have you ever noticed the pseudo-holograms from over application in sections or if you have left it on too long?



Since I have darker vehices, I think I will play it safe and wait at a minimum 24 hours just to be sure that FK1000P has cured fully before another layer
 
RedlineIRL said:
Have you ever noticed the pseudo-holograms from over application in sections or if you have left it on too long?
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They were quite uniform over the entire vehicle. I doubt it was from leaving it on too long; once the product has flashed off I'd expect any solvent action to be pretty much done. And on that one I was sometimes working section-by-section as opposed to my usual "do the whole vehicle and then buff it off".



Since I have darker vehices, I think I will play it safe and wait at a minimum 24 hours just to be sure that FK1000P has cured fully before another layer
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Hope that's long enough. It is for many (most?) people, but in my case it wasn't long enough. These days I wait at least a week, doing it after the next regularly-scheduled wash.
 
HenryCover said:
Blackfire would be the best choice
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Eh, leaving aside the look (darkened Audi silver too much for my taste), I've never had BF last all that long. Not in the FK1000P range by a long shot IME.



No, I'm not hating on BF, I just think of it as more of a beatuy sealant (like the UPP I switched to for that kind of application) than something for extreme conditions like winter.
 
I too think of BFWD as a beauty protectant and have used it successfully on my S2K during the winter; but my car is garaged and though driven regularly during the winter months, it does not have to weather the elements like many other vehicles do. So if durability is a decisive consideration, I would have to recommend FK1000p or one of the Collinites as a winter protectant.
 
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