Why isn't this beading still?

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8Banger

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about 2 months ago, maybe not even that long i clayed and waxed my mom's 06 silver fusion. i did nxt 2.0 then about a week later i put a layer of OS on it and the next day i used some....ummm.....oh yeah another layer of opti-seal. anyhow, it's been raining a lot here the past couple of days and my mom and i got home at the same time. my car beading like crazy :) and hers...not so much, it wasn't really beading, it was just runny, i guess that can describe it. ***? how come this is happening? the car doesn't get washed that often so maybe the dirt has something to do with it?



on a side note, we all know how swirls on random cars/items drives most of us crazy. does the lack of water beading do the same to any of you? i know it does to me :cooleek:
 
Did you clay or polish it first?



If not, there could be a significant amount of contamination on the surface that helped to keep the waxes from bonding well, plus figure NXT isn't known for durability....



Not washing it also make the water not bead as much.



Sounds like you have a few factors to consider.:nixweiss



Josh
 
when i applied the nxt and OS it was clayed, a couple weeks later when i added the layer of OS it wasn't clayed, but it had only been like a couple of weeks. so wash it and it will bead again? thanks



also, i stopped by lows today and picked up one of their orange groute sponges...what is the rave about these? they look exactly like the home depot ones to me



i haven't used it yet so i dont know how it performs
 
I have found that certain paints seem to more "bondable" with certain products. My wife and I both have black vehicles. Hers is a Ford, I have a Dodge. With the wash regimen and the same products used and applied the same way, mine beads a LOT more for a LOT longer. Very strange, but true nonetheless.
 
Honestly the only product I have used that still beads after a few months is Collinite 845. I detailed my mom's car for her awhile back and I clayed, then applied KAIO and 2 coats of 845 and it still beads now, even though it rarely gets washed.
 
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