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BarryOhio123

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Let me first say this is a great forum. I've already learned a ton from the posts here.



I've seen several different combinations of protectants/sealers/waxes mentioned as being a good combo for winter. I just put KAIO topped with Collinite 845 on both mine & my wife's car. Is there anything else I can do to help protect our cars through the Ohio winter? It was 20 degrees here this morning but its supposed to be 70 this week so I'm thinking I have one last chance to make any changes/additions.



2005 Volvo S40i

2004 Volvo V70i wagon
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
lol accums in your area and 476 seems to be his go to =] hehe welcome to autopia
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Actually, I do a "sandwich" with 845, then 476S, then a final coat of 845 (which I then refresh as needed), but 845 all by itself oughta be fine as well. Just add another coat if/when the weather permits.



I polished the quarters of the beater-Audi last Thursday, and I merely did a coat of 845 on them. I might top that with 476S, but then again I might not bother doing anything except refresh the 845 as needed.
 
hehehe I thought you were giving up on the sandwich sir? lol



but yea, though I may just to bust his chops a little, I can't say I'd ever find a good reason to go against Accum's recommendations =] I'm actually thinking about testing out this sandwich out soon =] (though instead of the final 845, I think i'll wait a week and just double up the 476)
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
hehehe I thought you were giving up on the sandwich sir? lol
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I only have Collinite on the beater-Audi at present, though I might do it to the beater-Tahoe when I finally get to the point of cleaning it up.



instead of the final 845, I think i'll wait a week and just double up the 476..
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Note that I came up with the sandwich idea after struggling with pseudo-holograms from attempting to layer 476S. It didn't do that for me on other vehicles and yeah, I just did multiple coats of 476S for a long time, but once I *did* get the pseudo-holograms in a terrible way I never wanted to deal with that again.
 
ahhh point well taken sir--somehow talking to you always seems have some sort of satisfying lesson to it lol I suppose my problem is that my memory struggles past breakfast, so I'm more prone to learning lessons the hard way time and time again xD



Any idea on my longevity issues? I noticed my BMW was dead after applying 476....again...even after onr wash the beading was pretty much gone...my sister has been driving it around Philadelphia and back and forth from the mentioned to NYC which is mostly highway(2 hours)...



I mean it seems the Lexus beading seems to be dying as well so I'm really leaning towards it's something I'm doing wrong...but I can't figure it out?
 
BarryOhio123 said:
Let me first say this is a great forum. I've already learned a ton from the posts here.



I've seen several different combinations of protectants/sealers/waxes mentioned as being a good combo for winter. I just put KAIO topped with Collinite 845 on both mine & my wife's car. Is there anything else I can do to help protect our cars through the Ohio winter? It was 20 degrees here this morning but its supposed to be 70 this week so I'm thinking I have one last chance to make any changes/additions.



2005 Volvo S40i

2004 Volvo V70i wagon
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There is nothing wrong with refreshing 845. If you have 476, you can always do the sandwich, but 845 is so incredibly easy to use, refreshing the protection when the weather permits would be a great idea. I had 845 on my truck, and after a couple weeks I put a very thin coat of 476 on. It goes on and comes off easy with 845 as the base. I will be refreshing it with 845 when the weather permits.
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
Any idea on my longevity issues? I noticed my BMW was dead after applying 476....again...even after onr wash the beading was pretty much gone...my sister has been driving it around Philadelphia and back and forth from the mentioned to NYC which is mostly highway(2 hours)...



I mean it seems the Lexus beading seems to be dying as well so I'm really leaning towards it's something I'm doing wrong...but I can't figure it out?
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I still think it is somehow related to the ONR. Yeah, I saw the thread at the Optimum Forum site and no, I don't know how/why it's happening, but I do think there's some connection. Unless there's just a lot of nasty [stuff] in your area that gets on the vehicles and kills off the beading :nixweiss



I cleaned up the beater-Audi the other day, and the panels where the ONR had seemingly diminished the beading were pretty much back to normal after the (conventional) wash. I want to be sure to only use deionized water with my ONR in the future as I suspect that my water quality might have something to do with it and I can't remember if I used DI water or not :think:
 
with the properties of DI water, I would've thought that DI water would actually compromise the LSP...the way I understand DI water, is that because water naturally needs to bind to things as a solvent, pretty much anything it comes into contact with will be dissolved into it somewhat...(which is why they say, if you want to safely drink DI water..you just drop a nickel or penny into it)
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
with the properties of DI water, I would've thought that DI water would actually compromise the LSP...
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Sure doesn't compromise LSP when used as a final rinse, not a bit IME.
 
I kind of figured, but hearing it makes me feel so much better :whew =] do you run some kind of DI setup? or are you just buying it by the gallon?
 
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