For those who wax often, and weighing in at only $8.00, NuFinish would have to be the Best Buy.Įven though I fancy the better products, I'm in the camp that puts frequency (of washing and waxing) ahead of product quality. That product (Klasse polish) lasts at least twice as long as the AIO, a good six months. Those with new cars can forgo Klasse AIO (that contains a cleaner) and just use the Klasse polish for between $20.00 - $25.00. I'm not sure about using just "1 oz per car" (per the Klasse instructions) but I've had the same bottle for years. From my experience Klasse is an excellent AIO (all in one) that sells for between $30 - $40. Interestingly, neither are a true "wax" but a polymer or acrylic of some kind, like Klasse. Now they're saying NuFinish is better than Zymol. The original CR wax reports I saw was much older, and one year (maybe 5 years ago) listed Zymol as best. If you’re dealing with dried polish or wax on the edge I find that a MF towel with some Hyper Polish works well to help remove it…”like removes like”.The Consumer Reports article looks like a re-test. There are many ways to clean the film edge but I prefer to use my fingernail wrapped with a MF towel. This means removing the tape right away or cleaning the edge if you choose to polish over it. I would also suggest that you clean polish residue from the edges immediately after polishing, not allowing it to dry. Other than that, I suggest keeping speeds lower and avoid getting the film too hot as it can be burned. This involves tilting the pad slightly so that the leading edge of the pad polished off the film and the trailing edge of the pad is lifted off the surface so it doesn’t cut into the film. After finishing the paint, I removed the tape and then I polished the film with the rotary and polished “off the edge” of the film. For that film, you can see I taped the film off to polishing the paint itself. Polishing greatly improved the look at a small fraction of the cost to replace.įor edges, I would suggest taping them off when you’re just dealing with light swirls, but in the instance of the film in my video there would have been a noticeable difference where it was taped off. In all honesty, the film in my video should have been replaced but wasn’t in the owners budget at the time. In fact, when the film is as far gone as the one in my video, you really have nothing to lose and the only way to improve it is with polishing. Blackfire Crystal Sealant 13 7.83 Chemical Guys Jet Seal 5 3.01 Klasse Sealat Glaze 25 15.06 McKee 37 High Def Sealant 8 4.82 Meguiars Synthetic Sealant 2.0 7 4.22 Optimum Opti-Seal 17 10.24 Pinnacle Black Diamond Sealant 7 4.22 RejeX Sealant 8 4.82 RUPES 808 Sealant 2 1.20 Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant 74 44. While I understand the reasoning behind this recommendation, you really don’t have many options once swirls start appearing in non self-healing films. The si02 products go on the same way, and are more durable than polymers, some people say they have more gloss, I think they have about the same. Such as Wolfgang or blackfire crystal seal. It is important to note that most film manufactures recommend against polishing their film and advise that doing so can void the warranty. Re: Regular Sealants vs Si02 Sealants Most of the regular paint sealants were polymer. PPF also doesn’t respond to polishing quite like paint does and you are more limited as to how aggressive you can get with polishing due to how thin the top coat is (typically. This means we detailers have to either tape the edges off prior to polishing, or polish over them and then clean the edges afterwards, which is time consuming and tedious. Today’s film installers seem to love using pre-cut films and leaving visible edges all over vs. Sealing your Diamond Paintings - Whats BestThe ultimate experiment to find the perfect sealer for your diamond paintingsWhat are you working on right now. Let me first start out by saying that having to polish PPF is probably one of my least favorite tasks in detailing.
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