Best sealant for winter in Chicago black landcruiser

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Looking for the best protectant / sealant for winter in chicago a lot of salt as you would guess:buffing:
will detail the car prior
thanks for your suggestions
Bill
 
Collinite 915 or 476 is pretty durable stuff.

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Welcome Landcruiser to AGO and congrats on your first post! You will likely get a lot of varying suggestions with this question. BudgetPlan1 has a good recommendation, and you could not go wrong with either. FK1000P is also a forum favorite for winter protection and is inexpensive.

Some will also suggest a coating as your "best" winter protection. As it is already winter in Chicago, applying a coating could be tricky unless you have a proper place to do it. I'm just north of you in Wisconsin and used Gyeon CanCoat as my winter protection for my daily driver this year. It was as easy to apply as a sealant and the protection is similar to that of a coating. Excellent self-cleaning ability and the water beading is great (if you are in to that kind of thing). My vote would be to go with Gyeon CanCoat!

GYEON Q2 CanCoat - 200 ml

Finish Kare 1000P Hi-Temp Paste Wax, high melt polymer car wax, Finish care auto wax
 
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Cannot emphasize enough on prep. With that said, I use Wolfgang Deep Gloss. If you go on autogeek's site, their is a link labeled 'Winter Car Care'. Check it out.
 
I live in MINN.
I do have BlackFire sealant, (also known as Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection) on my daily, just washed her then used a
cleaning wax Sonax Easy Shine to remove any salt & dirt left over, which took 4 towels of black dirt off that I couldn't see,
then left a coat of wax. NICE.
Wolfgang is next.
 
I have no idea on what Chicago winters are like but have successfully used FK1000P,BFWD,WGDGPS sealants in Johannesburg South African winters which reach 0-15 degrees celcius. If you also willing to consider waxes, 476 and 915 have served me really well, again no idea on how my recommendations would serve you in a Chicago winter.
 
I you can polish & ceramic coat, that is your best. I used to use CarPro Reload & Hydr02 for winter prep packages when I was in Syracuse.
 
Here are a few (in no particular order):
-Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant
-Meguiar's M21 2.0
-Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection
-Finish Kare 1000P
-Optimum Opti-Seal


Bob
 
A lot of guys seem to like Menzerna Power Lock topped with Collinite.
 
Thank you all very much
I have a heated garage to prep car in
Once I get my new flex150 and pads will get after it

Thanks again many choices here appreciate all the replys
Bill
 
FUNX650 said:
Here are a few (in no particular order):
-Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant
-Meguiar's M21 2.0
-Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection
-Finish Kare 1000P
-Optimum Opti-Seal


Bob
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4star UPP works great in the nasty salt bathed winters. Used it in the past and held up way longer and that's using the drive thru brushless washes. Btw, I'm 2hrs south of Chicago. Trying out the HD Poxy this year.
 
My favorite so far for the Chicagoland winters is Essence, let sit overnight to fully cure, then top with BFWD sealant. It's some of the slickest paint I've ever felt, and it comes clean super easy.
 
I'm a fan of Collinite 476. Being a fellow Chicagoan, I feel your pain. The salt here is awful.
 
Zubair said:
I have no idea on what Chicago winters are like but have successfully used FK1000P,BFWD,WGDGPS sealants in Johannesburg South African winters which reach 0-15 degrees celcius. If you also willing to consider waxes, 476 and 915 have served me really well, again no idea on how my recommendations would serve you in a Chicago winter.
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What are Chicago winters like?

Simple, a metric ton of salt dumped per block distance on all main streets, and 2 metric tons of salt dumped at every intersection.

Meaning in about 4-5 year's time, you'll be able to do a Freddy Flinstone with your legs through the floorboards due to rust-corrosion.
 
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..A locked garage!:surrender:
 
MarkD51 said:
What are Chicago winters like?

Simple, a metric ton of salt dumped per block distance on all main streets, and 2 metric tons of salt dumped at every intersection.

Meaning in about 4-5 year's time, you'll be able to do a Freddy Flinstone with your legs through the floorboards due to rust-corrosion.
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Not to mention the extreme damage it does once the salt enters the water (streams, creeks, rivers, lakes etc.) Wrecks havoc on the wildlife - fish and birds especially impacted. Growing up as a kid in NJ the roads were rarely ever salted - and we drove rear wheel drive boats, and guess what - we made it to where we needed to go. Fast forward 25 years to the day where we have all wheels drive, four wheel drive, traction control, anti lock brakes - you name it, and the roads are salted to high heaven so no township, municipality or state gets sued by the litigious world we live in.

...but a good portion of that long-term damage can be avoided if you at least rinse the car off (thoroughly) a few times over the winter to remov the layered salt along with a good pre-winter prep.

Praying for a mild winter,

ScottH
 
ScottH said:
...but a good portion of that long-term damage can be avoided if you at least rinse the car off (thoroughly) a few times over the winter to remov the layered salt along with a good pre-winter prep.
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This is a key point to my winter car care. I've mapped out all of the touchless car washes in my area's equipped with an underbody spray. I select the wash option that includes that feature, and then drive REALLY slowly over the spray heads once they come on. Drives the attendants nuts some times, but at least I know I'm doing all I can to keep the rust at bay.
 
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