PA Cosmic Spritz or Viking Spritz?

I want to order some one of these two tonight before sales end. What would be your pick for me (and why, if you want to share)? I have High Gloss but want one of the more durable PA spritz. Will be using as standalone or topper on Essence (won’t be used as a coating topper).

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

I went with Viking, per SWETM’s suggestion.

I did end up going with Viking 500ml, but a few days later I went with 200ml Cosmic during an AG 25% off sale.

The stupid sprayer on the Viking didn’t want to work, so I used Cosmic on both my cars after a orange pad polish and then Essence Gloss pad coat.

Holy beading!!! We took the SUV on a family vacation up to Syracuse, got caught in a few massive T-Storms on the way up. I’ve never seen water race off paint so fast. I’ve seen a lot of good water behavior, but this was special (and no, I’m not a coating guy yet).

Here’s some initial pics (the Audi taken a few weeks ago). I’ll also do some new ones of my car in a day or so because it already looks glossier than these pics I took at initial application.

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Coatingsarecrack said:

Have you tried Viking yet?

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I have not, I never tried again after the sprayer didn’t work. Might have to save it for pre-winter cause I have so many toppers to try between now and then, I’m trying to save the longer lasting ones as sort of “base coats” (IGL, Moonlight, PBL Surface, maybe Viking) and get the max usage out of the shorter term ones for this summer.

With that being said, my mood can change daily.

A few pics from this morning. Note the black Audi has a thin layer of grass pollen on it, but still looks super shiny from > 5’ away:
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SWETM said:

How was it to apply the Cosmic Spritz on the essence?

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Piece of cake, a pleasure to work with. I don’t know if I even needed an extra wipe down in most places... Cosmic just melted into the paint it seemed.

My use with Essence was a disappointment in my mind, I have to improve my technique with it... but maybe nitpicking because the cars look great (just think they could have been glossier after Essence).

luckydawg said:

I have used both-- but neither as a stand alone

I must say I think the results are very clear in my case-- the cosmic V2 system over the Viking system not only WAY WAY cheaper buy out preforms it BY A MILE --- EASY

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You are talking the system, i.e. coating + spritz, or just the spritz’s themselves on top of product X?

Edit: obviously you are talking full system since you say “system” the Spritz’s alone are the same price. Dumb question on my part.

I’d be interested in anyone else’s views of Cosmic Spritz vs Viking Spritz. I’ll obviously post once I have a vehicle to use Viking on or once I redo my existing vehicles.

^^ looks nice though!

Everyone uses Cosmic I guess. Maybe I should have gotten small Viking Spritz, big Cosmic Spritz... but I still have faith in Viking (I have no choice after $116 in the hole).

A couple more pics in daylight if the Acura well after Cosmic Spritz has cured.

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Wanted to post a few more pics of the Acura, due to a nice sunset. This is the 1 week-old coat of Cosmic on the passenger side.

NOTE: The drivers side now has 1 day-old PA High Gloss topped on the Cosmic... I wanted to compare flake pop and beading of Cosmic vs HG-topping. More to come on that once I get some full sun Saturday, then rain on Sunday.

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Interesting development with Cosmic Spritz-only vs Cosmic Spritz with HG on top, particularly with beading (see below). Note that these observations were on a car that had been cleaned last on Thursday (2 and 4 days before my observations), but the car looks clean with a slight layer of grass pollen building up over time.

As far as looks, the HG has a “brighter” shine in sunlight. I was almost blinded Saturday when staring at the hood under the sun, but the driver side with HG blinded me a little more. The sun was overhead and was shining down equally across the entire hood. Maaaybe slightly more flake pop on the HG side too, but so hard to tell when they are both sparkling and I’m half-blinded. I will compare again in different lighting (less sun or sun not directly overhead). Pictures don’t do any justice so not including any.

Now, as far as beading: it rained last night, I didn’t get to observe while rain was falling, but got to observe this morning with drops all over. Passenger side is Cosmic Spritz only. Driver side topped with HG:
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Cosmic Spritz only:
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HG topped:
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HG topped:
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I then took a 10 minute ride down backroads, 35-40mph max and watched as the HG side drops flew off the car at rapid pace. The Cosmic Spritz-only side drops still moved, but not nearly as fast. Here’s the hood while in the car:
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Drivers side nearly dry. Passenger side still has very small beads remaining. Here’s one more pic after the 10 minute ride was complete:
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Same results as the description above.

In summary, I expected HG to impede the beading of the amazing Cosmic Spritz. The result were the opposite. HG improved the self-cleaning by a significant amount! The car was not just cleaned and did have the slight bit of grass pollen and had been driven for 4 days before this observation, but regardless the results surprised me. HG the self-cleaning winner... when used on top of Cosmic Spritz.