Sealant comparison

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I've been wanting to compare some sealants. I got a few additional ones from the samples thread. This is a combination of sealants and spray waxes. I don't expect the waxes to last as long, but wanted to see a relative comparison.

The first car got some spray-on-wipe off waxes and sealants applied about 2 weeks ago. I'll try to get an update tomorrow to check the water action. Hood was compounded, polished, and wiped down with Gyeon Prep twice (Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Compound).

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2nd car was done today with several sealants. It was polished with UC and then wiped down twice with Gyeon Prep.
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This picture shows what I used. Essence and Essence+ shown in the bottom middle were not used.
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Some labels to make it easier to reference performance going forward:

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I know DG 105 is an AIO. I had more slots than products so used it just to see how it compares.

Everything was applied per instructions with a single coat. These will all get at least 18 hours cure time out of the weather. I likely over-applied OptiSeal and Paint Guard Plus based on residual residue. I may reapply these in a couple of days. Also will apply another sealant to the empty spot in front if I get another one to try.

Where I used DG 601 I put down a coat of it first and applied the sealant without removing it. I prefer to mix it 601 into the sealant rather than applying it first, but hard to do with quantities this small.

Application experience for all of these was good. They're all easy to apply. Should be no surprise the FK was the hardest to remove, but not difficult at all. Collinite was next - also fairly easy. All the others are very easy to remove, Sonüs Ion being the easiest. Paint Guard Plus and OptiSeal don't require any removal.

All products used on both hoods (17 total):

Blackfire Polymer Spray
Carpro Reload
Collinite 845
DG Aquawax
DG 105
DG 111
DG Track Claw
Finish Kare 1000*
Mystery sealant (not sold on AG)
Optimum Spray Wax
Optimum Optiseal
Polish Angel Cosmic Spritz
Sonax Poylmer Net Shield
Sonüs Acrylic Spritz
Sonüs Ion
Ultima Paint Guard Plus
Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant
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Red - Spray-on-wipe-off or wipe-on-wipe-off
Blue - Apply, wait, wipe off or buff off
Black - Apply and walk away (no wipe off)

*FK 1000 applies like a paste wax rather than a liquid. The application isn't any more difficult.

Where is the cost info? I didn't any because it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. How much you pay per oz is not relevant. How much it costs to cover an average sized car is a better metric. I don't have that info. If possible I'll cover a couple of panels with each to try and get a sense of cost per panel.

Be sure to read the other sealant comparison taking place concurrently.
 
really want to see how polish angel holds up, its been on my wish list for sometimes but its so expensive. what type of daily conditions will this car be in Rippy?
 
Keep in mind this is the spray only, not the coating. Cosmic coating did not have good durability for me. (I believe it's like Ion - coating in name only.) Car is a daily driver, outside most of the time, and will get almost constant rain for 6 months starting in a couple of weeks.
 
yes, its the same one that mandamarza has been using on IG and I think Ron on here has used it in the past as well if im thinking of the same product
 
Finish Kare 1000p / DG601 I always wondered how this would work. DG Track claw / DG601 wanted to try this also. Tell us more
Thanks for the test
 
superdave592 said:
Finish Kare 1000p / DG601 I always wondered how this would work. DG Track claw / DG601 wanted to try this also. Tell us more
Thanks for the test
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FK + 601 recommended by FUNX650 (aka Bob). Track Claw is another sealant from DG. Those guys have great products and terrible marketing. I tried it with some coatings earlier this year. It's been going for about 10 months. Will see how it compares this time. Applies like other non-spray sealants. Very slick after it's wiped off. I'll check them tonight when i get home for the finger slickness test (after washing, of course).
 
This is a great thread, Rippy.

Thanks for doing this, man.
 
Nice OP. im rooting for acrylic spritz, polymer spray and FK1000!
 
First update. Reminder that the Sentra hood got done a little over 2 weeks ago. It's been outside 24x7 and gotten rained on for 3-4 days. Been washed twice since I applied them with N-914 and rinseless dilution. The time between pics is a second or two. The bottom 3 sections at the bottom of the pic are shedding water like crazy.

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So far Opt Spray Wax, Polish Angel, and Reload are doing great. Aquawax is just a little behind the others. Sonus Acrylic is trying, but not going to make it. Blackfire is done. I could reapply and give it another chance, but I think I'll try another spray wax or QD there. This is pretty consistent with what I've experienced with it before (sorry AG).

Did a reality check on the Land Rover hood even though the sealants are only a day old. The car got rained on today, so no harm from the hose.

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They're all doing what you would expect: water is flying off the hood except for the untreated area at front center. Also looks like I missed a spot when applying the Mystery Sealant based on the water accumulating right near the windshield sprayer. I'll note that and will account for it going forward.

Score so far: Blackfire is out and Sonus Spritz is heading that way.
 
dang OP.. I would've sent you some Sonus Acrylic Glanz to use if I knew.. or if you still want to use something else hit me up!
 
I figure reload will do it’s thing on the sentra and last that one out

And I’m thinking the 111/601 on the rover

Cool update


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I'll work on getting another 2-3 sealants to use since I have an open spot on the Rover and will be able to reapply a couple of spots on the Sentra soon. Assuming it's warm enough to apply something, I could get a few more going as some of these fail. Once temps drop it may be too cold and wet for decent application.

Between what I'm doing and Cruz's tests we should have comparative results for 25 or more products. I also want to use the collective experience all of you have: if things don't look right please speak up and I can try to make adjustments or re-test as needed.
 
The BF Wet Diamond spray does not last very long for me either. It looks really good,but it doesn't seem to hold up.
 
Here's how things are looking... Sentra will be confusing so I'll need to explain.

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Top right: I reapplied the Blackfire because I wanted to see how quickly it fails. When I did the first check point it was already done. Also want to make sure I didn't screw up. I re-applied it two days ago and it got rained on today. You can see it's already slowing down.

Top center: Sonus has stopped working, as expected based on slowing down last week.

Top left: I applied something else where the AW was previously. I didn't get a pic, but it had stopped working. Ignore this for new product since I didn't polish off the AW first and am just trying something.

Bottom left: The Opt Spray Wax has also stopped working.

Durability so far:
  • Blackfire is < 2 weeks (not sure yet how much less)
  • Sonus Spritz is ~3 weeks
  • AW is 3+ weeks, longer than Sonus Spritz and less than Opt
  • Opt Spray Wax is < 4 weeks but longer than AW

AW and Opt are close, with the edge going to Opt in this test.

Remaining on the Sentra hood and working well are Reload and PA Cosmic Spritz.

Added two more products to the Land Rover hood:

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I divided the large open section in the front into two areas and applied Sonus Acrylic Glanz and Griots One Step Sealant, which is really an AIO (applied by hand). They both had 10+ garaged hours to cure. They got rained on a few hours later.

Everything is performing well with no significant differences. Sorry for the crappy pic - will do better next time.

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The two new products are shedding water well, but seem to have smaller beading than the others. No idea what this means. This pic is looking at just the center of the hood.

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So far I don't think there are any big surprises here. Neither AW nor Opt spray wax last very long. But given the ease of application and cost, not too bad. Will test more wipe-on-wipe-off as I go to see what's the most durable. Also heading into the rainy season so these are going to be wet all day, every day.
 
Hope you get better results with groits sealant, it was one of the first to go for me in my AIO test

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