Dan K
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This is going to be a long post, but I thought it might be useful to other forum members to share my experiences with the below listed sealants, coating, and other lsps, especially as it relates to Ford's White Platinum Tricoat paint. For those of you that don't want to read through this whole post, please scroll down to a few pics of my Sonata wearing DP Paint Coating and Sonax Polymer Net Shield.
My silver 2013 Sonata Limited has been wearing DP Paint Coating on the hood and Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant on the remainder of the paint since last fall, with intermittent toppings of a few different products in 2014 (D156, Wolfgang Spritz Sealant) over the sealant and couple of toppings since May of Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer on the hood.
My car is a garage kept daily driver, alternating between short in town commutes and a couple of days where my wife drives 100 miles round trip for her work commute.
I have been happy with the durability of the DP coating on the hood, and DGPS is a favorite of mine also. Up until this summer, I would have been satisfied with using either of these products for long term winter protection. However, in June I prepped my wife's Ford Edge with DP Paint Coating, and topped that with a coat of Sonax Polymer Net Shield.
WOW! I have been blown away by the performance of this combination on the Edge, namely the water shedding ability, ease of cleaning/reduced dirt buildup, and resistance to water spots. The Edge has the White Tricoat paint, and nothing that I had previously used on this paint in the past lasted nearly as long as when used on other vehicles where I used the same prep and products.
Since 2012 I have tried the following products on the Edge: Wolfgang DGPS, Duragloss 501/601/105, and DP Paint Coating by itself for 2 weeks. The paint was prepped and stripped each time before switching the lsp.
The Wolfgang lasted a lot longer for me than the Duragloss combo, but the sides of the vehicle always seemed to get dirty quickly, and the dirt did not release nearly as easily as on my sonata and other vehicles that I had protected with sealants.
I only had the DP PC on the Edge for two weeks before topping with PNS. While the DP was very slick, I was still disappointed in the way dirt stuck to the sides and did not release easily when performing a two bucket wash with a wash mitt.
After the PNS, the Edge stays so much cleaner, and dirt releases easily with a light stroke of the wash mitt, the same as I have previously experienced with the before mentioned sealants on other vehicles.
Okay, back to the winter prep for the Sonata. After my experience with the Edge, I simply had to use the DP/Sonax combo for long term protection. Since the car was still pretty clean from its last wash, my prep was as follows (completed on Sunday):
Rinseless wash using DP Rinseless W&G
Pinnacle poly clay
Polish hood, rear deck lid, and rear bumper area with Flex 3401, 5 inch black hybrid pad.
Polish front end with Flex PE14.
DP Prep Polish applied to all paint with Flex 3401, black hybrid.
DP Paint Coating on all paint.
On Tuesday it was raining. I pulled the car into the garage after work and dried the glass roof, windows, hood, pillars, and deck lid. The windows were previously treated with Nanoskin rain repellant, and periodically topped with Megs D156 spray wax. I decided to apply Sonax BSD to the roof and all windows. I did not strip or prep the glass before this application of BSD.
I had coated the windshield with Pinnacle Glass Coating last fall, and while it is still working in downpours and at higher speeds, the performance has fallen off, and it is ready to be stripped and recoated. So, I applied Sonax BSD to just the driver side of the windshield as a test to see how much improvement it would make in the rain until I reapply the glass coating in the near future.
I then applied Sonax PNS to the hood, pillars and decklid. I did not have time to apply it to the rest of the car, but I will do that before the end of the week. I will also be prepping the wheels to reapply DP Wheel Coating.
For those of you that are still with me, onto a couple of pics. I took these around 8:30 am this morning after arriving to work. The sun was very low in the sky and very bright. Pics were taken with my Iphone 5.
Thanks for looking!
My silver 2013 Sonata Limited has been wearing DP Paint Coating on the hood and Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant on the remainder of the paint since last fall, with intermittent toppings of a few different products in 2014 (D156, Wolfgang Spritz Sealant) over the sealant and couple of toppings since May of Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer on the hood.
My car is a garage kept daily driver, alternating between short in town commutes and a couple of days where my wife drives 100 miles round trip for her work commute.
I have been happy with the durability of the DP coating on the hood, and DGPS is a favorite of mine also. Up until this summer, I would have been satisfied with using either of these products for long term winter protection. However, in June I prepped my wife's Ford Edge with DP Paint Coating, and topped that with a coat of Sonax Polymer Net Shield.
WOW! I have been blown away by the performance of this combination on the Edge, namely the water shedding ability, ease of cleaning/reduced dirt buildup, and resistance to water spots. The Edge has the White Tricoat paint, and nothing that I had previously used on this paint in the past lasted nearly as long as when used on other vehicles where I used the same prep and products.
Since 2012 I have tried the following products on the Edge: Wolfgang DGPS, Duragloss 501/601/105, and DP Paint Coating by itself for 2 weeks. The paint was prepped and stripped each time before switching the lsp.
The Wolfgang lasted a lot longer for me than the Duragloss combo, but the sides of the vehicle always seemed to get dirty quickly, and the dirt did not release nearly as easily as on my sonata and other vehicles that I had protected with sealants.
I only had the DP PC on the Edge for two weeks before topping with PNS. While the DP was very slick, I was still disappointed in the way dirt stuck to the sides and did not release easily when performing a two bucket wash with a wash mitt.
After the PNS, the Edge stays so much cleaner, and dirt releases easily with a light stroke of the wash mitt, the same as I have previously experienced with the before mentioned sealants on other vehicles.
Okay, back to the winter prep for the Sonata. After my experience with the Edge, I simply had to use the DP/Sonax combo for long term protection. Since the car was still pretty clean from its last wash, my prep was as follows (completed on Sunday):
Rinseless wash using DP Rinseless W&G
Pinnacle poly clay
Polish hood, rear deck lid, and rear bumper area with Flex 3401, 5 inch black hybrid pad.
Polish front end with Flex PE14.
DP Prep Polish applied to all paint with Flex 3401, black hybrid.
DP Paint Coating on all paint.
On Tuesday it was raining. I pulled the car into the garage after work and dried the glass roof, windows, hood, pillars, and deck lid. The windows were previously treated with Nanoskin rain repellant, and periodically topped with Megs D156 spray wax. I decided to apply Sonax BSD to the roof and all windows. I did not strip or prep the glass before this application of BSD.
I had coated the windshield with Pinnacle Glass Coating last fall, and while it is still working in downpours and at higher speeds, the performance has fallen off, and it is ready to be stripped and recoated. So, I applied Sonax BSD to just the driver side of the windshield as a test to see how much improvement it would make in the rain until I reapply the glass coating in the near future.
I then applied Sonax PNS to the hood, pillars and decklid. I did not have time to apply it to the rest of the car, but I will do that before the end of the week. I will also be prepping the wheels to reapply DP Wheel Coating.
For those of you that are still with me, onto a couple of pics. I took these around 8:30 am this morning after arriving to work. The sun was very low in the sky and very bright. Pics were taken with my Iphone 5.
Thanks for looking!
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