Why would you do all that work and use reload as a lsp.were you running out of time? .leaves on a car in the rain will give you that appearance of no protection.wash and sprayway it when the weather it good,and why would you strip paint to apply reload it's more of a coating maintenance booster can be used solo for a lsp but I would seal or wax it,then use reload to maintain it.
Problems with carpro reload, please help!
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Well I hope you're dead wrong about the latest version, as I just got a .5L bottle delivered this afternoon from AG.
And the 2014 "new and improved" Reload, I bought a whole liter of that, and returned it, it was an oily holographic monster that I returned for refund, but did get stuck footing a healthy bill on the return shipping of it.
If this bottle dated 12-05-15 i(which I assume here in america means 05-12-15) is the same as the last was, it too will be going back. I cannot stomach, or afford to "eat product" that does not work, or work properly as intended.
And yes, the 2013 version I had as you've noted also was pure white, this one I have now looks like the last flawed version, a greyish-beige looking liquid.
There was nothing at all wrong with that pure white 2013 version product, I have no idea why they needed to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place.
When I can, I'll try to update what I think of this new bottle, as I have a vehicle on hand (the one in my avatar) which has had nothing but CQ UK and Reload put on it since the last paint correction.
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I see this promblem very often when something is awesome,then they fiddle with it maybe a new voc law or just to refresh the product.
Poor boys had a product called qw I think that was the name anyhow,this stuff God created it for detailiers you would apply by hand it would give the deepest shine like you buffed it for 8 hrs awesome filler additives in it.They stopped making it I think in 06 or 07 saw Steve at detail fest and asked him if he had any left over.he said they stopped formulation cause of voc regulations ,I've touched and worked with a whole lot of chemicals and waxes thru the years and know product today will never replicate it,you can take a swirled out s500 mb and apply it with miracles looks dripping wet awesome product.
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I wouldn't recommend the product. I used it on my car, my wife's car and a friend's car. It provides very nice gloss to all of them however the water beading wears off rapidly making it seem like the product also wears away rapidly. It lasted less then a month for me and while carpro-USA was helpful in trying to resolve the issue, it never got reaolved. We were not sure if it was the tree pollen in the spring when I applied it or what. I went through an extensive process on all of those cars, spending around 8 hours on each to insure the prep was done right.
I tried sonax poly net shield and had MUCH better results. Except I killed PNS by using carpro reset. I didn't know until a few months later that reset can remove organic sealants over time.
Next spring I'm going to use gtechniq exov2 and be done with it for a while.
I tried sonax poly net shield and had MUCH better results. Except I killed PNS by using carpro reset. I didn't know until a few months later that reset can remove organic sealants over time.
Next spring I'm going to use gtechniq exov2 and be done with it for a while.
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The first "white" Reload I ever purchased I believe was the 2013 version, before Carpro then made a concentrated formulation.
On either vehicle I used it on, it was effortless, didn't seem to matter how haphazardly you put it on, light, heavy, spray right onto a panel, spread and wipe anyway you wanted. That you could not mess up no matter how hard you tried to.
Was as simple as any good spray detailer product. Left a perfectly even slick smooth hard finish, not a streak, hologram etc to be seen period.
With the new 2014 concentrated version I had no problems with any streaking or dark spots-high spots that were difficult, only an oily smeary film left behind that I could not rid paint or glass of, until I washed thoroughly, and then came behind with another product, such as at the time, it was Collinite #845 that removed the oily hollograms.
In any case, I had wondered about a fairly long lasting alternative (not just any detailer spray) that would have similar qualities and ingredients to Reload, the spray from GTechniq as an example, and wondered how that would fare?
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It's actually mentioned on the car pro website however I didn't realize that until afterwards. the only reason I tried car pro reset is because of the suggestion by Corey from Carpro to try to use reset to reset car pro reload hah. Needless to say it didn't work and since I had a big bottle of carPro reset left I figured I would use that as my normal shampoo for a while but it seemed to remove poly net shield. Lesson learned. With that being said poly netshield still seems to be holding up it just doesn't have the hydrophobic functions that I used to have but water will still bead up on the surface just not as well as it used to.
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It's this stuff I believe, except not in aerosol form. Wurth clean solve. A friend jeff Oswald who works on all kinds of cars in town from exotics to standard cars uses it with no issues. He uses it as a final wipe on his personal car before coating.
Wurth Clean Prep
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Reload has a MEAN look afterwards. Very oily, and definitely "fills" swirls. But like the OP it never seemed to last too long. I always cooked it up to me using it (improperly) as a topper on my Waterless Wash, They say the polymers affect the bonding.
I love many carpro products, but many are clear misses too for me. I love IronX & Perl for interiors only.
Spotless sucks on any hard water spots that are fully cured, only works well on the freshest hard water spots.
SUPER eager to try essence, but rest assured I will buy the smallest bottle first! =)
I love many carpro products, but many are clear misses too for me. I love IronX & Perl for interiors only.
Spotless sucks on any hard water spots that are fully cured, only works well on the freshest hard water spots.
SUPER eager to try essence, but rest assured I will buy the smallest bottle first! =)
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yea the more digging I do the more I see that even the new version still isn't where it should be....im just gonna cross this one off my wish list, I haven have plenty more LSPs to play with lol
Essence definitely looks appealing, can't wait till it comes out
Essence definitely looks appealing, can't wait till it comes out
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A few of the WOWA sealants I've tried, WG Liquid Seal, Optima Opti-Seal, and Ultima UPGP can be, or seem a bit "oily" initially if you're a bit too liberal with the application.
But always, a simple follow-up with a clean MF towel some minutes after perfectly cures any such over-application issues.
I'm not of course expecting CP Reload to last like a Paint Coating would, but only want to use such a product to enhance, and prolong the present CQ UK Coating my Tahoe wears, nothing more.
There is probably 10 dozen products on the market I could use as a topper, probably any of the WOWAs I list above, Aquawax, nubas, sealants, detailer sprays, etc.
My wishes were to hopefully and "wisely prefer" to keep such protectant products "In the Family" so to speak, and is one reason I'm trying to persist, and persevere using Carpro Reload as a topper over CQ UK rather than any other product.
Maybe instead of Reload, one could possibly have success with CP Hydro2?
My goals and hopes are to of course enhance the life of the CQ UK Coating is all. And to tell the truth, I am a bit afraid to start experimenting ala mad scientist with different topper products, at least on this vehicle I am.
But, should I find this new Bottle of Reload not behaving properly, I may not have much choice to then sample-try other enhancement products over CQuartz.
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Sometime this weekend, I will try the new CP Reload, and try to report back.
There's been little as to the exact reason why Reload was changed in the first place, as some have touched upon, possible VOC laws?
Smelling both products, they do smell similar, with a solvent or gasoline-like smell, and it seems this latest version Reload I just got smells even more potent with the solvents in it.
All I'm hoping is that it applies and wipes clean without the need of rubbing with 1/2 dozen MF towels, and still seeing smearing or oiliness left behind.
If so, this will be another bottle sent back to AG, I'm not going to eat cost on such a costly product, then let it just sit and collect cobwebs for the fun of it.
There's been little as to the exact reason why Reload was changed in the first place, as some have touched upon, possible VOC laws?
Smelling both products, they do smell similar, with a solvent or gasoline-like smell, and it seems this latest version Reload I just got smells even more potent with the solvents in it.
All I'm hoping is that it applies and wipes clean without the need of rubbing with 1/2 dozen MF towels, and still seeing smearing or oiliness left behind.
If so, this will be another bottle sent back to AG, I'm not going to eat cost on such a costly product, then let it just sit and collect cobwebs for the fun of it.
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I'll be 100% honest with my upcoming use soon of this latest version of Reload. Perhaps tomorrow.
All I'll need to do, is take a dampened MF Towel to the Hood of My Tahoe, then use the Reload.
I'm a member of the Carpro Forum, so it is simple for me to check Corey's advice on the best way to apply it and remove it.
I would think, like the old Reload, a simple spray to a panel, spread, flip MF and wipe, and be done. Hopefully no need for dampened MF Towels, multiple towels, waiting long periods of time, or any other lengthy magical processes, to then come back, etc.
What was the last product put on the Tahoe's paint about a month ago? Reload v2013, and I only have less than an ounce left of it. :-( Underneath that, CQ UK is it, nothing else.
If it won't work right here, it's not going to work elsewhere. And white paint should be the easiest of all.
I'll know right away, it doesn't take me hours, or days to mull over a product to evaluate its worth.