Recent content by Elex

I'll echo what Mike has said about using IronX on a dirty car.... My wash process before a polish is - 1. Rinse car thoroughly 2. Mist IronX evenly over car while still wet and dirty (Mike said in a post about 6 months ago that the dirt helps the IronX stay put or "cling" on the car so that...

Sizzle - I have used the PBL "surface" coating on glass (the multipurpose paint, glass, wheels version) and I have had the same results as you have described. Very un-impressed and my partner made the same comment after I did his Sierra truck that rainx works better. I thought maybe the...

I've had 2 BMW's now, a 2011 X3 and a 2015 X3 that I have had 13 months now. The '11 had Jet Black non-metallic paint and the '15 has black sapphire metallic (bsm as people call it on here). I find the paint overall to be very soft, and also on the thinner side as well. As I recall, when I...

:iagree: Everyone have a safe holiday and spend time with the ones you care about. Life is short and use your time wisely:xyxthumbs: - Jerry

My experience has been limited to the DP and PBL coatings - I have our 2 daily drivers coated for 6 months now - a '15 X3 and '12 GMC Sierra. I've coated about 12 other cars for friends and family, different makes, paint hardness levels, washing routines etc. To me the test will be to see how...

Looks great PSD.... dark blue is one of my favorite colors. Have one question for you though, and i'll go ahead and claim ignorance up front, but when you said you were burning through pads - what exactly did you mean? Maybe my real question is how you know when the pads are "used up"... I...

Does anyone recognize the defect in the picture and what it is called? I don't know what to call it exactly. I've seen it twice on vehicles I've polished and I've not understood whether it is something I've induced with the DA or whether it was present in the paint before polishing. This...

Ok, so no more Dawn. I only started recently using it before coating a vehicle in an attempt to strip any prior LSP. I will pick up some Megs APC to use before coating a vehicle. I've been recently using CG Hi Gloss Shampoo after coating a vehicle, before that I've been using Mothers Carnuba...

Thanks for everyone's responses! A couple comments (please bear with me)- Here are the vehicles I've coated so far - DP Paint Coating .... 2015 BMW X3 -05-04-2014 Basically the same process as I described in my earlier post, except that I did not use Dawn on this one, rather I used...

I have tried to scour the forum for some more of the specifics to the DP and PBL coatings and made some notes of my own. I'm sharing them below. It would be nice if these could be elaborated on and perhaps made a sticky, as it is getting difficult to sort through all the discussions for these...

Thank you. I've coated 6 vehicles now, the first was my new '15 BMW X3 in the first weekend of May this year. I'm trying to pick different cars, with different people with different cleaning routines to test the durability as well. I think i may wash the X3 today an post pics, beading is...

And here are the after pics, not perfect, but much better. This polish and coating was supposed to be her 40th Birthday present.... do you think I can skip a Christmas present this year????

And here are some of the pics during the polishing - after I had figured out my test spot and had completed the drivers side of the hood, but before starting on the passenger side....

My sister’s “new to her” 2011 Mercedes R350 - And the problem child – my sisters recently purchased 2011 Mercedes R350. This one could be the poster child for the DISM (Dealer Installed Swirl Mark Option). There used to be a saying about the cars in the 70’s about never missing a gas station...