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Beautiful work, but your jobs always look brilliant.

Jetseal 109 is easier to use but there are much easier to use products on the market if ease of use is a primary criteria. Collinite 476 completely owns Jetseal for durability. The looks are slightly different, maybe a wash or a narrow edge for Collinite. Cost effectiveness: Collinite again...

As noted above Optimum Car Wax is extremely easy to use but it can streak and doesn't offer much in the way of a waxed look. Among paste waxes Lusso Oro and Blackfire Midnight Sun are the two easiest to use IME.

I'm also in the anti layering camp. I have limited experience with layering waxes over sealants (the BF system and various Collinites over Duragloss 105) but I have not seen significant increases in longevity. What I have seen is that you get the downside of waxes (dust and pollen adhering...

I don't remember GEP as being a huge filler but truth be told I never liked it and haven't used it for quite a while. I thought it was mostly just a mediocre chemical paint cleaner. I vastly prefer Prima Amigo, that isn't a huge filler either but I can tell you from experience that BFWD sits...

BF GEP, to the best of my knowledge, contains no or a negligible amount of abrasives. It will not remove marring.

There is no general rule, it is product specific. Some waxes and sealants you can even apply outside in light rain while other may ask for dry conditions for (optimally) 48 hours or more during and immediately post application. Some products you can (or must) layer within an hour or so post...

Aphids secrete a substance euphemistically referred to as "honeydew." I don't tend to see quantities of aphids on oaks but then there are many species of oaks (and aphids) and it isn't like I'm spending much time in the canopy of oaks forty feet off the ground. It could be another insect but...

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The Dawn story appears to clearly trace back to a misconstrued comment from Zaino. I would call that a relatively benign misunderstanding, I certainly don't think Zaino was getting kickbacks from Proctor & Gamble. On the other hand there are both U.K. and U.S. (think California) detailing...

Just to offer another set of data points/opinions here is my take on some of the products under discussion: Optimum Opti-Seal (I've only used v.1 not the newer revision that is said to be more durable). I loved the quick and dead easy WOWA application. I think for very soft paints this is a...

I don't know the local cultural or legal structure but this seems completely over the top to me. It seems like the owner of PortoVino ought to be making a claim against the owner(s) of the events hall and let the insurance companies work out payment for correction. It isn't clear to me why he...

That is a question that can't be answered with any accuracy. I've never used Costco towels but I'm dubious that I'd let them anywhere near paint. The vast majority of my good towels are Korean or German from PakShak, The Rag Company, CarPro-US, etc. They can see dozens of uses or be quickly...

I suspect you'll find quite few different MF wash "systems" here but this is what I do: I separate washing and drying towels/pads/mitts from anything that has had contact with sealants, coatings or wax. If there are some exceptionally dirty towels in this group they go in a separate pile. The...

I don't have an issue with companies producing multiple coatings and coating toppers. They vary by look, by ease of application, by longevity, by hardness, by water behavior, etc. Anyone waiting for a coating that is all things to all people is going to be waiting a very long time. I do...