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re: What did you use to wash the car with? water!! The car doesn't get very dirty and washes up good with water!!

The worst areas are the hood and frontal areas. Thinking the engine heat may have something to do with the lack of durability. If the car was "toxified" and needed n914 to clean it why would the sides be relatively fine? Not going to make a big deal out of this. The car is basically a garage...

Just a follow up to this thread. It has been about 7 months and 5 days since I put the coating product (McKees 37 Paint Coating) on my silver 2016 Rav4 which at that time was about 1 year old. The car mostly sits in the garage. Today I went out to take the bugs off the front of the car and...

It has been about a week since I applied the McKee's 37 Paint Coating to my car. It was raining so I pulled the car out of the garage to give it a bath. This was the coatings first exposure to water. I must say I am impressed. The water beaded up very strongly in many small beads just as it...

Vanity of vanities........All is vanity and vexation of the spirit!

Aaryn NZ I remember the earthquake, but had hoped the recovery would restore all the old charm. But life goes on. I once saw a bumper sticker which said "wherever you go - there you are". Was a game changer for me. Florida is OK but its pretty flat. But this is where God has placed me...

I have a couple of last comments. Aaryn NZ. Hello there. I was in NZ once back around 1980. Loved the place. Did the North and South Islands. Really liked the South Island. Especially Christchurch and Queenstown. Landed on a glacier on Mt Cook. Why would you want to leave NZ to go to...

Route246 Thanks for your response. Actually I am a lot more like you than I let on in my little story. I probably care more about the appearance of my vehicles than I let on. And yes I find myself analyzing the finish on other vehicles especially those which appeal to my tastes. I will...

FrankS Mine is silver sky metallic. I noticed chips also. And the paint doesn't seem very thick. But it is a nice car for my purposes.

Lake Placid.

About a year ago I began my journey into the world of detailing. Car detailing that is. Now up to that point my expertise had progressed to a home grown detailing style of one bucket wash using imitation chamois's and a once a year hand application of Klasse AIO with Colinite 476s as the final...

Is McKee's 37 Coating Prep Polish black trim safe?

In case anyone is interested the thread which caused my question is at http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/107543-new-coatings.html. The comment I was refering to is in entry #11: Sorry for my ineptness at editing!! :)

Hmm..... Sorry I guess I should choose my words more carefully. Apparently I read Mike's comment out of context with what he actually was saying. Which makes Mckees 37 Paint Coating an option for me. Ah everything is so complicated these days.

Recently I read a thread where the longevity of coatings was being discussed. In that thread Mike Phillips made the comment that because after 1 year coatings become so contaminated and marred that to bring back showroom shine a detailing needed to be done therefore it was counter productive to...