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104 Paste Wax.

Seven products added to the Rover passenger side doors. Seven products total. 3 new ones and 4 repeats. Products applied Duragloss 104 Paste Wax Finish Kare #215 AIO Gyeon CanCoat CarPro Reload (repeat) Dodo Future Armour (repeat) OptiSeal (repeat) Duragloss 931 as a QD (repeat) Prep: I...

I'll give an opinion you didn't ask for: if you're going to keep up with an SiO2 sealant over the coating all the time, what is the coating doing for you? What would the difference be if you just applied a sealant every few weeks? Based on my limited testing the spray-on-hose-off products seem...

That's impressive. Here I am with one 8mm DA. You can't have enough towels, although you may have enough for me. If I rinseless wash 3 cars in a day I can easily use 20-30 towels. Those white 800 Everest you have are my go-to for rinseless/waterless and are not bad for drying. Those and my...

You are correct and I was wrong - it does say water soluble. I assumed with propane and butane it was oil based. Those are perhaps just propellants.

Citrol266 appears to be oil-based. I would be concerned about spraying this on paint as it's likely a solvent. It has up to 20% propane and butane as ingredients, per the MSDS.

Red beans and rice for the new year.

I went down the same path. Coating seem to collect contaminants more readily than clear coat, not less so. You can save a copy of that spreadsheet and stick your data in there to see how it looks. You need to add the products on the product tab (if not already there) and then just add the...

IronX and similar are just terrible smelling. I learned the hard way to use outside AND make sure the garage door is closed. I'm not an expert so hesitate to give advice since there are many pros here. Your point about clay scratching the coating is one of my big issues with coatings. In our...

Few things based on my experience with road grime and coatings. I live in the NW U.S. and drive in the rain frequently. 1. Reset doesn't stink. That had to have been the Ironx. I haven't seen any significant increase in coating behavior after using IronX. Reset can help. 2. I usually clay my...

As expected everything on the Boxster hood is done. I tested 6 weeks ago so I'll split the difference and call those products done as of Dec 6th. At least one of these needs a re-rest. DG FC&S+AW going for 2 months seems long, although AW has gone for that long so perhaps it's possible. The...

Finally updating. Sorry for the delay. Work has just been killing me, + teenagers, + holidays, and other stuff. Something seems to have changed with Google photos - I can no longer get my photos or animations there to work in imgur. Spent too much time trying to figure this out. Summary: One...

Agree on ONR. Most of the popular wash & shine products seem great and I'd be happy with any of them. Like most QDs DG 921 doesn't last very long. I loved using it on wife's black 4Runner (now gone). 921 made it pop like crazy. When we sold it the new owner wanted to know exactly what I did to...

Agree it is puzzling and it's the reason I've tested it more than once. Will continue to do so. Maybe my Aquawax is too old? Not sure how/why it would be outlasting AW. Regarding the rations, I did try it at different ratios. In the summer is was very streaky at 5:1 to so it makes sense that I...

I didn't wipe off the excess - that's on me. I treated it like a dressing which it definitely is not in term of application and curing. I will show uneven applicaiton and perhaps high spots. Wiping it down seems like a simple solution. I'll do the rest of the car using the wipe-off process. May...

Could be privacy issues. Until a few years ago in Oregon you could get the registered name and address from any license plate online. Too much personal info given up with that. Not sure if you can still do this by going to the DMV here.

303 Trim Restorer is holding my very well. I put about 7 different products on my black wheel trim (aka wheel arches). 303 is doing the best by far. It can be a little finicky to apply and it's a little glossy. imo it goes on more like a coating than a dressing or sealant.

100% with you. I often get inconsistent results after washing. That's why I started drying or waiting a day to check sheet. No idea what the cause is. As you mentioned, if it's not consistent across products does that say something about them? Not sure. I also get good beading on the areas of my...

Great info, gregpack. Markymapo, what year is your Cayman? Probably my favorite car, esp the flat 6 models. Trying hard to get my wife to swap her Boxster S for a Cayman S. Actually hoping for a GT4. (Friend of mine has a Cayman R for sale, which is also tempting.) How do you like DG 111 on...

Perfectly fine with me. Whatever works for you. Like others, I'm glad you're doing the work and sharing the results.