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Agreed. DG 931 is kind of hard to believe. In order to eliminate any bias I tend to call it early rather than late. If you look at the last Boxster video you can see that it's still working. Sonas S&S is awesome so far. I like all the spray-on-hose-off products. None of them are as hydrophobic...

Mostly N-914 or Carpro Reset. I have to believe any sponge with enough dirt in it is going to scratch.

You weren't asking me, but... depends on how dirty. Only with no visible dirt will I do a whole panel with one side of the BRS. If you can see any dirt I would flip and rinse it more often. I usually use 1 bucket with a grit guard. If using 2 bucket I would use soap in both. I've used water...

Fair enough. I use a BRS often and haven't noticed any scratching relative to using MF. Of course I also use on the cars I care less about, so I'm not inspecting them closely for scratches. On a very dirty car I'll hose or pw the surface first, and sometime go over the same area twice with a BRS...

If you're not going to rinse what's the alternative? Soap holds dirt - that's how it works. If you're not going to rinse the soap on the car will have dirt suspended it in. The dirty soap has to go somewhere.

Washed the Rover and Sentra with CarPro Reset and a Big Red Sponge. Washed the Boxster with N-914 at rinseless concentration with MF towels. Showstopper, Sonus Glanz, Rupes P808, and ONR are all done. Rover (video) MS #6 - 4 seconds Red Mist - 2 seconds Showstopper - 11 seconds (calling it...

Thought I had replied this. Not planning to use 601. Will go with a level playing field. Can't say what it does with 111, but with the other products I tested with it does not add durability. It lowered durability for some non-DG products and didn't hurt with DG 104, but also did not extend it.

Do you mean the list of long-lasting sealants? Absolutely going to them over the winter. If I'm smart I'll start applying soon. By buff-time I assume you mean time to cure before buffing? I use the finger test and let them cure until they're dry. Most of these will take at least 20 mins. I've...

Testing the Boxster today and the new products on the Sentra. Washed the Sentra and Boxster with N-914 rinseless using MF towels. Waterless products on the Sentra aren't doing a great job of sheeting water except for Ultima. Sonax Spray and Seal on the Boxster is still impressive, clearing the...

I'm going to evaluate water sheeting longevity. This occurred to me when I was looking for short-term products to test before the Sentra goes away to college next month. Since I'm getting weeks of longevity from DG 931 as a waterless I wanted to see how the others will compare. I already had...

Washed the Rover and Sentra with CarPro Reset and a Big Red Sponge. Boxster is at work with the wife until tomorrow. CGV07 on the Rover is done. Added 4 waterless wash products to the Sentra driver side doors. They were previously polished with a black pad and DG Squeaky Clean then washed...

Results from last weekend and earlier this week. Washed the Rover and Sentra with CarPro Reset and a Big Red Sponge. Washed the Boxster with N-914 as rinseless ratio using Everest 800 MF towels. I somehow didn't get video of the passenger side of the Rover so I don't have results. Will get...

Washed the Rover and Sentra with CarPro Reset and a Big Red Sponge. Washed the Boxster with N-914 as rinseless ratio using Everest 800 MF towels. (The Everest 800 is a very different towel from 550. I should do a review of them.) The Rover video below shows a vertical section of door with no...

Agree - this will be awesome. Found my old post on coating pros/cons here. Pasted in below. Added some comments in bold. Note that my typical daily commute is ~10 miles on the freeway with rain, 5 days/week. It's rains for ~8 months of the year. That's a lot of road grime. Coating pros More...

I've seen the same thing you're seeing with coatings in our environment. A while back I posted pros/cons for coatings in a wet environment - I'll try to find it. There were far more cons than pros. Water spotting is one of the biggest downsides. I know people will suggest topping the coating to...

Glad to read it's helpful to you. Yes, FK1000 was applied without DG 601. When I applied the longer term sealants to the Rover last year I did them without 601 on the top 1/2 of the doors and with 601 on the bottom. In all cases they had shorter durations with 601, except for DG 401 which seemed...

Nice job on that mess.

Added a few products to the Rover. I removed the old sealants with Duragloss Squeaky Clean and a black LC pad, then washed twice with CarPro Reset. Here's a video of the sheeting action (a lack of) before I reapplied any products. Note that when I apply spray sealants I'm waiting a few...

I haven't really noticed any big differences in spotting or etching with sealants. I believe that replacing a sealant as needed will help with spotting on the paint. Really haven't tracked this closely, but that seems to be the case. I have the same issue with coatings, especially on horizontal...

Washed the Rover and Sentra with CarPro Reset and a Big Red Sponge. Washed the Boxster with N-914 as rinseless ratio using Everest MF towels. DG 104 is done. CanCoat and DG coating have slowed considerably and are likely close to done. The 4 spray-on-hose-off products on the Boxster are doing...