303 Graphine review!

Klasse Act

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So I know there's threads for this particular product and even more You Tube videos by MUCH better and respected people than myself but I thought I'd share my experience with it after using it "officially" this afternoon.

I was one of the lucky people to receive a bottle of the "Launch Edition" product. I thought today was a good day to "officially" use it for the 1st time because the weather is about to change and here in Chicagoland you don't take chances, go for it on a 70 degree day in Octiber.

The car was already cleaned yesterday but I gave it a N914 writedown to ensure a very clean surface. A little goes a long way, so I sprayed 2 sprays into my red foam applicator and worked the product in per directions, a cross hatch pattern. You'll see it start to haze and turn white, simply grab you mf towel and wipe away. There's no dust and very minimal effort is needed here. I moved around the car in no time, did the glass and trim too.

RESULTS:

WOW! I knew the results would be good but I wasn't expecting it to be THIS goodMy car is pretty well maintained and was coated in mid-June and topped with many products. The car has been outside 24/7 since the end of June and will be till God knows when, so I'm expecting this product to carry me through the winter, a great, durable MEGA topper for my ceramic paint coating from TAC System which is Power Plus.

The Gloss, the gloss, the gloss....my God the Gloss (can I say this, LOL) I know these graphene products have only been out for a year, this one for 10 days, so there's no way to speak about longevity but stay "tuned".

Btw I watched an interview on Pan the Organizers channel with David Gutierrez, lead chemist at 303 and even though the 2 of them were talking waaaaay over my head I was able to take away a couple things, namely, the ability of this product to "cross link" ontop of whatever you have applied to your car, perfect for someone like me.
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Thanks for the review. Did some research on it. Sounds easy enough to apply. Cross hatch pattern. Haze. Remove. States even applying in direct sun is no issue.
 
Thanks for the review. Did some research on it. Sounds easy enough to apply. Cross hatch pattern. Haze. Remove. States even applying in direct sun is no issue.
Although 70 degrees today there were times when the sun broke through and I applied it in direct sunlight, good call and one I forgot to mention

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Did you notice a darkening effect?

Why the cross hatch application?
 
Can't wait to see the car when I'm off of work today, been rainy off and on

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***UODATE***

So after some rain the past couple days I decided to do a WW to the ES. Now I should say the car wasn't driven in the rain, it sat in the rain and the sun came out and basically dried it up. I was left with dried dirt spots on the paint, the rain might not have been very hard, so that's what we've got here.

In my quest to use up products, I reached for Tri-Nova WW for the job, a lesser known product line owned by Gold Eagle who also owns 303/104+ octane boost/Sta-bil to name a few. This is solid product and cleaned the paint very well, lots of dirt on my plush, edgeless mf towels. I used 5 of them to get around the car, used a Griot's Garage PFM for the after buff, it was 44 degrees doing this.

Ofcoarse the paint looks great after a week of initial application, looking forward to when it rains more consistently and the dreaded white stuff and ALL it brings Btw I ran the car through a very good, safe carwash on Tuesday and needless to say the graphene laughed at the water during the air drying process, it didn't stand a chance.

I have to say I was surprised at the amount of dried dirt on the car after the rain but maybe it just wasn't raining hard enough or long enough

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I have to say I was surprised at the amount of dried dirt on the car after the rain but maybe it just wasn't raining hard enough or long enough

My experience is a good hard rain will rinse a coated car to where it looks clean again, but won't get it as clean as you do with a hand wash of some form, no matter how good the coating. Nothing beats a good ole fashion washing.

I'm not sure what conditions are like around your end of the state, but down here it it peak corn harvest time and the air is full of dust and bits of debris from the harvesting. By the looks of my car last Friday, I think our showers the day before actually rained mud due to all the dust in the air. The dust accumulates fast and your car may have rinsed off pretty well in the rain, but simple got dirty again in the time it sat out after the rain.
 
It's funny you say that because the car has been unusually dusty and we're not in an agricultural area persay here in Palatine. Good info nonetheless

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Been raining today (and COLD) and rain is forecasted everyday, so a very early test. There's rumor of one day being over 70 even, WOW

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Did a WW on Saturday morning and it was very easy, no streaking or anything! It's an early test but just wanted to pass this along. I'm looking forward to seeing how this does when I run the ES through the safe drive-thru carwash come winter time when the salt/snow/muck gets on it

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Received email from 303 new graphene product to be back in stock today.
 
Received email from 303 new graphene product to be back in stock today.
I'm looking forward to hearing your review of the product. Is it warm enough to apply where you live

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I'm looking forward to hearing your review of the product. Is it warm enough to apply where you live

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SW Pa hopefully soon . Still hoping for Indian summer . If you can still say that :(
 
SW Pa hopefully soon . Still hoping for Indian summer . If you can still say that :(
Can you borrow someone's heated garage? Maybe visit Apex Detailing

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Can you borrow someone's heated garage? Maybe visit Apex Detailing

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My garage heated :)

Still trying to place order from Gold Eagle
Back order on DI:(
on other side of Pa 15min from Pittsburgh.
 
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