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Anyone tried Gliss by Car Pro? It's a top coat for Cquartz or any ceramic coating I would guess.
 
It was just released through carpro so probably not many have used it.

I recall someone mentioned that some lucky folks at SEMA received a sample of it.
 
The Guz said:
It was just released through carpro so probably not many have used it.

I recall someone mentioned that some lucky folks at SEMA received a sample of it.
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That's what I'm looking for..SEMA was over a few weeks ago. I have a sample and may use it this weekend on my horizontals. Been satisfied with Reload, but if Gliss is slicker and antistatic it may be a winner.
 
Sounds like the equivalent of Gtechniq EXOv3 on top of C1 or CSL.
 
I have some and still have not got around to trying it, maybe ill see if I can get a buddy to come over to test it on this weekend and ill report back
 
Cruzscarwash said:
I have some and still have not got around to trying it, maybe ill see if I can get a buddy to come over to test it on this weekend and ill report back
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Hope we both come to the same conclusion.
 
Rsurfer said:
That's what I'm looking for..SEMA was over a few weeks ago. I have a sample and may use it this weekend on my horizontals. Been satisfied with Reload, but if Gliss is slicker and antistatic it may be a winner.
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It does have a better contact angle than Reload.
 
Rsurfer said:
Contact angle means sh$t if it doesn't last.
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Relax dude lol.

It means less water spotting which is a con of coatings. Reload can water spot.

You can read up on the FAQ's that I posted on the carpro forum directly from their facebook page.

The Gliss - FAQ and more details

Here are some FAQ and details about the Gliss, this is something we worked in the past year, many detailers asked us for a top coat, something that excels the ceramic coat which applied already. from smoothness to hydrophobic contact angle. a coat which resist better water spots and has better anti static effect. yet not to use organic oils or waxes , while yet to have longer slickness compare to oily waxes or siloxanes sealants,(we will post soon comparison video to show how its durable). it wasnt easy to do and took us time, we hope we succeed and made it well, GLISS can be used as stand alone coat as well, for quick application cars. application is super easy as you saw maybe how we demo here at Sema . full dry time is shorter as well , ( by IR is super fast too)
SOME FAQ'S about Gliss :
-What Gliss means? Gliss in Franch means very slick surface.
-Is Gliss perform as sealant or a coat? its more a coat with much more durability against chemicals.
-Can it be used on top of Reload , Essence, Essence Plus ? No since it will not bond well over the surface.
-Can you use it on other coating? Probably yes , but we cant guarantee that, with our coatings , as Cquartz Cquartz UK , Cquartz Pro , and the Cquartz Finest Reserve it works perfect with higher contact angle hydrophobic.
-Can you use it as stand alone coat ? Yes its very easy to use and will bond well on bare paint.
-Do you need to use Eraser pre coat ? Only if the surface was waxed or sealed, will need to strip anything such as .
-Can we use Cquartz on top of Gliss ? No since it made to be a topper rather than primer.
-Can we use it over coated car which was done few months already ? Yes its even well recommended.
-Does it get crystallize ?? No , not meant to add hardness as one of its targets was to help protection from water marks. highly sio2 base coats weak point is water spots marking, this is to help protecting from it as well.
-Can we top the Gliss with Reload ? Yes but we dont see any reason why.
-Does Gliss attract dust over the surface? Gliss use inorganic oils to produce slickness , together with Anti static additives it will attract much less dust than most ceramic coat or top coats.
-How much the bottle contain and how many cars we can coat? 50ml with 2~3 average cars coating.
- Can i use TarX on the Gliss ? yes to some extended time , will not remove the coat.
- Durability ? we believe between 6 to 12 months , if well maintained using pH neutral shampoos.

If any of you guys has more questions we'll be glad to answer.
 
Given that EXO was exceptional and Booster was such a let down for me, I'm looking forward to trying Gliss out when it's available. Perfect complement to CQuartz if it can significantly boost the slickness while maintaining or improving the water behavior. Wish Gyeon had Skin available separately to easily compare against Gliss.
 
I thought i read somewhere it contains fluorine; I think it's kinda like Gyeon Booster. The application instructions indicate it flashes very quickly, like Booster as well.

Got an email from Carpro today saying it's now avaliable for shipping.
 
Loach said:
Given that EXO was exceptional and Booster was such a let down for me, I'm looking forward to trying Gliss out when it's available. Perfect complement to CQuartz if it can significantly boost the slickness while maintaining or improving the water behavior. Wish Gyeon had Skin available separately to easily compare against Gliss.
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What did you experience with Booster that let you down?
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
What did you experience with Booster that let you down?
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I didn't notice a performance change after applying Booster on top of Prime and Mohs in the short term. It isn't advertised to work as a standalone product and one of my baseline tests confirmed this for me, it's a fairly weak presence by itself on bare paint. CarPro says you can use Gliss as a standalone which gives me hope that it will be much different than Booster.
 
Seems a little confusing as to what the personal choices and reasons would be to use this particular product?

I would assume the top choice would be a person who just Coated their vehicle with one of the CQuartz Coatings (or perhaps others) that if time allowed and they wanted that last little bit of gloss enhancement, hydrophobicity, slickness, and to alleviate-lessen any negatives with other products (possible water spotting)then here you go, this is the product for you.

With my thinking, and I think makes some sense. Let's say you have a vehicle in which a Coating is coming to the end of its life (such as mine is), minor marring, swirling and RIDS is present on the paint, and one would be looking for a "patch product", I imagine this could perhaps be used as such, as maybe a simpler, easier-faster fix, I'd probably assume that one would not attain as good of final results as if one again did paint correction, then simply re-applied one of the more durable Coatings such as CQuartz?

Yes, I am aware there Essence + for such repairs.
 
Reload would be the equivalent of Gtechniq C2v3 spray sealant. EXO v2 & v3 are definitely not spray sealants. They are coatings that can be used as stand alone coatings.

Has Carpro made any claims about Gliss filling marring/swirling? I haven't seen any.

It looks more like its meant to applied during the same time frame the CQuartz was applied.
 
Loach said:
I didn't notice a performance change after applying Booster on top of Prime and Mohs in the short term. It isn't advertised to work as a standalone product and one of my baseline tests confirmed this for me, it's a fairly weak presence by itself on bare paint. CarPro says you can use Gliss as a standalone which gives me hope that it will be much different than Booster.
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While I cant say I noticed any significant difference in water behavior, I was sucked in by the bit of extra gloss, slickness and the claim of prolonging beading/self cleaning in a Mohs application. When I spoke to Gyeon NA rep last summer, he mentioned that Booster reacted with the underlying coating (catalyst?) so by itself I'd guess it would be lacking. That would explain the instructions to apply within 1000km of underlying coating application, likely before base coating fully cured, perhaps?

Regardless, will watch how it does on top of recent Mohs application in comparison to vehicle I did with just Mohs and Cure last year.

Can anybody explain to me what the difference in obvious water behavior would be between something considered hydrophobic and hydrophilic?

Definitions are one thing but what would the difference between the two be on a hood during a rain shower?

Definition of hydrophilic: relating to, or having a strong affinity for water
Definition of hydrophobic: lacking affinity for water
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DBAILEY said:
Reload would be the equivalent of Gtechniq C2v3 spray sealant. EXO v2 & v3 are definitely not spray sealants. They are coatings that can be used as stand alone coatings.

Has Carpro made any claims about Gliss filling marring/swirling? I haven't seen any.

It looks more like its meant to applied during the same time frame the CQuartz was applied.
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No, I have not yet read any "filling" claims of this product, and would guess that was not its intended purpose.

Still, a little bit of common sense would tell me almost "anything" (waxes-sealants-glazes) applied over a slightly damaged Coating will have a filling effect to a varying degree. The question would be "for how long"?
 
It's like applying a coating again. Too much time involved, unless it's you're own vehicle.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Can anybody explain to me what the difference in obvious water behavior would be between something considered hydrophobic and hydrophilic?

Definitions are one thing but what would the difference between the two be on a hood during a rain shower?
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Expected behavior of a hydrophobic surface - high surface tension resulting in minimal contact area between water and surface resulting in water "beads".

Expected behavior of hydrophilic surface - low surface tension resulting in maximum contact area between water in surface resulting in a large sheet of water.
 
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