Thank you, watched it.
Confirms the general comments.
12 drops as a primer then about half that going forward.
He has used it in 40 degrees C heat but found had to be more diligent in the wipe off stage.
I used the carpro foam block / suede swatch to apply Lite, but the following approach will work with those huge microfiber bricks too.
I drew two lines of coating over the applicator and would reload similarly (you'll need more for the big microfiber bricks). For smaller sections I'll do a quicker, smaller line, but you want enough material on the section to leave a wet film of product on the section. You don't want it puddling or running, but you don't want to apply a whisper thin layer either.
Most of my initial issues with glass bottle coatings was not putting enough material onto the paint. For years with waxes and sealants it was recommended to apply a very thin layer - not so with coatings.
Yesterday I stayed late at work because a Jeep came in for a coating. It was a rush job that needed to be done by end of day today. As luck would have it, we had a guy come from another shop to put an electric Hummer together after being vinyl wrapped.
This shop he's from does a lot of work with Xpel, and he works closely with the film / coating guy there. He even helos with coating applications. While he agreed that ceramic coatings are the devil, he verified my process that I literally came up with last week. A healthy film of material on the substrate, pick up the bulk, and "buff" (I think the industry called it "leveling") the remaining residue, careful to not re-deposit it on an adjacent panel/section. Lite is way easier to use than Xpel Fusion, but the technique was similar. The recent tweak was not trying to get all of the material off on the initial removal. My old technique had me re-depositing the coating as I wiped, then it seemed to force cure and then the smears and high spots needed to be polished away. Done this way the Xpel sort of reminds me of the Meguiar's Hybrid Coating in application and resultant, tactile feel. Very slick.
I only mention this because with some of these coatings, starving the applicator can be anightmare situation. Mention of drops reminds me of the approach I used that gave me less than acceptable results.
Conversely, with Optimum Gloss Coat, I can do the drops, but you still want to get a wet film on the paint. Just seems their formula and foam applicator help spread the product farther. The bulk of the material will "flash" or "crosslink" into the substrate leaving much less to level out. I really like, even enjoy this approach, so I stick with it.
