Collinite 476s after 5 months
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Meticulous-Detail
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Nice. Is it a daily driver parked outside ?
BuckeyeR/T
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WRAPT C5Z06
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Wow, that's impressive!
Bernard
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I really am amazed by Collinite waxes. Every time I read a thread on Collinite waxes, it never fail to amazed me from everyone's finding n results on it. I myself have tried many types n brands of car waxes, sealants n coatings. And I would truthfully say I do always comes back to Collinite 476 or 845. As it will and always never fail on me. I don't know what they put in the can or btl. 
Shortspark
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Here is a shot after a lite rain on my black tundra.
Beading is still good after 5 months
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Are you sure it is the Collinite that is beading? The reason I ask is that most people will use a "topper" product to enhance gloss and add a layer of protection between details and even after weekly washes. For example, I recently did a full detail and after my clay and polish (P21s Paintwork cleanser), I put on two coats of Collinite 845.
After I wash my cars I always use sprays of something like AquaWax or OCW. This helps to boost gloss and the "toppers" also become sort of a sacrificial layer of protection to the Collinite. I'm talking about true spray waxes and sealants rather than QDs, which usually lightly clean and give added shine but by themselves do not provide much in the way of protection.
The small beads you show is typical of Collinite beading but I'm just wondering if you've used spray waxes or "toppers" of some kind during these past five months?
DejaVu
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I have gone a whole year with a coat of 476 wax and the water beading never went away. This has been an unintentional wax test, I sprained my back while washing waxing my car one day and lost interest in detailing since then. The only other wax that seems to last this long that I have personally used is Autoglym HD wax. Both waxes need extremely thin coats and whichever one I apply goes on over Meguiars Color X. I want to try detailing again this spring and will use my car as a documented test for 476. I only drive my car 5000 miles a year and it sits outside 24/7. I only wash with ONR and dry with synthetic chamois and all waxing is done by hand.
Shortspark
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Since you don't use any boosters that beading after five months is terrific! I hope my 845 does as well.
y8s
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I know this isn't five months worth but almost exactly 3 months...
The car has been waterless washed once (or twice, I forget) and that's pretty much it. It's seen a couple of light snows and lots of road salt and sleet and rain since.
A shot of the fender beading:
You can sort of see the dark dirt streaks on the roof from all the crap on the road:
It's not perfect, but it's not bad. The worst offender is the tailgate. I didn't get a photo but it's visibly dirty. She'll probably get a bath tomorrow. Warm water and ONR.
(I should also note that my Gtechniq G1 glass coating is holding up nicely over about the same time period.)
The car has been waterless washed once (or twice, I forget) and that's pretty much it. It's seen a couple of light snows and lots of road salt and sleet and rain since.
A shot of the fender beading:
You can sort of see the dark dirt streaks on the roof from all the crap on the road:
It's not perfect, but it's not bad. The worst offender is the tailgate. I didn't get a photo but it's visibly dirty. She'll probably get a bath tomorrow. Warm water and ONR.
(I should also note that my Gtechniq G1 glass coating is holding up nicely over about the same time period.)
BillyJack
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After a few winters, 476 is now my gold standard for winter prep on DD's. Tough to see the beading here, as it was snowing when I took the pic, but I'm three months into a 2 coat app of 476 on a vehicle that sits outside 24/7 and is used daily in Pittsburgh, PA. I expect I'll still have good protection thru my spring freshen-up. When I only had a rotary, I was using 845 by hand. Now that a GG polisher is on hand, it's 476 all the way.
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