Cquartz UK in 100 degree temps

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Blackalak

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Just looking for anyone who might have applied their Cquartz UK in hot and dry temps to see what techniques worked for them before i try and mess up here in ultra hot ass phoenix
-Sam
 
I personally wouldn't even attempt it and I live in hot and humid Florida.
 
+1 not the right product for that climate. CarPro says to use CQUK in temps up to 80F max.


If you have no choice, work in small areas, wipe on & wipe off. Do a test spot first to make sure you're not going to get yourself into a big mess. Of course, make sure the car is in complete shade and is cool to the touch.

Good luck.
 
And Zach is the man, when it comes to coatings his advice is second to none. :dblthumb2:
 
It would be in my garage (shaded) but nothing gets much cooler than 90 here during the summer shopwise
 
Blackalak said:
It would be in my garage (shaded) but nothing gets much cooler than 90 here during the summer shopwise
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If you want to stick with the CarPro product line, CQuartz Classic would be much more user friendly in your climate.

There are also many other coatings outside of the CarPro product line that are easy to use in higher temps.
 
well crap.....guess i will see if the local dealer has any regular cquartz
 
About the best advice I can think of giving if you have a garage, is to coat the car very early in the morning while temps haven't gotten that high yet.

To have all prep done beforehand, and this means washing, Iron-X, Claying, Polishing, Eraser Wipe Down and finally Masking Trim, etc.

The processes I mention above can easily take one exhausting full day of work by one person if done right.

And I say this for just an average sized car. One can spend a lot of time just going back over the car to insure no Polish Residues are left behind in seams, jambs, all trim, etc.

I myself found it a bit hard when I once did my Tahoe, that after all the necessary prior processes were done to ready the paint for the coating, I was pretty taxed, and pushing myself to complete the job.

I feel in retrospect that it might be advantageous to be fresh, and not tired when applying a coating I myself could not both do the entire prep, and coat this SUV in one sole day. So, I "broke" the vehicle into two sections. I decided that I'd do the Roof first, got that completed, then went onto all lower body panels. The Roof truly was a PITA working on, up and down off a ladder throughout the entire process, with a large Rack which could not be removed.

That in the morning, all you might have to do is lightly, and carefully wipe the vehicle with a pristine clean MF Towel to rid the finish of any possible errant dusts. And as well at that point, one can easily do an additional Eraser Wipe Down as it will act as a lubricant while doing the final prep wipe before coating application.
 
Look at the new offering from Gyeon.

Lots more user friendly

On Sale NOW !!!
 
A coating won't be as user friendly in high temperature and humidity.
 
I do all the coating applications for my vehicles in the spring or fall to make sure the weather isn't a problem. Once temps start going over 80F for the daytime high's I'm done until things cool off again.
 
I'd wait for cooler weather. In 2017 I coated a new car in NE Ohio around the 4th of July when temps were likely 95+ degrees F and high humidity. Not only was it miserable to apply, it was the only coating I ever polished off soon after as it didn't look very good. No high spots but a kinda of haze that you could actually cut through by *aggressively* rubbing/dragging your finger across it but nothing that would completely wipe away. It was 22ple HPC which in normal temps was blindingly easy but in those temps I had lint shedding from rags that never did it before, overall sticky unpleasantness in apply & removing and obviously, overall poor results. I've done many in 80-85 degree temps w no issues other than overall unpleasantness but that 95 degree experience was miserable AND had a poor outcome.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
I'd wait for cooler weather. In 2017 I coated a new car in NE Ohio around the 4th of July when temps were likely 95+ degrees F and high humidity. Not only was it miserable to apply, it was the only coating I ever polished off soon after as it didn't look very good. No high spots but a kinda of haze that you could actually cut through by *aggressively* rubbing/dragging your finger across it but nothing that would completely wipe away. It was 22ple HPC which in normal temps was blindingly easy but in those temps I had lint shedding from rags that never did it before, overall sticky unpleasantness in apply & removing and obviously, overall poor results. I've done many in 80-85 degree temps w no issues other than overall unpleasantness but that 95 degree experience was miserable AND had a poor outcome.
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Similar experience here with a different coating. Temps hit the 90's in my garage with VERY high humidity. It was horrible to apply/buff off and the end result looked terrible in some lighting. I ended up waiting until things cooled off in October, polished it off, and started over.
 
I'm sitting here in Western NY where it's currently blizzard like conditions and single digit wind chills and thinking what a nice problem 95F would be right about now.

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duperdawg said:
I'm sitting here in Western NY where it's currently blizzard like conditions and single digit wind chills and thinking what a nice problem 95F would be right about now.

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19 degrees F here in Central OH; tomorrow mid to upper 70's. Strange weather.
 
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