Maintaining Cquartz

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Mike,

I applied Cquartz to my 2012 Infiniti FX35, thanks to your help. I have Reload, but had some trouble with high spots when applying it at full strength. I'll try a 1:1 mix the next time I use it, but in the meantime I was trying to find a polish I could use after every wash to restore that beautiful shine I spent 12 hours repairing. Would using Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer (link below) hurt the Cquartz finish? If so, is there another quick polish spray you could recommend - that's perhaps not as fussy as Reload?

Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer™ | Meguiar's
 
Crystal Most contains wax. I'd suggest Ultima Waterless Wash or maybe Wolfgang Rinseless.
 
mattkoyak said:
Mike,

I applied Cquartz to my 2012 Infiniti FX35, thanks to your help. I have Reload, but had some trouble with high spots when applying it at full strength. I'll try a 1:1 mix the next time I use it, but in the meantime I was trying to find a polish I could use after every wash to restore that beautiful shine I spent 12 hours repairing. Would using Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer (link below) hurt the Cquartz finish? If so, is there another quick polish spray you could recommend - that's perhaps not as fussy as Reload?

Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer™ | Meguiar's
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How new is your reload bottle? There was an issue a year or more ago which was resolved.
I use reload a lot and it comes out amazing, however you must not have high temp surfaces. If you have high spots, it's flashing before you can get it off, and or, you are applying too much, or a combination of both.

Most of the time and or In higher temps, I apply a small amount of reload directly to a Gold Plush Jr and wipe on the panel, flip the Gold Plush Jr. and wipe again to buff off.

WillSports3 said:
Crystal Most contains wax. I'd suggest Ultima Waterless Wash or maybe Wolfgang Rinseless.
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Crystal Mist is a Polymer/Caranuba blend. Why would you not use it as a QD? It certainly isn't breaking any hard-n-fast rules.
 
paul_g said:
How new is your reload bottle?
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I picked it up when I repaired the car's pain last May (2016). However, I'm specifically asking about the Meguiar's because I've already used it a couple times. After this last time I washed the car, it didn't appear as if the Cquarts repelling properties were working like they did initially. I'm more curious if the Meguiar's hurt the coating, and if there's something better out there for maintaining a great shine - and that won't hurt the Cquartz.
 
You'll be fine using it, and I'd be surprised if anything other than containing abrasives would hurt it. However I'm more curious about this statement....

mattkoyak said:
it didn't appear as if the Cquarts repelling properties were working like they did initially.
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Can you define this statement? The coating goes on, flashes, you wipe off excess and allow 24 hours to cure w/out moisture (even morning or evening dew.) Once cured it is a hardened coating of Si02. Go back and look at an old sued applicator cloth, should be non-pliable and rigid/stiff (if you didn't discard them in the trash...)

Not sure what you are seeing that leads you to believe it's "not working".
 
paul_g said:
...define this statement?
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I applied two coats of Cquartz back in May, allowing for proper cure time, etc. The first few times I washed the car after initial coating, water beaded up and/or shot off the coated surfaces. Just like advertised After this last wash, however, water was remaining on areas like the hood and the doors, in sheets. Not beading or repelling.

I use a typical 2-bucket wash process, with a Karcher K7 and Chemical Guys CWS_101 Maxi-Suds II Super Suds Car Wash.
 
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mattkoyak said:
I applied two coats of Cquartz back in May, allowing for proper cure time, etc. The first few times I washed the car after initial coating, water beaded up and/or shot off the coated surfaces. Just like advertised After this last wash, however, water was remaining on areas like the hood and the doors, in sheets. Not beading or repelling.

I use a typical 2-bucket wash process, with a Karcher K7 and Chemical Guys CWS_101 Maxi-Suds II Super Suds Car Wash.
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Try washing with Car Pro's Reset, which leaves nothing behind. It may be your soap leaving a residue.
Look at the date of your Reload on the bottom of the bottle. I would not give up on Reload as it's the same SIo2 that's in CQuartz.
 
Rsurfer said:
I would not give up on Reload...
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My FX is jet black, and Reload left shadows no matter what I did. The more I fussed with them, the worse they got. I ended up using Eraser to try and remove them, but to no avail. I've heard diluting it 1:1 with water helps.

I only switched to the Meguiar's because it didn't shadow/haze.
 
mattkoyak said:
My FX is jet black, and Reload left shadows no matter what I did. The more I fussed with them, the worse they got. I ended up using Eraser to try and remove them, but to no avail. I've heard diluting it 1:1 with water helps.

I only switched to the Meguiar's because it didn't shadow/haze.
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As I said, look at the date. I have a black car and had the same problem like many others. Since getting the new formula, no streaking. I also found that using a suede towel makes it super easy to remove the residue from Reload.
 
To the op that quick detailer will work. It's effects won't last long or interfere with the coating.

Guys over on Autoppia rave about these Gyeon products

GYEON Q2M Cure - 400 ml

GYEON WetCoat - 500 ml

Car Pro has their products such as Reload and Hydro. I agree with the comment about getting Reset.

Perhaps you have contamination on the paint already. Depends on how long you have had cquartz on the paint. Perhaps consider a decon wash with an iron remover and/or a little APC into your car wash soap to remove the built up road grime.
 
Using crystal mist will just interfere with the coating properties. You want something that'll leave minimal behind every which way.
 
I agree, try washing with Car Pro's Reset. It really does a great job at deep cleaning a coating.
 
It's a coating, you shouldn't have to do anything special to maintain it. I had it on my car for 18 months (traded the car in) and it was still performing like new despite doing absolutely nothing special to it and leaving it caked in road salt for months.
 
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