I wonder how OCW soaks-into/migrates-into CC-paint, while other paint-care products may, or may not:
What size are the molecules of OCW, in relation to auto-paints' molecules (especially those of CC-paints)?
I've wondered myself if it's bogus, of if all products are capable of this.
-Meguiar's
"TS-oils" just may vary from product to product....
OR: Even if some of their products actually have any.
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Where is it known to be factual that Single Stage paint systems are, indeed, porous?
Show me the man that can prove this, and I'd almost bet the farm
that, then: He'll know if BC/CC paint systems are also porous, or not.
Bob
Bob, you and I both have probably seen M7 soak completely into single stage paint. Perhaps you've seen this with clear coat paint as well. I have not because I've never used M7 on clear coat. However, as I stated earlier, I know of people who use M7 on top of an lsp if for nothing but to cover minor defects and add pop to the paint in a last minute type scenario before a show.
As to the underlined question above if something soaks in, rather than sticks to, then to me it's porous. How porous? Enough to soak in oils.
To me it's not if BC/CC is porous, rather, to what degree in comparison to single stage. Then, to ask to what degree is M7 as beneficial to that BC/CC as it is to single stage? Too many factors for my feable mind, so what my eyes see will have to work for me and for you.
Seems there are on going similar discussions with regards to Optimums coatings with some prefering surgically clean paint before applying such coatings while others saying that Dr. G has stated a wipe down isn't necessary if a certain optimum product is used before the coating is applied. That discussions relates more to this thread, imo, than this discussion within a discussion of a products ability to 'soak into the paint'.
On a side note, come spring time I'm going to be doing a detail on '96 Mercury Marquie that's been garage kept for 18 years. Has 122,+++ miles on it. Swirls? Yes, but not too bad. Paint that still looks like new, as far as shine and bling, after all these years? Absolutely! A testament to keeping a vehicle out of the elements. Drove this car to the local morning eat-n-gossip station and had several people ask if the car was new and they couldn't believe how old it was versus how it looks. Honestly had more bling to it than the 3 year old black truck it was parked next to. Then again, two slightly different paint systems...one Ford, the other GM yet, both BC/CC.
So, as far as this sub-discussion of a product soaking into BC/CC paint and helping to keep it alive, how the vehicle is protected by being parked outside or inside, plays a huge factor on needing such a product as M7 for what I'd typically use it for.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying M7 can't/won't be useful on a BC/CC system, rather, it just doesn't seem quite as necessary as other products tailored specifically for BC/CC.
To me the products (M7) name speaks volumes to me as to the best time to use this product, single stage or BC/CC. A glaze that's good for a show car, but people can certainly use it how they see fit.
Hope I'm not coming across to folks as a know-it-all. Not really trying to be adament about my position either, as to being right/wrong. Just trying to be specific with how I'd like to use a certain product and why I'd use it in a certain manner versus what someone else may do with it. I like the dialog as well.
Good discussion!:xyxthumbs: I'll let someone else chime in.
