Post Your Beading Shots!!!

This is a test run, to see if I'm doing this correctly.

Zymol Creame Beading

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derek0609 said:
Do Do Juice Orange Crush.....

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Look at Derek jumping on the DoDo Juice bandwagon, what's next D, a Rupes, LOL! For those who haven't seen pics of Derek's ride, well it looks like its plugged into an outlet!

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KillaCam said:
Ime, smaller, tighter beads appear on my vehicles when I have a fresh coat of sealant or wax on them. As the wax degrades, the beads get larger and start to lose shape (aren't as round and are irregular).
Look at all the good beading pics in this thread and they are all small, perfectly round, and tight beads. That's a sign of good protection.
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Thanks!
The reason I asked I used too little OC2 and my beads on roof were conspicuously large. Fine in other spots. I went ahead and applied a second layer today. These are pre-second layer OC2 pictures:

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friendly_jacek said:
Thanks!
The reason I asked I used too little OC2 and my beads on roof were conspicuously large. Fine in other spots. I went ahead and applied a second layer today. These are pre-second layer OC2 pictures:

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For me, horizontal panels don't bead the same as vertical panels. That could explain your roof situation.

Do you happen to park under a tree? That will absolutely kill beading, especially if it rains and you're parked under a tree. You might need to clay your roof if the opticoat has cured and see if the beading returns strong.
 
KillaCam said:
For me, horizontal panels don't bead the same as vertical panels. That could explain your roof situation.

Do you happen to park under a tree? That will absolutely kill beading, especially if it rains and you're parked under a tree. You might need to clay your roof if the opticoat has cured and see if the beading returns strong.
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2x no to the under the tree and rain parts. I sprayed it with water hose to test the beading.
I will repeat the beading test next weekend.
 
KillaCam said:
Really? That's some good beading if its really turtle wax.
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Yep, this was a shocker. A former co worker tried it on his black Trail Blazer back in 08. We're at an automatic swirl o matic car washes and we sprayed it down and beads of water fell right off the paint. That got a few of us using the product. Before that I gave up on TW. One thing we noticed is that it has very good durability. I wouldn't say it's a pure sealant, as it seems to have some type of glazing effect built into it. For example, it fills in light swirls. The manager had no clue about detailing, but used it to detail customer's cars for the wash. We had a severly faded and oxidized 90's red dodge stratus come in for a wax job. He used just the TW paste and it shined on the paint like a glaze would. It has no abrasives or cleaners though.

I've found a couple tolerable products in the TW line. Their Premium Grade Rubbing and Polishing compounds did a great job after I wet sanded orange peel out of my car. Not to be confused with the extremely agressive product found in those tubs.

I removed the Zymol Creame with TW's Scratch and Swirl Remover. It did the job...

Just thought I'd throw it up there. Today I'm resisting the temptation to throw a layer of Zymol on top of it... ;-)
 
I thought this was interesting. I took the shot with my phone but it focused on the reflection instead of the beading so I kept the shot.

Poorboy's EX-P

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Wish we had rain in AZ so I can contribute... Come on monsoon!!! Bring some rain! We really need it here...
 
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