Question on Coating Wheels?

I would recommend you the Gtech Wheel Armor,very easy to use,very easy to clean and definitely keeps the wheels cleaner for longer. Very nice look too,it gives something to the finish.
 
Rsurfer said:
That's a good way to get even coverage, but I would use a mask when spraying a nano coating. Not enough research on the dangers and I'm no scientist, but anything that can get into your lungs can't be good.
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Yeah, normally I do but the client was in the shop watching/waiting and I only had one mask. :D

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I have similar style wheels except they are painted, and on a daily driven car. I put OC 2.0 on two of the wheels for a comparison as far as ease of clean-up and whatnot.

After about 3 months of driving the OC was completely gone. Cleaning was done using a Daytona Speedmaster brush, and a few different wheel cleaners including Megs all-wheel cleaner, CarPro Iron X, and Griots HD wheel cleaner.
 
SRTSean said:
I have similar style wheels except they are painted, and on a daily driven car. I put OC 2.0 on two of the wheels for a comparison as far as ease of clean-up and whatnot.

After about 3 months of driving the OC was completely gone. Cleaning was done using a Daytona Speedmaster brush, and a few different wheel cleaners including Megs all-wheel cleaner, CarPro Iron X, and Griots HD wheel cleaner.
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I can't speak for OC 2.0 but I have several clients with Opti-Guard on their wheels and they are still beading well after over 1yr. My new car is currently at 8-9 months and all I need to clean them is the same soap and water I wash the car with.

The Vossen wheels above are clearly still beading well after 6 months and that's on a Vette, which are known for producing lots of dust. I did use Sonax FE on the barrels of those but they clean up with ease.

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SRTSean said:
I have similar style wheels except they are painted, and on a daily driven car. I put OC 2.0 on two of the wheels for a comparison as far as ease of clean-up and whatnot.

After about 3 months of driving the OC was completely gone. Cleaning was done using a Daytona Speedmaster brush, and a few different wheel cleaners including Megs all-wheel cleaner, CarPro Iron X, and Griots HD wheel cleaner.
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how did you prep the surface?
 
Rsurfer said:
That's a good way to get even coverage, but I would use a mask when spraying a nano coating. Not enough research on the dangers and I'm no scientist, but anything that can get into your lungs can't be good.
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Agree - most of these coatings claim to be made out of silica (e.g., quartz, glass, etc.). Inhaled crystalline silica can cause silicosis, which isn't the sort of disease you want to get.

(Just to be clear, I'm not saying that these "nano" coatings, when inhaled, will definitely have harmful effects - just that we haven't seen that many (if any) studies, testing or research on it, and given that the main component of the product does have has a health risk when inhaled -albeit at a none nano-scale - it is better to be safe rather than have irreversible lung scarring.)
 
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