Loach
New member
- May 24, 2014
- 452
- 0
Paint Protect - 365 Days Worth of Durability* 16 oz.
This will be my comprehensive review for this product, I've had some information about it scattered into a few threads, so it's time to put it all in one spot. I have three water repellency test videos: 1 day, 7 days, and 14 days after application.
On the bottle: "EASIER TO USE THAN WAX - BEADS WATER LIKE CRAZY"
Directions: Recommended for use on exterior paint, plastic, metal and chrome. Not recommended for use on glass/windows. Apply in the shade on a cool, dry surface, and let it set for 3-5 minutes, then remove. Does not dry to a haze. Fully cures after 24 hours.
Product Description and Application: The consistency of Paint Protect is like water. Feels oily/silky slick on the skin. Application is very easy. Spreads nicely, feels silky smooth when spreading, a little bit of product goes a long way. Goes on clear, shouldn't be difficult to tell where you've applied it if you're in the shade, as the silky smooth feeling where you've applied it lets you know exactly where it has been. Removal is also easy, doesn't feel grabby when doing so, however you may notice some very slight "smearing" after removal. I could notice it under a light source and as I went over the paint with a few clean microfibers, but the next day when pulling out into the sun I could not see any streaking or evidence of remaining smearing. The product certainly doesn't hurt the look of the car, and leaves a very smooth/slick surface on the paint.
Surface Prep: The car was washed, clayed, polished with M205 prior to application. In the first test video, I did not apply an IPA wipedown prior to application. My later tests with Paint Protect I have followed up M205 with IPA but could not see any noticeable difference in repellency characteristics.
Water Repellency: (Meguiar's Paint Protect - Day 1 Water Test Video: Paint Protect behaves more like a water sheeting product 24 hours after application on the paint. I would not classify it as a beading type of product as a result of putting many products through water testing. It has a lower surface tension, the beading is more oblong shaped, water will largely tend to run flat across the paint when the panel is flooded, great for sheeting and drying in the short term. As a result of this, I think this opens up the possibility for many consumers who are expecting this to be a tight beading product to be disappointed. I did apply the product to a small textured section of the trim, and it appeared to bead better on this surface compared to the paint. For water repellency comparison purposes, I have applied Turtle Wax ICE Liquid Wax to the other half of the hood which is one of the only products I have in my limited arsenal of supplies here in Florida that I would classify as a beading product. Here is a 50/50 shot of the beading when setting the nozzle to the mist setting:
Paint Protect/ICE Liquid Wax:
And the Paint Protect beading on the trim:
7 & 14 Day Durability Tests: (Meguiar's Paint Protect 7 Day Durability Test Video) / 14 Day Durability Test Video I once again prepped the surface with M205, an IPA wipedown was used and both the Paint Protect and ICE products were reapplied. The car was daily driven, we got rain at day 5 of the test. Temperature during the days were around high 50s to mid 70s. At day 7, after filming the initial rinse, I wash and rinsed the car consecutively a total of 30 times to see how the products would hold up to soap application. On the front bottle of Paint Protect, the asterisk after "Durability" designates that this claim is "Based on 52 consecutive hand washes using a pH balanced car shampoo." So for this wash and rinse test I used Meguiar's Deep Crystal soap and showed the results after wash and rinse 1, 10, and 30. With this test you can see Paint Protect develop a noticeably slower sheeting line compared to the repellency behavior in the first video after the 24 hour test.
On day 13, I washed the test sections and then removed ICE from the left side fender and reapplied Paint Protect. This time, I allowed Paint Protect to set for 1 hour before buffing off. At day 14, I filmed the reaction to the test sections still remaining for the durability test, as well as show how the new section behaves after an extended set/dry time. I wash and rinsed the car once more for a total of 32 wash and rinses for the durability test. I did not notice a difference in the repellency characteristics for the section with the extended 1 hour set period. As a result of the durability test, the marketing around the term "beading" doesn't seem to match very well with my results. There's evidence in the video that the product is still applied to the paint panel, but the surface tension has been diminished pretty definitively. I think many consumers after seeing this type of water behavior at day 14 would really question the overall effectiveness of the product.
Conclusions: Overall it seems like Meguiar's is marketing this product as the easier and faster to use product compared to the traditional wax, towards those people who want their car protected but generally don't want to spend much time getting that done. Maybe towards the less detailing savvy consumer. And that means bringing beading to the forefront...because we know that this is the buzzword the consumer thinks about when they hear the word "protection". The problem is you don't get a spectacular beading product out of Paint Protect. What you do get is a 16oz bottle of product that's going to take you forever to use up, that's easy to use, leaves a very slick feeling on the paint, that you don't have to worry about staining trim, for a very cheap price that hopefully has durable UV protection that heavily outpaces its surface tension durability.
Now, realize this is just my experience with this product. You may absolutely get different results and please let me know if you do. The results of my testing as I remove and reapply, they have been consistent for me, so I can only share with you my own experience. :xyxthumbs:
This will be my comprehensive review for this product, I've had some information about it scattered into a few threads, so it's time to put it all in one spot. I have three water repellency test videos: 1 day, 7 days, and 14 days after application.
On the bottle: "EASIER TO USE THAN WAX - BEADS WATER LIKE CRAZY"
Directions: Recommended for use on exterior paint, plastic, metal and chrome. Not recommended for use on glass/windows. Apply in the shade on a cool, dry surface, and let it set for 3-5 minutes, then remove. Does not dry to a haze. Fully cures after 24 hours.
Product Description and Application: The consistency of Paint Protect is like water. Feels oily/silky slick on the skin. Application is very easy. Spreads nicely, feels silky smooth when spreading, a little bit of product goes a long way. Goes on clear, shouldn't be difficult to tell where you've applied it if you're in the shade, as the silky smooth feeling where you've applied it lets you know exactly where it has been. Removal is also easy, doesn't feel grabby when doing so, however you may notice some very slight "smearing" after removal. I could notice it under a light source and as I went over the paint with a few clean microfibers, but the next day when pulling out into the sun I could not see any streaking or evidence of remaining smearing. The product certainly doesn't hurt the look of the car, and leaves a very smooth/slick surface on the paint.
Surface Prep: The car was washed, clayed, polished with M205 prior to application. In the first test video, I did not apply an IPA wipedown prior to application. My later tests with Paint Protect I have followed up M205 with IPA but could not see any noticeable difference in repellency characteristics.
Water Repellency: (Meguiar's Paint Protect - Day 1 Water Test Video: Paint Protect behaves more like a water sheeting product 24 hours after application on the paint. I would not classify it as a beading type of product as a result of putting many products through water testing. It has a lower surface tension, the beading is more oblong shaped, water will largely tend to run flat across the paint when the panel is flooded, great for sheeting and drying in the short term. As a result of this, I think this opens up the possibility for many consumers who are expecting this to be a tight beading product to be disappointed. I did apply the product to a small textured section of the trim, and it appeared to bead better on this surface compared to the paint. For water repellency comparison purposes, I have applied Turtle Wax ICE Liquid Wax to the other half of the hood which is one of the only products I have in my limited arsenal of supplies here in Florida that I would classify as a beading product. Here is a 50/50 shot of the beading when setting the nozzle to the mist setting:
Paint Protect/ICE Liquid Wax:
And the Paint Protect beading on the trim:
7 & 14 Day Durability Tests: (Meguiar's Paint Protect 7 Day Durability Test Video) / 14 Day Durability Test Video I once again prepped the surface with M205, an IPA wipedown was used and both the Paint Protect and ICE products were reapplied. The car was daily driven, we got rain at day 5 of the test. Temperature during the days were around high 50s to mid 70s. At day 7, after filming the initial rinse, I wash and rinsed the car consecutively a total of 30 times to see how the products would hold up to soap application. On the front bottle of Paint Protect, the asterisk after "Durability" designates that this claim is "Based on 52 consecutive hand washes using a pH balanced car shampoo." So for this wash and rinse test I used Meguiar's Deep Crystal soap and showed the results after wash and rinse 1, 10, and 30. With this test you can see Paint Protect develop a noticeably slower sheeting line compared to the repellency behavior in the first video after the 24 hour test.
On day 13, I washed the test sections and then removed ICE from the left side fender and reapplied Paint Protect. This time, I allowed Paint Protect to set for 1 hour before buffing off. At day 14, I filmed the reaction to the test sections still remaining for the durability test, as well as show how the new section behaves after an extended set/dry time. I wash and rinsed the car once more for a total of 32 wash and rinses for the durability test. I did not notice a difference in the repellency characteristics for the section with the extended 1 hour set period. As a result of the durability test, the marketing around the term "beading" doesn't seem to match very well with my results. There's evidence in the video that the product is still applied to the paint panel, but the surface tension has been diminished pretty definitively. I think many consumers after seeing this type of water behavior at day 14 would really question the overall effectiveness of the product.
Conclusions: Overall it seems like Meguiar's is marketing this product as the easier and faster to use product compared to the traditional wax, towards those people who want their car protected but generally don't want to spend much time getting that done. Maybe towards the less detailing savvy consumer. And that means bringing beading to the forefront...because we know that this is the buzzword the consumer thinks about when they hear the word "protection". The problem is you don't get a spectacular beading product out of Paint Protect. What you do get is a 16oz bottle of product that's going to take you forever to use up, that's easy to use, leaves a very slick feeling on the paint, that you don't have to worry about staining trim, for a very cheap price that hopefully has durable UV protection that heavily outpaces its surface tension durability.
Now, realize this is just my experience with this product. You may absolutely get different results and please let me know if you do. The results of my testing as I remove and reapply, they have been consistent for me, so I can only share with you my own experience. :xyxthumbs:
