Sealant suggestions

To answer your question, there are several excellent Sealants on the market, I think it comes down to taste when choosing.

For me, if I want a sealant I can apply by machine, my go to is PowerLock.

If I want to use a spray Sillica sealant, then I use Reload.

And if I want a quickwax to either dry the car or act as a topper, then I use Meguiars' Express Quick wax (D156).

All 3 are excellent products.
 
My brother has a Black Mustang GT and Black is such a lovely color but its a dirt magnet!
 
Rsurfer said:
Maybe your good synthetic wax is doing the protection and not Jet Seal?
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I'm sure it's a bit of both. However I have taken Jetseal through the winter alone with no issues. Just re applied half way through the season. It gets hot in the summer here but not like Arizona hot and those temps are really the only test I have not done with JS.

But I don't really use sealants any longer, this was my experience from the years prior.
 
Wash, decon, mild 1 step followed by Jeacar Powerlock.
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Sealed w/Wolfgang DGPS 3.0 last week. Menzerna Powerlock is a close 2nd.
 
Cruzscarwash said:
How would you rate/stack McKee's up against powerlock and fk1000p?

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To be honest, they're all similar in longevity- after 4-6 months, it's hard to identify exactly what causes a product's performance to drop off. So to say one lasts longer than another is misleading at that point. Maybe one saw an extra heavy handed wash in those months. Or another saw an episode of salt on the road.

Obviously FK takes a little more time when applying. And it's the most glass-y or mirror like shine. It also self-cleans the best (with a pressure wand). PL darkens paint the most. I prefer the application of PL over the McKees due to product consistency (it's thinner). But McKee's is just a nice balance of all desired characteristics one likes to have in an LSP. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them.
 
LP14SS said:
Hey guys I'm looking to switch up my go to sealant I've been using megs ultimate paste wax and although I like it's performance I'm not a fan of its application or removal, I'd like to switch to a liquid to have the ability to apply with a machine and something I don't have to re wet with a quick detailer to get completely off. I realized after some time I was taking too long in the waxing process so I'm just looking for something to help reduce my time spent waxing.

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You could always get the liquid version of ultimate wax. Won't stain trim either.

Basically any sealant sold through autogeek is good. You are going to get many recommendations as everyone has their favorites.
 
Harpolith said:
To be honest, they're all similar in longevity- after 4-6 months, it's hard to identify exactly what causes a product's performance to drop off. So to say one lasts longer than another is misleading at that point. Maybe one saw an extra heavy handed wash in those months. Or another saw an episode of salt on the road.

Obviously FK takes a little more time when applying. And it's the most glass-y or mirror like shine. It also self-cleans the best (with a pressure wand). PL darkens paint the most. I prefer the application of PL over the McKees due to product consistency (it's thinner). But McKee's is just a nice balance of all desired characteristics one likes to have in an LSP. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them.
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I have to get doing something wrong with fk1000p because I just don't get the results I hear everyone rave about. I don't get the super glossy look I always hear people claim. Maybe I need to let it set longer then 20 mins. How long are you letting it sit for before you remove it?

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idriveblackcars said:
I dunno man I never had any issues with Jetseal. And I used it for winter. Would totally use it again.
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Here's the thing, uv rays trump winter. You have a black car, park that bad boy outside in Florida even in January and the paint will be hot, May right now in Tampa surface temp would be hundreds of degrees, that cooks lsp's. It's 95 degrees outside right now and that's in the shade. The surface temp of your black paint right now would fry an egg down here in minutes. Now park that outside at work for ten hours a day and let's talk about longevity.

My GC is a garge queen. If I pull it out in todays sun and wait 10-15 minutes to wipe it down with any type of detaling spray other than DoDo Tropical Mist :dblthumb2: it is already too hot on the paint sruface. You can see heat waves baking off of it after 20 or so minutes. So consider all day and the temps that black paint and darker colors get to down here for 9-10 months of the year.
 
Well so far there seems to be a majority of jetseal and powerlock users may give them a try although that sonax pns still has my top interest!

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I'm a big fan of Wolfgang's Fuzion estate wax as my final top coat. Its probably the easiest wax i've ever used and is super easy to remove. One coat lasts me about 4-6 months here in NY. I maintain it between washes with Mothers showtime.

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This thread is like asking "Who's the greatest rock band"?

I think it all depends on your climate, working surface, paint color, and expectation level.

That being said, I always defer to Mike P's statement of: "Find something you like, and use it often."
 
Meguiar's M21 2.0 Synthetic Sealant is the one I use most often.

Rupes 808, and Duragloss 111 are the other two.
 
MattPersman said:
Jetseal was reformulated around the end of 2014. It was jetseal 209 the newer one is supposed to last "up to a year" many that tried it and didn't like it had the older version

There are a bunch of great sealants. Why not go with the Griot's poly wax. Griots Garage Liquid Gloss Poly Wax is an easy on, easy off car wax that lasts up to 6 months!
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Poly Wax sounds like a rock solid performer. It's next on my list to try. There's a couple good threads floating around here somewhere about the poly wax.
 
Cruzscarwash said:
I have to get doing something wrong with fk1000p because I just don't get the results I hear everyone rave about. I don't get the super glossy look I always hear people claim. Maybe I need to let it set longer then 20 mins. How long are you letting it sit for before you remove it?

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I actually take it off pretty quickly. Often I'll do a panel, then one more, then go back and remove the first. I just keep an eye on it and when it finger swipes clean, I take it off. Am I remembering this correctly- did someone here say they even let this sit overnight sometimes before removal? I think I read that recently. Mighta been Bob.
 
PaulMys said:
This thread is like asking "Who's the greatest rock band"?

I think it all depends on your climate, working surface, paint color, and expectation level.

That being said, I always defer to Mike P's statement of: "Find something you like, and use it often."
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Actually no. The greatest rock band is Iron Maiden. Now, trying to find the best Sealant that is one heck of a hard thing to do ;)
 
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