Something a little different

Re: Something a little different. UPDATED

Ok guys update number 2.

Lot going on around here so took some time to get a chance to sit down to do this. Looks like I'll have a bit more time between the shoulder injury and now no shows till at least 2021, any large scale event won't be till this time next year.

Anyways on to the update.

So again, sprayed with Isopar, and left to sit for 24 hours-ish, kinda mimicking a show day. All cleaners, do their job well at removing the Isopar, the Shell Shine seems to leave a bit of an oily film (different from the oily film of Isopar, it's much more viscous than the Shell Shine). Still slick, and spots removed, as well as dust an dirt from the air in my garage. The slickness varies on weather it was on the PSN treated or untreated pieces. I did start to notice marring on the Silver/Red flame pieces, though slight it was there already. I'm using a standard microfiber that came with one of the pad kits on here (nothing plush) as that's generally what 95% of my colleagues will have if using MF. I also noticed that the shell shine just kinda sat on the material (the dark colored material is a bit curved to simulate a shell). It didn't really bead all that well, but more like pooled up.

The PSN treated pieces with Shell Shine; it beaded some and tended to roll off and catch on the lip of the material (just the way it was cut).

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The 3D Waterless Wash on the non PSN coated pieces beaded up nicely. and wiped away pretty easy, there was some marring noticeable on the Silver/Red Flame piece again. I couldn't get a photo of it, but it was there. It also ran off and pooled up on the lip of the dark colored non PSN coated piece. Which would really lead to some dry buffing so to speak.

The PSN treated pieces when cleaned with 3D Waterless Wash worked as expected. You can see the beading on the red piece quite well. and even a bit of it on the dark colored curved piece. That surprised me that it clung to the surface even on the curve. There is a touch of marring on the Silver/Red Flame piece again though. This confirmed my thought at the beginning of this brain storm months ago, that the material is on the soft side.

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It does lead me to a rather inconclusive result on protecting the finish actually. Do I feel the PSN and 3D waterless wash worked best, absolutely. Will it hold up to the pyro products out there? Hard to say, that's a pretty extreme environment even in the music world. I think it will, but I'd need further real world testing to see how much over spray, and dirt and haze and everything else really affects it. I would tend to err on the side of caution and coat my wraps with PSN. The little can would definitely be enough for a smaller kit. I will try this again in a real world application (whenever that may be) to see what happens. But for now I'd say the PSN and 3D do a better job than nothing, or the Shell Shine alone.

That being said, anyone got a job for a temporarily out of work road guy?
 
If you have any material left, try coating it and see how that performs. Really curious about that!

Hope the shoulder heals up quickly and we transition out of this craziness safely and as soon as possible.
 
I actually have some more coming to me now. I talked to my guy at SicSkinz and he's really interested in what I'm doing. He also informed me that the silver/red flame pieces are actually about 6 years old and different stock. The softness is why he moved away from that particular stock.

I'd love to try a coating but it's cost and time prohibitive really in a real touring setting. But if someone wants to donate a sample I'm game.
 
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