Sonax Net Shield over Cquartz?

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I don't know were this threads going but I understand the argument that there isn't a point to "coat" a coating as it would indeed take on the new coatings characteristics.. does make sense.. but at the same time I believe that using the "topper" designated for each company's coating (EXO for C1, Net Sheild for NanoLock or Brilliant Detailer for Net Sheild, and Relaod for Cquartz) does indeed offer benefits in maintenance and protection of the initial coating, prolonging the coating.. I only say that because the "toppers" from what I've read generate the same characteristics as the initial coat if not enhance the coat, but will in time fade exposing the initial coating to the elements where is could be adversely affected.. In sort a coat of cquartz will not last as long as a coat of cquartz that is "topped" with a coat of reload from time to time... Now back to my original question.. maybe I should have worded it different but "topping" cquartz a carpro product with netsheild a sonax product, doesn't follow the above mentioned parings, so it may not be worth doing because they weren't designed to work with each other like the above pairings... maybe I answered my own question, I was just wondering if anyone else had tried a similar pairing(coating and topper) of different branded products... right now I have net shield on my truck as the primary coating and use brilliant detailer as the topper, and while net sheild by itself works great its not a true coating like cquatz.. just figured if I cquartzed my truck I could use net shield to top it because of how good it does by itself, but then again it would go back to the origional argument of taking on the properties of the "topper"

 

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I don't know were this threads going but I understand the argument that there isn't a point to "coat" a coating as it would indeed take on the new coatings characteristics.. does make sense.. but at the same time I believe that using the "topper" designated for each company's coating (EXO for C1, Net Sheild for NanoLock or Brilliant Detailer for Net Sheild, and Relaod for Cquartz) does indeed offer benefits in maintenance and protection of the initial coating, prolonging the coating.. I only say that because the "toppers" from what I've read generate the same characteristics as the initial coat if not enhance the coat, but will in time fade exposing the initial coating to the elements where is could be adversely affected.. In sort a coat of cquartz will not last as long as a coat of cquartz that is "topped" with a coat of reload from time to time... Now back to my original question.. maybe I should have worded it different but "topping" cquartz a carpro product with netsheild a sonax product, doesn't follow the above mentioned parings, so it may not be worth doing because they weren't designed to work with each other like the above pairings... maybe I answered my own question, I was just wondering if anyone else had tried a similar pairing(coating and topper) of different branded products... right now I have net shield on my truck as the primary coating and use brilliant detailer as the topper, and while net sheild by itself works great its not a true coating like cquatz.. just figured if I cquartzed my truck I could use net shield to top it because of how good it does by itself, but then again it would go back to the origional argument of taking on the properties of the "topper"

I've used both CQ and Netshield and can say with some certainty that they both behave pretty much the same as far as water shedding. I'm also planning on topping CQUK (once it's fully cured) with Netshield as a test of sorts of which I'm sure the results will be just fine. I had Netshield on my plow truck all winter long and it was still very hydrophobic just a few weeks ago when I polished it off and applied CQUK.

 

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I've used both CQ and Netshield and can say with some certainty that they both behave pretty much the same as far as water shedding. I'm also planning on topping CQUK (once it's fully cured) with Netshield as a test of sorts of which I'm sure the results will be just fine. I had Netshield on my plow truck all winter long and it was still very hydrophobic just a few weeks ago when I polished it off and applied CQUK.

Thats another side of the whole argument, toppers only seems to pertain to increasing water beading or shedding, only the coating minimizes marring and maybe swirling effects, the toppers won't.. So the use of a topper, while it won't be long lasting and won't prevent marring and swirling, it will offer protection for the coating against the elements so the coating can maintain its ability in preventing marring and swirling.. The coating by itself will bead water and prevent marring, but in my opinion won't be able to maintain those characteristics as long if not topped..