What should water beading look like?

[PaulMys]

Maybe I'm just a little odd, I find it really entertaining what happens to water beads like that as I drive away. On a car with a really hydrophobic surface, those tiny beads all start to merge together and then rapidly roll up the hood. At 45~50 mph the whole hood is dry in a couple blocks.

With a sealant like 845 the drops would form big blobs which would start to shake like a jello mold and then self destruct into a shower tiny droplets into the slipstream moving over the car.

I need help....

Nice!! Lol

I guess I need help too. I love watching my 476S "blow dry" as I pick up speed to about 30mph 2 blocks from my house. :dblthumb2:

 

[acuRAS82]

Maybe I'm just a little odd, I find it really entertaining what happens to water beads like that as I drive away. On a car with a really hydrophobic surface, those tiny beads all start to merge together and then rapidly roll up the hood. At 45~50 mph the whole hood is dry in a couple blocks.

With a sealant like 845 the drops would form big blobs which would start to shake like a jello mold and then self destruct into a shower tiny droplets into the slipstream moving over the car.

I need help....

You don’t need help. This is perfectly normal behavior. Just tell your friends that we at AGO said so.

 

[CleanIT]

Rainy day. This is what I'm seeing. Compared to TW SNS, the beading is less pronounced. I have thought about getting a true coating or PPF on the front hood/bumper and roof, but I'm holding off because I don't think I'll have this car longer than 3 years.

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