Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant versus Traditional Sealants - Test!

[acuRAS82]

This test to compare Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant versus some traditional sealants. I tried to break vertical panels up into comparable groupings.
The panels were cleaned with PBL Surface Cleansing Lotion and were squeaky clean to the touch afterwards.
The sealants were applied on 4/24/2020 late at night. 62degF in the garage during application, temp went as low as 57degF during the night time curing. On each panel, Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant resides in the middle.

Below are all contestants listed drivers side to passengers side:

Hood - The OG Slicksters
- Blackfire Sealant
- Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant
- Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant
- Jescar Powerlock
- Four Star Ultimate Paint Protectant
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Back Roof - The Modern Classics
- PBL Sealant
- Mckees Hi Def
- Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant
- Polish Angel Master Sealant
- 3D HD Poxy
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Trunk Lid - The OG Beasts
- Collinite 476
- Collinite 845
- Wolfgang SiO2 Paint Sealant
- Sonax PNS
- Finish Kare 1000p Hi Temp Paste Wax
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Front Roof - Bonus Contestants
- Collinite 915
- Poorboys EX-P
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The car is still in the garage and will stay there until a minimum 24 hours cure time. I’ll post back for updates.

Thanks for reading.


Edit: I forgot to mention, these sealants are so amazingly slick. PNS is of course not so slick. Poxy is more smooth like a carnauba than slick. All the others feel like Beadmaker slick. Gotta love sealants if you like this kind of thing!

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Cool test, thanks for taking the time to set this up and test these products out!

 

[briarpatch]

Really looking forward to your results...thanks for posting

 

[PaulMys]

Good one!! :dblthumb2:

 

[acuRAS82]

Update (the next day):
First beading shots after a night of heavy rain. Everything looks great. Sealants aren’t shabby beaders, even if they don’t sheet as well as ceramic-infused products. Still, PNS looks slightly nicer than the rest. WG SiO2 slightly nicer than most the sealants. But when brand new, these all look great.

I’ll include reference shots with updates to remember what products are where.

Hood
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Trunk Lid
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Back Roof
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Front Roof
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I then took the car on a 1.5 hour drive through heavy rain with my son (because we NEED to get out of the house and driving is the only truly mobile-quarantine thing to do these days). I mention this because I’ve been putting on 100+ miles per day on this car over the past 3 weeks due to these rides. And when there is moderate rain, we storm chase. Today there was no need to chase, it’s a one-inch washout throughout the day.

My point above is that this car doesn’t just sit outside during these tests. It drives. And when possible it drives through rain, wind or snow. So consider it a mini-real life torture test as long as the country remains shut down.

 

[acuRAS82]

Update 5/4/20:

Car has been driven non-stop to avoid my son and I living through mass boredom (lucky for me he loves car rides). We go storm chasing. Car has been outside at all times. Lots of rain last week. The car has gone ~1000 miles in the 11 or so days since application.

The car has been washed twice with glossless soap. Below are hose shots showing beading/sheeting at ~2sec and ~5sec after hose spraying was stopped:

Hood:
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Observation of sheeting performance:
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) Four Star UPP
3) Jescar Powerlock
4) WG DGPS
5) BF Sealant


Trunk lid:
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Observation of sheeting performance:
1) PNS
2) WG SiO2 PS
3) Collinite 476
4) Collinite 845
5) FK1000p


Back roof:
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Observation of sheeting performance:
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) PBL Sealant
3) PA Master Sealant
4) Mckees Hi Def
5) HD Poxy


Front roof:
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Forgot to take pics. 915 sheeting quite faster than EX-P.



Overall thoughts on beading/sheeting combined:
1) PNS sheets and beads best
2) WG SiO2 sheets and beads best

- I don’t want to make bold observations about the remaining products on different sections, angles, etc., so I’ll group the remainders:

3-7) Real good group - UPP, PBL, 476, 915, 845
8-13) Medium group - PL, DGPS, BF, PA MS, M37 Hi Def, FK1000p
14-15) Meh group - HD Poxy, PB EX-P

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Thank you for taking the time not only to divide the car up and apply various products but also documenting and sharing with us.

Looks like the new WG Si02 is performing admirably well.

Whats on the X5M?

 

[briarpatch]

Thank you for making the effort and doing the review. I just applied the WG SIO2 this past weekend....really looking forward to see it's performance long term

 

[acuRAS82]

Thank you for taking the time not only to divide the car up and apply various products but also documenting and sharing with us.

Looks like the new WG Si02 is performing admirably well.

Whats on the X5M?

Yeah I really like the WG SiO2... a lot. I’m actually jealous to those of you who have applied to a whole car. I don’t have enough cars to have done that yet... only test panels.

The X5M has a WG hood test and miscellaneous roof test (to re-test some products that I had odd results with recently).

The X5M vertical panels are just a stew of different products I’m trying to use up. Each year when my winter protection degrades (Enigma Wax this year), I tend to use Hydro Blue and old spray waxes and QDs to hold me over through pollen season. Early June is when I correct and put on some summer bling protection. To answer your question, the vertical panels had Hydro Blue in March and since have a bunch of M37 Fast Wax, Trademark Extender Wax and I dry aid with Ultimate Quik Detailer.

 

[hoyt66]

Thanks for setting this up. I just prepped and applied 2 coats of WG Si02 to my F150a month ago.

 

[Belo]

This is awesome. I particularly like how you branded and grouped them. I don't own a single modern classic and wonder what that says about me...

 

[Belo]

sorry for the lazy question. What's the application for WG? orbital with Black pad? spray and wipe?

 

[acuRAS82]

WG SiO2 Paste can be with DA and finishing pad (like black). It’s a sealant, applies the same as DGPS.

I applied everything by hand for this test.

 

[acuRAS82]

Update 05/21/20 (~1 month)

Took some pics on 5/21 after washing with Hyper Wash. The car has been driven +1200 miles since last update on 5/4, around 2300 miles since application. As I mentioned in some other test threads, I used what turned out to be a harsh wash soap a few times at the beginning of May which seemed to put a dent in some of the sealants` performances. That was an unknown at the time (the harshness of the soap) and this test was supposed to only be torture via lots of miles and spring weather (lots of rain, lots of pollen). But have only used Reset and Hyper Wash since the 5/4 update (7 washes total) and *most* of the performances have remained pretty similar.

For the pics, I began at the time of hose spray turning off and then a few shots within 10 seconds.


Hood:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance:
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) Four Star UPP (close second!)
3) Jescar Powerlock
T-4) WG DGPS
T-4) BF Sealant

Trunk:
Reference

After wash

Observation of performance:
1) PNS
2) WG SiO2 PS
T-3) FK1000p
T-3) Collinite 476
5) Collinite 845




Back Roof:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance:
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) PBL Sealant
3) Mckees Hi Def
4) PA Master Sealant
5) HD Poxy




Front Roof:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance:
1) Collinite 915
2) Poorboy`s EX-P




Overall subjective rankings at 1 month (beading/sheeting/overall performance):
1) PNS beads best (#1 overall performer)
2) WG SiO2 sheets best (#2 overall performer)
3) UPP (surprisingly great)
4) PBL Sealant
T-5) Powerlock
T-5) 476
T-5) FK1000p
8) 915
9) M37 Hi Def
10) 845
11) WG DGPS
12) BF PS
13) PA MS
14) Poorboys EX-P
15) HD Poxy

I did my best with these given, different products on different sections. NOTE that I also tested and took pics before washing but I can’t fit them all on this thread.
As always, this isn`t perfect science. Just some fun [/COLOR]

 

[Markymapo1]

Excellent! Keep us posted.

 

[JDGolden]

Nice test. I really enjoy seeing real life torture tests like this. The WG sio2 is very interesting compared to the level of gloss it has given off in other reviews. Gloss and that level protection is a winner 100%. PNS has always been another I've wanted to try, and this test shows me why everyone gives it such high praise.

I have a new OG added to my cabinet that I plan to try VERY soon on my Jeep and it's in this test....FK1000P. I've been happy with 845, but I need to try something new.

Any good storm chasing pics? I've done some chasing in my Jeep, but always forget to take pictures.

 

[acuRAS82]

Update 6/18/20 (8 weeks):
The Acura continues to live it`s life outside. Took in a lot of pollen throughout May but I was washing it a lot because I`m a fighter and I fight losing battles all the time. I still drive this car a lot. The X5 M has been relegated to beuty sleep in the garage for the last few weeks due to a correction and recoat, plus some time avoiding pollen prior to that.

Anyways, to speed up the testing I started using the Four Star soap (I always complain about it being harsh) to see if that would separate the pack. The below pics are right after the wash and rinse process. I tried for 1, 2, 4 and 6 seconds after hose ending. Sometimes more, sometimes less pictures depending on the action occurring.

Hood:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance (ranking):
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) Four Star UPP
T-3) WG DGPS
T-3) BF Sealant
5) Jescar Powerlock

Trunk:
Reference

After wash

Observation of performance (ranking):
1) PNS
2) WG SiO2 PS
3) FK1000p
4) Collinite 476
5) Collinite 845




Back Roof:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance (ranking):
1) WG SiO2 PS
2) PBL Sealant
T-3) PA Master Sealant
T-3 Mckees Hi Def
5) HD Poxy




Front Roof:
Reference

After Wash:

Observation of performance (ranking):
1) Poorboy`s EX-P
2) Collinite 915 (surprising)


Overall subjective rankings at 2 month (beading/sheeting/overall performance):
1) PNS
2) WG SiO2
3) UPP
4) PBL Sealant
5) FK1000p
6) 476
7) PA MS
8) M37 Hi Def
9) WG DGPS
10) BF PS
11) 845
12) Poorboys EX-P
13) Powerlock
14) 915
15) HD Poxy

The top 6 order I feel good about. The rest gets pretty tough to compare different panels and such, but I tried my best!

 

[acuRAS82]

In case anyone questions whether WG, BF, Powerlock are still alive based on my one-handed quick pic snaps yesterday, I do get to see my paint all the time and I will call them dead when I think they are 80-90% dead (totally subjective, I know). Basically I’m saying that some of these sheet fairly slow after two months, but there’s no doubt that they are still protecting when seen during a normal rain of any intensity.

Anyways, here is the hood from moments ago during a downpour. I ran to an overhang at Duncan just to snap some real rain shots for you all!

And upon arrival home after rain mostly stopped:

 

[acuRAS82]

Update 07/18/2020 (1 week short of 3 months)

Pics taken from hose turn-off, then every 2-3 seconds; then final pic is after a full minute.

Note that many appear to be either barely alive (sheet at the end of one minute duration) or pretty dead (still standing water after one minute). I admit, the difference between “Barely alive” and “Pretty dead” may be only based on whether the panel has slope. Like how the roof doesn’t sheet at all after a minute. This is the disadvantage of not have one massive panel to test on. Either way, barely alive and pretty dead are both in the situation that any of us would have replaced by now.



Hood

- Still well:
1) Wolfgang SiO2
2) Four Star UPP

- Barely alive or pretty dead (takes a minute to sheet)
3) Jescar PL
4) WG DGPS
5) BF


Back Roof

- Still well:
1) Wolfgang SiO2

- Pretty dead
3D Poxy, PA MS, M37 High Def, PBL PS


Trunk

- Still well:
1) Sonax PNS
2) Wolfgang SiO2

- Barely alive (takes a minute to sheet):
3) FK1000p
4) Collinite 476
5) Collinite 845

Front Roof

- Barely alive:
1) Collinite 915

- Pretty dead:
Poorboys EX-P



Attempt at ranking based on remaining performance to this point:

- Legitimately still going:
1) Sonax PNS
2) Wolfgang SiO2
3) Four Star UPP

- We would replace, but probably still protecting:
4) FK1000p
5) WG DGPS
6) Collinite 915
7) Jescar PL
8) Collinite 476
9) BF PS
10) Collinite 845

- Barely protecting or totally dead:
3D Poxy,
PA MS,
M37 Hi Def,
PBL PS
Poorboys EX-P


I did my best, lol. And took into account that the panels on this car take the brunt of sun/rain/weather in the following order IMO based simply on angles:
Roof
Trunk
Hood

 

[Desertnate]

Great test. Thanks!

Last night we had a a series of thunderstorms blow through which dumped rain on us for several hours. At one point before dark, I went out to take a quick look at the neighbors Cayenne wearing the Wolfgang SiO2 Sealant I applied back in June. Right now, despite being slightly dusty from being driven daily, the water was beading and sheeting great and didn't look much different than the CanCoat in my car. I'm pretty impressed.