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Our babysitter just got a 5-6 year old white Ford Focus and I want to hook her up with a cleaning and winter/spring protection. It’s her 2nd and best cat she’s owned and she’s quite thankful for it, wants to keep it nice! I’m impressed with her attitude. I have so much stuff I don’t use...

I’m a big fan of trying different Merlin mixes, that is, experimenting with the SiO2 Spray portion of the mix. The remainder of my mixes are always 0.75oz Ech2O and the rest distilled water in a 16oz bottle. I was able to find my fave, PA High Gloss Merlin mix by using an ounce of High Gloss...

2004 Acura TSX Paint: 2X PBL Sealant, topped with 2X Mothers CMX Wheels: M37 Hydro Blue, maintained with M37 365 Ceramic Spray Sealant Glass: Pinnacle GlassCoat Window Sealant 2015 BMW X5 M Paint: 2X Angelwax Enigma Wax, topped with PA High Gloss Wheels: PBL Wheel Coating Glass: PBL Glass...

I was able to get all of the below except the MF Cleaner gallon which was out of stock by then.

After having terrible nightmares about WW zombies eating LSPs alive, I woke up and applied Pure Rinseless to the drivers side of the X5 which had a coat of Enigma ceramic wax applied almost 24 hours ago. The passenger side was not cleaned at all, the car has only been driven a few miles since...

Update 10/28/19 and End of Test, 6 weeks, 1 day after last application Washed the car today with Mckees Foam Soap. These have been ruled as “Done enough” now. The pics below show beading on the front hood at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 seconds after simulating flood rain. DG AW is still...

Update at 4:20pm just now, looking better, go figure (maybe rain cleaned surfactants from Mckees Foaming Wash or maybe Mother Nature is just mysterious with different types of rain:

Since different people have different expectations for when they consider an LSP failed, I’m letting this go as long as I can. There’s no doubt still protection on the car, nowhere near as much as I would normally let slide if I was super busy I would at least know that something remains still...

Update 10/25/19: Washed today with Mckees Foam Soap. Finally got some exciting news! UQW is now outperforming DG AW for water behavior. Both before and after the wash, the UQW side sheets faster. That is, DG AW has significantly slowed down but is still present. I observed this on the...

Part 2: RW Showdown: My X5, driven in light rain the other day but not too dirty. Light dust, some dust water spots. It wears Angelwax Enigma Wax/QED/Wash (ceramic toppings). Similar to the other day, N-914 on drivers side back and sides. Pure Rinseless I n passenger side back and sides...

Part 1 - Waterless Wash at normal and 2X strength 2016 Audi Q5, LSP is WG Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant. Car was cleaned yesterday but drove 40miles today in heavy rain, most of which are busy highway miles. The car isn’t totally filthy, but definitely has water/crud on lower panels and is about...

Starting this thread to document my experience and thoughts using the new-to-me Feynlab Pure Rinseless Wash compared to everyone’s favorite <current> glossless WW/RW, Mckees N-914. Here they are: Pure Rinseless labels/directions N-914 labels/directions Based on directions: N-914 RW...

Update 10/17/19 (One month after last application): Beading still, but it’s not pretty. The car was kind of dirty, had been driven for 4/5 days with no wash. This after it had been pouring. I’m getting close to calling these “done enough”. Maybe not quite yet, but soon. Sides look alright...

Feynlab Pure Rinseless. ‘Leaves nothing behind” comparison test coming soon.

I didn’t use the Four Star Ultimate Soap with polycharger for the reasons you mention above (changing of characteristics of the LSP). I used this Professional Series version which I don’t find any proof of gloss enhancers in. It does say it reduces water spotting but I don’t consider it as...

10/4/19: Back panel Video of the 4 test products: https://youtu.be/tRGO5ncaHX8 Synergy Krystal EcoShine Wax Nano My observations: 1)Synergy still deflects fastest. 2)Nano slightly behind Synergy now 3&4) Krystal and EcoShine seem tied now. Krystal appears to be sheeting better...

Update 10/4/19 Washed today, but prior to putting soap on, I checked updated water behavior on the ceramic wax tested back panel and the roof. The roof: https://youtu.be/wss8aXdHrPE Pics after video: As expected, the left and middle are shearing/beading well. As we go to the right...

Update 10/4/19 (6 days after QED application) Washed the car today and compared hood - passenger side w/ recent QED topper vs drivers side w/ just Enigma Wax at 6+ weeks. The QED side looks like freshly applied SiO2 spray sheeting (which it is), while the drivers side is a bit slower to...

Update 10/2/19 (4 days after QED applied to passenger side) I’ll try to get some half and half beading/sheeting comparisons this weekend.

Since 8/15/19, BMW X5 has Angelwax Ti-22/Enigma Wax as the LSP (exceptions: testing on roof, testing on back panel and spot correction with QED on passenger side hood spot). History if desired...