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Update 9/27/19: I was able do some water testing on the back panel today. Video: https://youtu.be/8fp-1MrwhzQ I tried to take the sheeting photos (second photo) the moment after turning the hose off for each photo combo below. The third picture is a second, separate try to better catch...

Update on Roof 9/27/19: I haven’t been posting about the roof with many different test spots. I did check the beading of the back today as I rinsed after washing. The following pictures are taken over a ~5 second timeframe after the hose turns off. - The right (passenger) side had Souveran...

Update 9/26/19: The test panel saw a bit of rain this morning. Not enough to see great accumulation on the vertical panel but here’s the pictures anyways (from left to right looking at back panel; NOTE: The bottom half of each picture is the panel. The top half of each picture is the rear...

Update 9/26/19: Just a hood bead shot after a night of rain. No major difference, beads look fine on both. Same morning, different car (for additional comparison sake’s). Q5 has 3 week old WG Fuzion Spray Wax, which I consider to be the king of non-SiO2 spray waxes (one of the king’s anyways).

Update 9/23/2019: It rained today and I was able to focus on my hood while driving 40-55mph down back roads . Beads on the drivers side sheeted off at 40-55mph faster and more so than the passenger side UQW. I wouldn’t call it a blowout, but it was a solid 2 touchdown victory. Sorry, the...

I received Mckees 37 Krystal Diamond SiO2 Ceramic Wax today. It came packaged similar to other PBMG waxes (I know M37 is no longer PBMG, but w/e): I decided to do a very small scale comparison test of this new wax versus 3 competitors. I don’t have a car in need of protection right now, but...

Just ordered it: McKee`s 37 Krystal Diamond SiO2 Ceramic Wax Free Bonus!

Did my wash tonight, but opted against using Enigma Shampoo because I wanted a real look at the left over protection near the bird bomb. So I grabbed the last leave-nothing-behind car wash in my aresenal: Prior to washing I rinsed and compared the bird spot to the rest of the hood. Bird spot...

Update 9/6/19: After getting home and taking a good look at my filthy, bug splattered X5, I saw that the bird bomb did indeed etch into the paint. It’s been 3 days since the bird bomb occurred, was left on for 7 hours, and then blasted off with water pressure during my trip. Before jumping to...

I’ve been on vacation in Syracuse for the last 5 days. Yesterday (Tuesday) there was a big bird bomb on the hood. I saw it in the morning when it was the overcast, and begrudgingly decided to leave it while I did family activities. Unfortunately there are many etchings on the hood from the...

I washed today with Mckees SiO2 Auto Wash. I consider it a good cleaner, as it’s meant for coatings (removing film, restoring a clean surface). Although it lays down a minuscule amount of SiO2, I’ve never seen it change traits of my LSP (negligible gloss in my opinion which Nick has...

I hope it’s OK to bring Ron’s name in for this, because this is one LSP I was turned on to with the experiences Ron shared and I applied to my wife’s car for no other reason than to do what he would have approved of. Wife’s Q5, wearing 3 month old Cosmic Spritz, was due for some bling (it...

As promised, a few more beading pictures, after last night and early morning rain. The car is not clean, but not filthy either. One drive in the rain and otherwise mostly sitting outside for the last week. The beads on the drivers side (DGAW) are more uniform and better rounded than the...

I’ll likely only use this car for short trips when my wife is around, for the time being. Worst case, Uber has my back... but I won’t be driving my son in this car too much (unless really close to home). So I guess my love for the car overcomes my worry about breaking down... but won’t be...

Beads are very attractive on Enigma this morning. This is the first rain that the Enigma LSP has seen. The rain is only a sprinkle now, but rained decent last night and more to come today. A few roof shots, but I’m not going to get into the different sections with different LSPs just yet...

The above is 3 years old, haven’t tried it yet but will someday. Had dreams of this topped with these:

See you soon, and good luck tomorrow

One week update: X5 M has only been driven about 30 miles since the last coat of Enigma. Lots of beauty rest in my garage. There was sweating on my hood. Did a N-914 RW after the first drive. Sweating went away. Sweating came back the next day but a little less. N-914 RW again yesterday...

Some morning dew beading pics. Side mirrors are control (still PA combo) and have larger beads. Both the spray sealants have very tiny beads. There are some wipe marks where UQW was applied; none where DG AW was applied. I applied these the same way, same effort, same time of day, separate...

The Acura is now my 2nd car, and this is a good opportunity to do some random testing with it. The car has 2-3 month old PA Cosmic Spritz + PA HG. It was also maintained until mid-July with my Merlin Elixir PA CosmicSpritz/HG mix... that no doubt impacted durability a bit and kept the shine...