7 Wax/Sealant Durability Shootout(muliple pics)

They use 109 on wheels (as i have started to) b/c it stands up quite well down there. Most of all its a product with alot of hype, while it will pass the squeek test for a several months beading and looks are highly diminished after about 10 weeks. Also, like i did they probably found it was more hype then acutal effect product!



Also, with regard the pics, what car shampoo are you using? I know that anything left in the shampoo such as gloss enhancers can have a massive impact on the beading of an LSP. Megs NXT shampoo for example leaves the finish very glossy looking and this QD type effective heavily effects beading and even leads some to believe that in one or two washes it has a removed there entire lsp!



May i suggest a gloss enhancing, polymer and silicon free wash is used such as Mothers California Gold Car Wash. It cleans well, lubes excellently and wont distort these post wash, rewetting pics?



Geoff
 
steelwind101 said:
They use 109 on wheels (as i have started to) b/c it stands up quite well down there. Most of all its a product with alot of hype, while it will pass the squeek test for a several months beading and looks are highly diminished after about 10 weeks. Also, like i did they probably found it was more hype then acutal effect product!



Also, with regard the pics, what car shampoo are you using? I know that anything left in the shampoo such as gloss enhancers can have a massive impact on the beading of an LSP. Megs NXT shampoo for example leaves the finish very glossy looking and this QD type effective heavily effects beading and even leads some to believe that in one or two washes it has a removed there entire lsp!



May i suggest a gloss enhancing, polymer and silicon free wash is used such as Mothers California Gold Car Wash. It cleans well, lubes excellently and wont distort these post wash, rewetting pics?



Geoff
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I think this issue is addressed with the control section of his hood.



I'm curious to see a recent update on this shootout.
 
z06meister said:
I am surprised that the JS109 is not doing as good as I thought it would. I have heard people speak highly of this product but it looks like a few wax's like 50/50 and 476 are kicking it's butt.
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Well, if tight beading is important to you then I guess it isn't doing as well. To me it just looks as if the sealants have more sheeting properties, and the "waxes" beads more, just as expected actually. And this has nothing to do with durabilty. The tight beading of the "waxes" will diminish with time, perhaps around the 2 month mark :nixweiss But there might still be protection left, as all of the waxes (AFAIK) are blended waxes and also contain some kind of polymer, except Souveran I guess..



Good job on the test. hope we'll get an update soon ;)
 
That's just plain embarrassing. All the chemical guys sealants including the expensive Jetseal got their butts kick by OCW-which isn't know for being incredibly durable itself(but does look good).
 
thats a shame - would like to see an update...



The 476 should still be going - I got 6 months easy over winter in a DD outside 24/7 through a lot of rain, sleet, snow, salt, slush etc :D



I'm another who uses Jetseal on my wheels only. Did NOTHING on paint and didnt even have tight beading from day 1, with no addition to the look IMHO. Strangely it washes very clean very easily on wheels though....PW blast only = 90-95% clean ;)
 
cobrar97 said:
Where'd the dude go? Probably went crazy watching all those waxes.
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He hasn't been on since everyone started asking for updates.
 
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