foxtrapper
New member
Three different cars, four applications, and I'm just as disapointed in this product as I was initially.
To say I prepped and cleaned the glass would be an understatement. I razor scraped, scuffed, scoured, and chemically stripped the glass on each car. I used glass cleaner, aerospace glass cleaner, toluene, percloroethane, etc. The glass was clean. All trim around the glass was clean.
Applied the Aquapel just like the instructions say. Break the vile, wipe the glass, vertically and horizontally. Wipe down with a paper towel before the product dries on the glass. Did a double application on the one car that I did initially. All applied in the shade, moderate humidity, 80 degree temperatures.
The applicators were genuine, I'm sure. Not bootleged or refilled with fake water. Sniffed each after I broke the vial, smell was discernable, but not overpowering.
Fwiw, when applied to the glass, it didn't really lay on the glass, but beads up quickly, in a streaky manner. Where a product like Rain-X would smear across the glass, the Aquapel would leave a visible trail behind the applicator, and quickly bead up. When wiping with the paper towel the towel would become saturated and then a very uniform and faint haze would show on the glass, and then wipe away. The glass would have a uniform and noticable drag to it when wiping the now damp paper towel across it.
So how were the rain repelling results? "Mea" at best. Mist sticks perfectly, large rain drops splatter and gradually roll off, if the wind pushes them hard enough. At no time was driving without wipers an option.
The most noticable benefit to the aquapel is that the glass is easier to clean of bug splatter and road grime. Neither stick to the glass as much now.
To say I prepped and cleaned the glass would be an understatement. I razor scraped, scuffed, scoured, and chemically stripped the glass on each car. I used glass cleaner, aerospace glass cleaner, toluene, percloroethane, etc. The glass was clean. All trim around the glass was clean.
Applied the Aquapel just like the instructions say. Break the vile, wipe the glass, vertically and horizontally. Wipe down with a paper towel before the product dries on the glass. Did a double application on the one car that I did initially. All applied in the shade, moderate humidity, 80 degree temperatures.
The applicators were genuine, I'm sure. Not bootleged or refilled with fake water. Sniffed each after I broke the vial, smell was discernable, but not overpowering.
Fwiw, when applied to the glass, it didn't really lay on the glass, but beads up quickly, in a streaky manner. Where a product like Rain-X would smear across the glass, the Aquapel would leave a visible trail behind the applicator, and quickly bead up. When wiping with the paper towel the towel would become saturated and then a very uniform and faint haze would show on the glass, and then wipe away. The glass would have a uniform and noticable drag to it when wiping the now damp paper towel across it.
So how were the rain repelling results? "Mea" at best. Mist sticks perfectly, large rain drops splatter and gradually roll off, if the wind pushes them hard enough. At no time was driving without wipers an option.
The most noticable benefit to the aquapel is that the glass is easier to clean of bug splatter and road grime. Neither stick to the glass as much now.
