Best LSP for Resistance to Water Spotting

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Going to do some work on friend’s car. 2006 Mitsubishi in dark silver. Its parked outside every night and routinely gets hit by sprinklers in this complex. I think its reclaimed water or something because it spots like nothing you have ever seen. Instantly it seems. I’ve had to park outside a couple times within sprinkler range and if I don’t rinseless wash same day it leaves spots that i have had to polish out. Drives me nuts.


After a quick clay and polish, I want to use an LSP with the most water spot resistance possible. I know the best way to prevent spots is not to park near sprinklers but thats not always an option. I’m leaning toward a sealant on this one since the car is not washed weekly, and I don’t want to reapply LSP on this thing constantly since its not my car.


LSP’s in the current arsenal:
Sonax PNS/BSD
Blackfire WD and Midnight Sun
WGDGPS
Duragloss 601/105
Prima HydroMax (usually used as a topper on top of sealant)
Optimum Gloss Coat (concerned about water spotting with this).


I think looks wise, this car would benefit from Prima Amigo followed by either BFWD or WDGPS, and possibly topped with Hydromax (and maintained with BSD) but if there is something better for water resistance I’ll go that way.


Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
 
I see FK1000 highly recommended for its durability, but polymer net shield is supposed to great in that regard, too.
 
jrock645 said:
I see FK1000 highly recommended for its durability, but polymer net shield is supposed to great in that regard, too.
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I haven't actually used it but have heard good things about its ability to resist etchings. Maybe Accumulator can chime in as he is the expert on FK1000.
 
jrock645 said:
I see FK1000 highly recommended for its durability, but polymer net shield is supposed to great in that regard, too.
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Thanks, I was thinking of ordering some of that. The high temp properties would be helpful here in the desert climate that has now come to Southern California.
 
For water spot preventing, Sonax Polymer Net Shield is the best LSP I have used, and is very good looking as well. Easy 6 months out of it for durability. BSD is the same sealant as PNS, just a more diluted state. Perfect product to maintain PNS. I recommend once a month as a follow up to PNS.
 
Yeah, I pretty much always recommend FK1000P as a protective LSP on drivers (where the last nth-degree of looks, .."!!ooh, depth and jetting!!"-type stuff, isn't paramount) but I can't really speak to its spotting resistance as that's not really one of my common issues.

I read a *LOT* of online talk about the Sonax being all that, but I've never tried it so I can't fairly compare the FK1000P to that one.
 
You said you had Sonax Polymer Net Shield - have you tried it ?

I applied it to Jet Black BMW that had been corrected perfectly, it sat outside the Shop for almost a year before I left, got rained on constantly (Western WA), and it never spotted or looked bad..
It always looked just polished even after a rain...

You indicate water spotting from sprinklers, so this is I am sure, harder to work with...
Hope you find a great solution within your inventory...

If not, I would also have to agree with 52split - A Coating...
Good luck !
Dan F
 
Thanks for the input all, just put some PNS on the hood and front bumper of my car. Might wash later today just to watch the water beading/sheeting. Have to wait awhile because its 99 degrees right now.
 
IMO the best protection against water spots would be an LSP that doesn't cause beading....good luck finding that though.
 
RaskyR1 said:
IMO the best protection against water spots would be an LSP that doesn't cause beading....good luck finding that though.
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Don't post here too often, but I had a thought come to mind from your post.

I don't know of an LSP that doesn't cause beading, but what about applying the LSP of choice, then maintaining with that Barrett-Jackson soap sold at Wal-Mart that is suppose to sheet water off the car? Just a thought. Don't know if it would work or not, but it might be worth trying.

By the way, not only have I not heard of an LSP that naturally sheets water instead of beading, but that Barrett-Jackson soap is the first soap I've ever heard of being self-rinsing by sheeting water off the paint.
 
The Duragloss coating and the CG Second Skin coatings were more like a sheeting LSP than strong beading. Sonax PNS is the best LSP I have used in regards to preventing waterspots.
 
Rsurfer said:
Have you tried to remove a car cover in a pouring rain and then try to store it?
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Heh heh, many times...including during long roadtrips. Dealing with a wet cover while on the road is a *real* PIA.

But not, IMO, as much of a PIA as cover-induced marring ;)

Covers with a foot or more of snow on them aren't fun either.
 
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