Coating water characteristics

[mg031]

So I have different coatings on different panels on my car - yep a rolling experiment

Yesterday in Central / Upper NJ we had some violent storms come through but after it died down I go out to my car and notice some panels with Kamikaze ISM shed most of the water off and the drivers door with Gloss Coat holding onto some water beads. The driver side rear quarter panel has Always Dry LDC and also looks well dry lol.

You guys have any similar experiences?

It`s cool to see the differences. If I had done the whole car with one coating. I wouldn`t have noticed and now I am thinking of trying out 22PLE HPC on the passenger side with PA Cosmic and Crystal Serum to compare..











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[Migue]

Has happened to me but with sealants, so to be honest it wouldn`t surprise me if it happened with coatings as well. I`ve had half my hood with one sealant and the other half with another ,and one side sheds all the water while the other has a bunch of beads. I personally prefer shedding than beading....less water spots IMO.

 

[Loach]

That`s a low sliding angle in action! That means for that coating, it takes a lower angle for that bead to slide completely off of the paint. Whereas with the Gloss Coat you`re going to need a larger bead for it to fall off because it`s already at an extreme angle and those beads are going nowhere. You should notice faster sheeting and tighter beading with the ISM compared to the Gloss Coat on your paint, but sometimes you can come across some products that produce crazy tight beading, but this water is more attracted to the surface and stick to the sides more due to a higher sliding angle, compared to products that have slightly less impressive beading with a lower sliding angle. For me, the best of all worlds is the tightest beading (high contact angle) and the lowest sliding angle.

Hopefully the delay on Meguiar`s releasing a U.S. based coating is on them researching and formulating a coating that has the lowest sliding angle on the market! Love your results, thanks for posting.