SuperBee364
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Last October I put three coats of Finish Kare 1 1000P High Temp Synthetic Paste Wax on my Charger. I managed to keep my hands off of the LSP for the entire winter. I can't remember the last time a car I owned went that long without either an LSP refresher, or change out. But I just had to know exactly how good 1000P really is.
Two weeks ago, I started the long process of changing over from 1000P to Vintage. I'm going one panel at a time. Along the way, I'm experimenting with polishes, pads, glazes, etc.
So today (which is a gorgeous spring day) I pull the car out into the driveway and do a touchless wash with the PW, foam cannon, CRSpotless and leaf blower. Half of my car has been converted to Vintage, the other half still has last October's 1000P.
I just did a very intense inspection of the paint in full sunlight. Now keep in mind that through the entire winter, my car went through the local touchless automatic on average of once per week. I also did around 10 ONR washes. The panels that still have 1000P on them still look flawless. They look *and* feel the same as they did after I applied the 1000P back in October. There are *zero* surface contaminants; no film, no dust, no tar, no hard water spots, nada. The paint is completely flawless and still very slick. This car was my DD through winter and all of it's road salt, snow, sand, all the typical winter yuck.
I've kept from saying this up til now, but after seeing these results, it's official: FK1 1000P is the very best LSP I have ever used. It excels in every category that matters to me: Looks, environmental protection, durability and ease of cleaning. The only complaint I have (it's very minor, and it applies to every sealant I've ever used) is that it's difficult to use a leaf blower to dry it. No big deal since I now have a CRSpotless, and any left over water isn't going to spot anyway, but I thought I'd mention it. I still can't believe that it lasted six months through a nasty winter and all those car washes.
I'm almost tempted to leave a few panels untouched just to see exactly how long the 1000P would last, but there's just too many products to test.
Last year, I used 1000P as my go-to sealant and the Collinites as my go-to waxes on customer cars. This year, every car is going to get at least one application of 1000P. The Collinites are going to stay in the fridge.
Two weeks ago, I started the long process of changing over from 1000P to Vintage. I'm going one panel at a time. Along the way, I'm experimenting with polishes, pads, glazes, etc.
So today (which is a gorgeous spring day) I pull the car out into the driveway and do a touchless wash with the PW, foam cannon, CRSpotless and leaf blower. Half of my car has been converted to Vintage, the other half still has last October's 1000P.
I just did a very intense inspection of the paint in full sunlight. Now keep in mind that through the entire winter, my car went through the local touchless automatic on average of once per week. I also did around 10 ONR washes. The panels that still have 1000P on them still look flawless. They look *and* feel the same as they did after I applied the 1000P back in October. There are *zero* surface contaminants; no film, no dust, no tar, no hard water spots, nada. The paint is completely flawless and still very slick. This car was my DD through winter and all of it's road salt, snow, sand, all the typical winter yuck.
I've kept from saying this up til now, but after seeing these results, it's official: FK1 1000P is the very best LSP I have ever used. It excels in every category that matters to me: Looks, environmental protection, durability and ease of cleaning. The only complaint I have (it's very minor, and it applies to every sealant I've ever used) is that it's difficult to use a leaf blower to dry it. No big deal since I now have a CRSpotless, and any left over water isn't going to spot anyway, but I thought I'd mention it. I still can't believe that it lasted six months through a nasty winter and all those car washes.
I'm almost tempted to leave a few panels untouched just to see exactly how long the 1000P would last, but there's just too many products to test.
Last year, I used 1000P as my go-to sealant and the Collinites as my go-to waxes on customer cars. This year, every car is going to get at least one application of 1000P. The Collinites are going to stay in the fridge.
I should buy a case of 1000P and send it to you. I wouldn't have ever tried it if it hadn't been for that thread you did a couple years back.
I'm always reluctant to make such declarations as I know I'll stumble upon other greatness in the future 