Gloss Coat Beading

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We got some rain last night and when I came out this morning I took a few shots with my phone.

So far looks good. These beads are much smaller and tighter than the Opticoat 2.0 ever was.

Hood




Mirror

I Gloss coated the painted part of the mirror and the black trim strip as well.

If you look at the door below and to the rear of the car, its just about 100% dry as are the other very vertical surfaces.


 
I dunno, I think I would be disappointed with that if that's fresh coating--I mean a fresh app of a lot of LSP's would bead better than that.
 
I think it looks pretty good. Optimum coatings have never beaded this well before. Its not a wax and the only coating product that beads that well is EXO, but you give up the mar resistance that optimum coating provide.

the 2.0 was tough coating, cleaned easily but was not slick and didn't bead particularly well. This is light years better and I'm happy with the small tight beads.

Setec Astronomy said:
I dunno, I think I would be disappointed with that if that's fresh coating--I mean a fresh app of a lot of LSP's would bead better than that.
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I will get you a shot of the roof, these are of the front 1/3 of the hood. Not sure it make a huge difference but I will let you decide.

Setec Astronomy said:
Yeah, I dunno, I think OC 2.0 beads as well as that when it's new...I guess I was just expecting more from Gloss-Coat. I thought Ray posted some beading pics of his car that were pretty impressive...yeah, here it is--these beads look rounder than yours (no offense :P ) http://www.autopia.org/forums/optim...ation-optimum-gloss-coat.html?highlight=Gloss
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Both look good. Although vega's are tighter on the hood. But, if you look at the mirror pic, at the lower end, those beads are tight and very small. Could it be a climate difference (rainfall vs. dew, humidity/dewpoint levels, the State you live in...)?
 
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