Sorry Autopians, but Dupont`s Rain Dance used to bead like that on single-stage paints back in the late 70`s, early `80`s.
This fixation with hydroscopic beading was a BIG discussion point many years ago in this forum as an indicator of a Last-Step Product (LSP) still being present and offering protection from environmental fallout on a vehicle`s exterior paint surface. Seems we have come full circle again.
Don`t get me wrong, I LOVE water beading because of my infatuation and past (and present) experience with carnauba waxes, in particular Collinite 915. From pics of the VERY small, tight water beading of the Meg`s Ceramic Detailer, it looks very impressive.
Still, if an spray-on detailer offered more of a sheeting water action, when the sun comes out and dries up the rain water and the vehicle has little to no residue on it and it looks clean, I would be more prone to liking that. There are two characteristics about carnauba waxes that users of this LSP dislike (HATE):
1) Its electrostatic charge that it induces on surfaces that attract dirt and lot of it.
2) Its rain water beading in flat surfaces that attract or gather this dirt and debris that when it dries in the sun, it leaves a vehicle looking REALLY dirty.
I begin to understand this infatuation with coatings and its advantages over carnauba waxes:
1) Great reflection or shine (wet-look carnauba gloss)
2) Superior environmental fallout protection
3) Self-cleaning ability when it rains (IE, it does not ATTRACT dust and dirt)
4) Enhanced durability and longevity
(SO, Captain Obvious, have you convinced yourself to join this coating revolution? Or as humorist Will Rogers once said, "You can be on the right track, but if you are just standing there, you`ll still get run over!")
I assume, though, that this product (Meg-CD) is a maintenance-enhancer of LSP coatings, with ease of application and superior hydroscopic beading being its main selling points.
This fixation with hydroscopic beading was a BIG discussion point many years ago in this forum as an indicator of a Last-Step Product (LSP) still being present and offering protection from environmental fallout on a vehicle`s exterior paint surface. Seems we have come full circle again.
Don`t get me wrong, I LOVE water beading because of my infatuation and past (and present) experience with carnauba waxes, in particular Collinite 915. From pics of the VERY small, tight water beading of the Meg`s Ceramic Detailer, it looks very impressive.
Still, if an spray-on detailer offered more of a sheeting water action, when the sun comes out and dries up the rain water and the vehicle has little to no residue on it and it looks clean, I would be more prone to liking that. There are two characteristics about carnauba waxes that users of this LSP dislike (HATE):
1) Its electrostatic charge that it induces on surfaces that attract dirt and lot of it.
2) Its rain water beading in flat surfaces that attract or gather this dirt and debris that when it dries in the sun, it leaves a vehicle looking REALLY dirty.
I begin to understand this infatuation with coatings and its advantages over carnauba waxes:
1) Great reflection or shine (wet-look carnauba gloss)
2) Superior environmental fallout protection
3) Self-cleaning ability when it rains (IE, it does not ATTRACT dust and dirt)
4) Enhanced durability and longevity
(SO, Captain Obvious, have you convinced yourself to join this coating revolution? Or as humorist Will Rogers once said, "You can be on the right track, but if you are just standing there, you`ll still get run over!")
I assume, though, that this product (Meg-CD) is a maintenance-enhancer of LSP coatings, with ease of application and superior hydroscopic beading being its main selling points.
