UPP, EX, #16, CMW Durability

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gearhead

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Planning on doing a couple of cars this weekend (dark metallics). In people's experiences, what is order of durability, longest to shortest?

TIA :D
 
I have only tried EX and I will say that its been about 5 weeks on and its still beading up nicely....if that helps any I dont know?!
 
UPP will definately be the longest lasting. I have gotten over 6 months durability out of it. That's 24-7 outdoors and washes rarely.



EX and 16 will probably be a toss up, but still pretty decent durability (3 or so months outdoors all the time).



Of course, how you wash, how contaminated the atmosphere is, etc all comes into play.
 
EX has been very durable for me, easy 5-6 months. UPP was going strong at 4 months when I rewaxed a customer's vehicle. #16 on a white Expidition is still beading and looking great at nearly 4 months now...and we had a ton of rain in November. CMW has been pretty durable too, 4-5 months on most vehicles, even more on those washed exclusively with QEW.



On a dark metallic, UPP and #16 would look best. Dark solid colors, CMW and EX, if that helps you make up your mind.
 
i dont use UPP

EX lasted about a month or 2 for me.

havent tried 16

CMW lasted close to 5 months for me but that was during the spring/summer time. So it wasnt too hot.
 
Okay I'll try AIO/UPP on a friend's new metallic blue 350Z (if he brings it by this weekend) and experiment with CMW and EX on my solid red Audi. Thanks for everyone's input. :)
 
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