Setec Astronomy- Ah, I appreciate your efforts
Well, at least I didn`t somehow hallucinate the whole thing! But I do vaguely recall the actual Ford TSB (had forgotten/not known of the Chrysler/Mistu angle).
Setec Astronomy- Ah, I appreciate your efforts
Well, at least I didn`t somehow hallucinate the whole thing! But I do vaguely recall the actual Ford TSB (had forgotten/not known of the Chrysler/Mistu angle).
So OCW is the Optimum Car Wax? Their spray wax in the blue bottle?
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For me, the make/break Q would be whether the TW provides UV protection.
I do think the OCW is worth trying, though it`s easy for me to spend your money for you I *NEVER* thought I`d keep using it on the A8, but it`s been years now and I`m still doing it. That car went through *terrible* winter weather last night, but today, with all the snow melted off, it looks amazingly OK..that stuff is doing its job and I haven`t even washed the car for weeks, let alone refreshed the OCW (last applied back in early Dec.).
I did read through some of the documentation regarding the UV protection, through the patent papers on the product. I didn`t finish it, though. Of course, one needs to mention that the documentation relating to the UV protection was from OPT themselves, and I`m not sure there was independent testing with it.
I`m not one of the Great Product Testers here, but I had considered doing some testing with the products below. I was going to test for "sun damage" protection, as well as bird poop protection. The testing seemed too involved for my liking, my wife likely wouldn`t be on board with it and these products have been passed up in favor of the newest flavors. So I ditched the idea.
JustJesus- IF you find some surface that`s prone to rapid UV-related degradation it might make for an easy test...and [she whose name I cannot pronounce] wouldn`t even know you were doing any testing, not that I`m advocating doing anything behind her back
But IME OCW provides very limited protection against etching. Nothing at all like FK1000P or even other LSPs that I consider marginal.
For new/newly polished headlights, I 10/10 would recommend cutting some clear tint from a tint shop (I order 3M off amazon) and apply it.
Takes a beating unmatched by any coating.
If you take the time to tuck the edges and make sure they adhere properly with a heatgun, it will last 5-10 years with regular visits to the touchless car wash/winters of Toronto.
I wouldn`t even use *that* unless you had a good reason to want a bit of abrasion. I`d use one of the (presumably..who really knows sometimes?!?) non-abrasive ones like KAIO or some really gentle Paint Cleaner.
If you`re applying a PPF/etc. to (nearly) new ones, you could probably even skip that and just wash `em really well with whatever you`d use on perfect paint before applying a Coating.
I`ll figure something out so that I can do some testing without getting me in trouble with [she whose name I don`t even say]. No surface I can think of that`s prone to rapid degradation, but I`ll come up with something, even if it takes "a little longer" than we would like.
I believe that`s been my experience as well.
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