The benefits of water beading?

[i pamper my corolla]

When talking about waxes, people often refer to the water beading. The more it beads and the tighter the beads are, the "better" the wax.

So other than looking cool, what's the deal with water beading? How does it benefit the car, especially one that isn't moving?

[Murr1525]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

It looks cool.

[Andy M.]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

I have to agree with Matt.



It does look pretty cool. This wasn't moving I actually took it right after a rain.

Andy

[Mike Phillips]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

It looks cool.

[tguil]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

It looks cool.

But not when it dries and leaves spots or collects dirt/dust.

Tom

[Mike Phillips]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

But not when it dries and leaves spots or collects dirt/dust.

Tom

You're correct.

Meguiar's invested decade into trying to educate people that water beading is a bad thing because if water lands on your car and you're not around to remove it, and then it dries, there's a great potential risk that the water, or more specifically, substances in the water and on the surface of your car that mix with the water will etch a hole into your car's paint that you will then have to remove by removing the paint surrounding the hole.

But try as hard as Meguiar's could, people want their car wax or their paint sealant to bead water.

You can't change people.

Educated people in the art of polishing paint understand that it's better o have a wax or paint sealant that sheets water instead of creating maximum surface tension which causes water beading, but over the last 60 or 70 years the people have spoken and the majority of people that pay attention to this topic want their wax or paint sealant to bead water really well and bead water for a long time.

It looks cool and gives them comfort.

[bookeem]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

why not introduce a new water sheeting product, creating minimal surface tension?

if its even possible..

[Mike Phillips]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

why not introduce a new water sheeting product, creating minimal surface tension?

if its even possible..

Ugh...

We've come full circle again...

Great question but everyone and their brother on all the varied discussion forums measure a products protection and durability by how well it beads water, if it doesn't bead water really, really well and for a long, long time then it's bashed and till the the cows come home.

Spend some time reading about which wax is best and then report back here the top criteria used to determine this.

[detailingfool]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

OK.........So if a wax or sealant is ment to sheet the water and not bead up, How do you know it is still protecting ?

And I also think the beading action is cool and that is why I like to use # 16 or # 26, I can tell by looking at it
when it needs another coat of wax. I like the way nxt looks, BUT it doesn't seem to last very long, But Meguiars
says it is there longest lasting wax..............What's up with that ???


Thanks..........D

[HealthyCivic]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

I don't even care what the water does. I just want the paint protected. A sheeting wax/sealant would actually be pretty cool. I think it's possible to convince the people of this. Shoot, I thought the water sheeting off my car when I used the flood method with the hose was the coolest thing in the world when I first saw it.

To each his own I guess.

[sdprius858]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

OK.........So if a wax or sealant is ment to sheet the water and not bead up, How do you know it is still protecting ?

And I also think the beading action is cool and that is why I like to use # 16 or # 26, I can tell by looking at it
when it needs another coat of wax. I like the way nxt looks, BUT it doesn't seem to last very long, But Meguiars
says it is there longest lasting wax..............What's up with that ???


Thanks..........D

Lots of factors come into play here like prep work. I believe there is a thread dedicated to this that was updated recently

[yakky]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

Ugh...

We've come full circle again...

Great question but everyone and their brother on all the varied discussion forums measure a products protection and durability by how well it beads water, if it doesn't bead water really, really well and for a long, long time then it's bashed and till the the cows come home.

Spend some time reading about which wax is best and then report back here the top criteria used to determine this.

Mike, when will the clowning end? When will Meguiars produce a wax that sheets???? Is it time to hoard NXT V1.0?

[i pamper my corolla]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

When will Meguiars produce a wax that sheets???? Is it time to hoard NXT V1.0?

I've read somewhere here that Gold Class wax was designed to sheet better than it beads water

[sunfire]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

Doesn't UQD sheet water? You can apply it on top of the wax coat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR1jEZbhqp0

[Mike Phillips]

Re: The benefits of water beading?

Doesn't UQD sheet water? You can apply it on top of the wax coat.

If water is sprayed onto it like rain falls it beads up, when mass amounts of water are flowed onto it the water as a whole tries to get away from the coating and it flows or sheets off.