Paint Protect

[paulcr39]

Re: Paint Protect - 365 Day Durability

Here is a pic of my brother's old Camry:

Beading nicely. Car sits outside 24/7.

[evomacky]

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I don't know if anyone's asked this already, but aside from the water beading, does this provide any other protection? does it at least have some UV protection for the paint because I don't see it anywhere.

[roushstage2]

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I bought PP365 last month and haven't used it on anything until tonight. Our '12 Fusion is Metallic Black (Tuxedo Black as Ford calls it) and since buying it back in June of 2013, it hasn't ever been waxed, and hand washed maybe once or twice. Well, yesterday it went from being sprayed off to being wiped down with Last Touch to getting waxed with Black Wax on the PC. What can I say, overcast days are the perfect detailing days! Anyways, the car looked waaaaaay better after the Black Wax; better than when we bought it. What car doesn't look better even after just a proper waxing compared to a dealership detail, right?! I even had someone ask me if it was a new car later in the day yesterday. The metallic really pops now. So knowing about how often the car does, or doesn't I should say, get washed and waxed, I figured I'd use PP365 on the horizontal surfaces today for some extra protection from the sun. Of course, that turned into doing the entire car!

PP365 is very slick and a little does go very far. It's safe to say that I probably used too much. It was cooling off as I started this little project when the sun started going down, but it ended up sitting on the paint for about 20 minutes before I started removal. Despite the time of day, it was probably still in the 60's and the paint even warmer as it was in the sun pretty much all day. I had to wipe a little more than I would have with a "normal" wax, but that was to be expected due to the nature of the product, the paint being on the warmer side and using too much product. The paint looks quite slick and I intend on letting it cure, untouched for at least a week (it'll probably end up being about 1.5-2 weeks and then I'll wash it and see what happens.

[paulcr39]

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I'm pretty sure the cold temp killed the curing. I also applied Paint Protect to my brother's Camry which sits outside 24/7 and beading is excellent on all panels, horizontal AND vertical.

[joaks]

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Sorry guys, false alarm. Nothing to see here.

Car must have been too dirty. After a day of rain I have beading again.

On a side note- it was warm (65-70ish) when I applied it. Maybe that is important.

[Meticulous-Detail]

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Rut Roh!

[joaks]

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As far as the product dieing quickly- there is a video on another forum of where it lost all beading very quickly.

My car looks like it might have lost it too- but until today I had too much pollen on the car (the pollen could break the surface tension). I will know this afternoon for sure since it is raining.

I am also interested in any follow-ups from others.

[paulcr39]

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Anyone who has tried PP 365 have a durability updated? How is it holding up?

I applied it to my wife's van on 18th of January. I rinsed the salt off of it a few weeks after that but no wash since then. When I wash it I will post pics and report on it in this thread. Currently the van is crusty with road salt.

Well no pics were taken as I was utterly surprised by the failure of this product. Since I applied it in my heated garage I hoped it had cured before the garage cooled down that night. Garage was up around 55-60* F, but the humidity was high and like I said the heater was off after I left the garage, so most likely I was the culprit in it's failure. I will reapply it in a month or so when the temperatures are up higher day and night and the van gets it's spring clay, polish and seal.


The only places I had any beading was the back half of the hood and the entire roof. The rest of the vehicle did not bead or even sheet water very well. You ever wash a car that hasn't seen any car wash in years? Remember how the water just lays there? Yeah, that's what I had.

Correction: The right rear passenger window had it on it and it was beading better than Rain-x or Aquapel ever have for me.

UPW on the paint to tide me over until April or May arrive. I thought ULW was easy to apply but my first time with UPW blew me away.


Good therapy today...wax on...wax off.

I have complete faith this product will work as promised if applied in warmer weather and the product gets to setup as required. Meguiar's hasn't disappointed me yet and I doubt this will be my first.

[The Guz]

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I am curious to see how you're beads look compared to the review I wrote and the review for Loach as we have experienced similar beading.

[Jeepster04]

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Funny you say that. Normally I would have several photos of the beading but lately Ive not been myself. Life is getting in the way of my normal self...

[The Guz]

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Should have posted some photos. Curious to see what you are seeing.

[Jeepster04]

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FINALLY got the Jeep out in some rain. That beading is INSANE on the hood. It beads so much the hood really never gets wet! I think it beads better than the rainx on the windshield.

[Meticulous-Detail]

Just picked up some yesterday,can't wait to try it.

[paulcr39]

Re: Paint Protect - 365 Day Durability

Anyone who has tried PP 365 have a durability updated? How is it holding up?

I applied it to my wife's van on 18th of January. I rinsed the salt off of it a few weeks after that but no wash since then. When I wash it I will post pics and report on it in this thread. Currently the van is crusty with road salt.

[exploreco]

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Picked up a bottle today Autozone. Will try it on my daily driver when the weather breaks. I still need to finish reading through all of the threads to see what I am missing.