....sierra glow is not a coating......
....or is it?

DO NOT WIPE DRY if the car's been driven. Just rinsing with water alone also won't remove much of dirt on the car so, on both occasions, when you wipe, you'll be picking up dirt with your cloth and moving it around the paint....SWIRLS!!!

Best would be, if you're really anal, proper wash with shampoo or blow (with a blower or course) the water off. This is where a healthy protection/wax comes in handy as the water beads would/could be blow off and leaves the surface *almost* dry....

kura kura also over a month lol.

Einszett Spray Wax....wanted very much to try this one...but budget too tight lately...saving for 'something special'....
Anyway, reading the descriptions, it's suppose to be just a 'topper' so 3 weeks durability as a stand-alone should be very decent. But what you can try is, after using it on the car, pull out your car under the sun to 'bake' it for a couple of hours. I find that doing this with Meg's Ultimate Quick Wax can stretch it's durability (beadings).
Well...they didn't actually lie. 'Up to' 12 months can be anything between 1 day to 364 days....
Aiyoyo...I know this would come out sooner or later. But still couldn't manage to find the free time lar. Anyway, I'm always known to be VERY slow so if anybody else want to start the new thread please go ahead la....don't mind me....

did i hear big foot? wah... where do you plan to get the Rupes stuff?

Just to add. The machine you saw/tried the other day was the Flex 3401VRG vs Rupes LHR15 & LHR21. You didn't take any pictures ah?

Roger wilco....after I've gotten myself a good night sleep. 'Busy' day today....hehehehe....

You won't be able to get the foam cannon/lance (one that's use with a pressure washer) anywhere around here. But I know a couple of places (local) that sells the foam gun (one used with normal garden hose). Any brand would do cuz there's only one or two manufacturers that made them and performance are *almost* the same.

you go to Armani they dont display their underwear at the window right?

I can think of another type of detailer:

Commercial detailers - one whose main aim is to make money, bar none.

Meg's NXT car wash is one of my favorite car wash. Remove LSP? Get dilution right and it should be minimal. I think any kind of washing would remove some amount of LSP since it acts as a sacrificial layer. Also, some of the so called slickness in some LSPs comes from oils/polymers/etc in the sealant/wax. Some amount of it would remain after the first LSP application and would get washed away after the next car wash. However the LSP could still be there. Some ways to gauge life of a LSP is from so called slickness feeling, water beading and water sheeting. Some LSP feels slick (especially the non water based), some not. Some beads water (hydrophobic), some sheet water (hydrophilic) and some a combination of both. IMO, to tell if it is really there, you would need to compare it against a totally cleaned panel - preferably at least a light polish. Water would usually sheet slowly (almost as if water is sticking to your paint) vs a LSP which sheets water faster on a panel without any LSP. Then again a contaminated panel with traffic film might bead/sheet water too. Don't worry too much, just maintain a good detailing schedule and top up your LSP every so often. Smoothness of the surface does not come from LSP but it being free from embedded contaminant. Clay it when necessary.

LSP that sheet water is like Permanon. Surface does not feel slick but LSP is definitely there. Most LSPs out there are usually hydrophobic. See the following video I made quite recently... Front bonnet left and right side has Duragloss Aquawax and center Permanon Diamond. Duragloss Aquawax is a quite good water beader where else Permanon is a good water sheeter. Usually after a rain the Permanon side would have less water droplets left behind and hence less water spots. Some people would think the center panel with Permanon is dead without LSP which in fact it isn't at all. Does not mean it is bad. Then the DG Aquawax side being hydrophobic sheets water off so quickly but sometime leaving some water beads behind. Both are doing its job in protecting the paint anyway.


Now I use a quick wax every 2 weeks after a car wash. Nothing to worry about...

Suggestion for shampoo: DG 901 Car Wash Concentrate (you can get the smaller bottle to try first, I think the size is around 500ml).

But, if you plan to use a spray topper after one or two washes (or three even), any shampoo from those reliable brands would do just fine...Sonax, Mothers, Soft99, Optimum, 3M, etc....(I'd stay away from CarPlan or Blackfire (?) or those 'al-cheapo' ones though....hehehe....).

I normally spray on the mf instead of the paint, unless I'm doing it on still not-so-dry (I was going to say wet) paint. And I also don't see any need for the buffing part when I was using UQD, except for when the mf side became damp.
Haven't use 431 before, but from the way the other guys are describing, sounds like it's a degreaser to me. This should work better (or faster) on cleaning engine bay, tires and wheel arches (daun pisang...). 403 is an apc for general cleaning purposes.

Spray topper...something more like OCWax or DG Aquawax. If you want a 'strong' topper, I'd suggest Megs UQD - the stuff has really strong cleaner but unfortunately, it don't last long. But if you want a strong cleaner, very very nice beader and longer lasting (and not to mention more £££) - DDJ Supernatural Red Mist

Contact Dodo Juice @ KL on his Facebook. Who knows maybe cheaper...

DJ Red Mist a bit harder to import as it contain solvents but cleans well. DJ Red Mist Tropical should be readily available from what I know.

They close shop already la and have to do all the selling from a makeshift roadside stall....he say can't make much profit with people like you always asking for discount discount discount.....   Maybe you can help him out setting up one....online shop that is...more discounts for helping out...??!!.

Oh...permission to go OT a bit ah....may I ask who's that EMMA in our sig there?

Relax bro. Setting up business is tough and not easy. Well I think he has his priorities and plan. You still can get Dodo Juice stuff from him.