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Joined the Gyeon stuff to test.
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Are you me?
lol, I must say your photo was what prompted me to try them out.
I want to try more of the other Silicon coating stuff like MOHs but that really need to do it in a time where i can guarantee there will be no rain for 48hrs which is difficult in the winter.
I use Chemical Guys VRP, which is very similar, though I use it neat and apply with a sponge pad. You can knock the shine back quite bit by rubbing with a microfibre, but it leaves the tyres nice and black and natural looking afterwards.
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The wetcoat looks really interesting too. Just spray on a wet car and voila. Sounds too simple to be true!
That's the appeal. Wash your car, but before you dry spray on some wet coat a panel at a time and pressure washer off. Once the car is done dry as normal.
i've tried products like that before, one i tried was carpro hydr02 and that was very impressive, super easy to use too.
didn't last long but that's not the point I guess.
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Do you use it on bare paint or can you use it on top of hard wax?
I used it as top up/sealant between washes, it was so easy to apply even compared to spray wax.
want to try the wetcoat and will get a bottle in the future.
I use wet coat essence on top of a ceramic coating. It lasts 2-3 months, but I top it up once a month, may as well as it's so cheap.
I tried it for the first time week before last and just sprayed it on to more or less bare paint after the decon of winter, didn't last long in the sense that the car is dirty again but water still seems to be beading okay a week and a bit later. Unsure if i really used enough though.
Apparently using it on top of wax is also fine, so might do collinite and wet coat next time, or just another wet coat!
Just tried out the Gyeon leather cleaner on my drivers seat, very easy to use and evaporates to leave a nice clean surface. Just used a MF cloth. I then applied a coat of Gyeon Leathercoat, which again was easy to apply. It needs 2 hours minimum to cure, it'll have 2.5hrs before the car is used. When I left it, there was some streaking on the leather and I could see the product a little, but lets see what it looks like in a few hours. I did run a clean MF cloth over leathercoat to see if that affected the streaks, but I guess it has started to cure already because it didn't make any difference.
I'm pretty confident the streaks won't go, so I either used too much or the MF applicator had some residual product on it. I'll give it another ago during the week.
I'm pretty confident the streaks won't go, so I either used too much or the MF applicator had some residual product on it. I'll give it another ago during the week.
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I’m thinking the other way, because if you look at their other silicon products like the MOHS, it comes with it another layer which you apply on top of the so2. So I’m thinking Wetcoat and then some form of spray wax or like Sonax BSD for a quick detail.
Thanks for the input btw. The reason I said Halfords is because I had vouchers I needed to get rid of. I sorted the black spots on the roof and the tree crap on the weather strips with an APC and a brush, but i need to sort the exhausts. It's duel exhausts and they're completely black with what I assume is carbon(iinside and out), am I okay using a metal brush without ruining the exhausts, but what's best to break it down?
Some form of metal polish such as autosol, a cloth, and a good amount of elbow grease is probably the better approach!
If it's listed as okay then i can't see reason not to. I would have thought some of the gloss properties of wax may be inhibited by a layer of wetcoat underneath, which may not if the wax went on first but this is just conjecture so could be wrong.
I would treat it as sealant to be honest, just one that doesn't have 6m+ life time on the paintwork.
I use sonax BSD to get rid of any imperfections, water spots etc after washing and drying.. it feels like using bsd on top of wetcoat would kill any point of having wetcoat in the first place.
So after the curing it still had a streaky finish, but after using the car a few times that has gone (rubbed off I imagine). The leather feels very nice now, very smooth and soft. Next time I'm going to try and apply a little more carefully and ensure there isn't anything on the MF applicator.
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