Saturday..... scrubbed and scrubbed with Dawn detergent to remove all the wax/sealants. NuFinish had been applied before winter to protect from salt.
Carnubas atop the NuFinish to add shine and to act as an ablative for the NuFinish underneath.
Made it through 4 months of winter still shiny and beading the water.
While the winter winds blew around the shanty I spent many hours reading advice about wax-types to use.
Wanted paint protection foremost with shine a distant second. Also, wanted something that would last.
Came to the conclusion that much of the advice on the Web, especially that found at the detailing sites, was based upon faulty logic or some type of I-know-more-than-you belief coupled with some sort of bizarre attachment to a product based on emotional reasons.
Also, the "pro" detailers seem more concerned with shine without placing longevity of protection at the forefront.
Back to the white Silverado......
All the wax and sealant is off. Dried and dried then used a shop-vac set to anti-suck (blow mode) to get every driplet and droplet off the conveyance.
Then...... after shaking the sealant thoroughly then shaking it some more..... the first coat of Liquid Glass was applied.
Thin..... real thin coat. Rub it in then rub some more. Ensure every cubic sub-kilometer of surface is covered. Let dry then dry some more. The excess wiped off easily.
Then, motorvated out of the garage to let the sun beat down upon the freshly-applied sealant, as recommended by the manufacturer and those writing about the product and tossing their words upon the Web. The heat is supposed to help bond the sealant to the paint.
The next day, Sunday, threw a second coat on the critter. Unlike other waxes, sealants, etc, Liquid Glass is supposed to be conducive to multiple coats without prior coats being fully or partially removed. Seemed to be the case.
Also, while applying the first coat, I didn't notice any paint removal. No stains on the applicator or the towell used to remove the dried excess. Of course, the paint is less than a year old and has had no chance to oxidize.
Today, the rain came down. Water beaded excellently and when once underway the wind created by the vehicle moving pushed the beaded water off the vehicle. Excellent water beading properties. The shine is very good, as good as any other product tried: Mequirs NXT, NuFinish both paste and liquid, and various carnuba-type waxes applied atop the sealant-type products.
Time will indicate how long-lasting the Liquid Glass is. From what I read it is a long-lasting sealant. I plan on adding a coat every couple weeks until there is 5 or 6 coats. One poster about the product proclaimed his multiple coats assisted in reducing his rock chipping problem. Apparently the multiple Liquid Glass coats took the punishment while allowing the paint underneath to shrug off all but the larger rock impacts.
I hope Liquid Glass does that along with placing a barrier between paint/metal and salt in the winter.
With what I have seen so far, I am happy with the shine and the way I could add a second coat without affecting the first coat. I bought the stuff at AutoZone auto parts for $17. A little goes a long way. It appears one can will cover my long-bed Silverado around 7 or 8 times.
