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Originally Posted by dan
Ok so what’s the verdict on the PNS+Camaro issue?
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Originally Posted by clyde
I was thinking I might pay you rent for the scales with PNS.  |
So, maybe I was a little too quick to jump to that solution?
When it rained Monday night when I was at Nick's, it was pretty clear that the Sonax PNS was pretty hydrophobic. Much better than with Fast Finish.
With a near equally fresh coat of Fast Finish:
Monday with a fresh coat of Sonax PNS:
The FF photo is of the roof. Note that the portion of the panel in the photo includes surfaces on three different planes while the PNS photo shows a single plane (well, none of them are actually planes because none of them are perfectly flat, but they're close enough). The FF photo shows a lot more water and the beads are more irregularly shaped than the nearly perfect circles/spheres in the PNS photo. Had PNS been on the car instead of FF for the FF photo, I don't think there would be nearly as much water, and there would not be any on the most vertical of the three planes.
When washing the car, I could see it was much different (and better) as soon as the water started hitting it. While actually washing it, it felt different. It was easier to move the wash mitt. It was also weird in that the sudsy water wanted to let gravity have its way with it to a much greater degree.
Where it was really clear that something different was going on was drying the car. After rinsing, there was much less water remaining on the car. Maybe only 70% as much water?
My next drying step is to use a leaf blower to blow off as much as the remaining water as possible. That was where it was REALLY different. At the end of the blow drying stage, there was only 25% as much water left. Maybe even less. It also took less time.
After the leaf blower, I use a super absorbent large microfiber towel to dry the little remaining drops so they don't dry on the car and leave water spots. With a lot less drops to get to, I can cover the whole car faster which means fewer of what drops are there have an opportunity to dry on the surface.
The last step is to use a big waffleweave microfiber to dry off the glass surfaces, door jambs, trunk and hood area, and nooks and crannies that always seem to continue leaking water for hours. This stage took just as much time as the others. If I add the coating to some of those areas and apply a good coating on the glass, I think that will take less time and effort, but won't do anything about the never ending dripping.
The next question is how long will it last?
If it's good for long enough, I think it may be worth the extra effort to apply. If I modify my application process a bit (leaving more clean up until the whole car is done), it would be a major shift towards being pro-PNS.
It actually has me rethinking the ceramic application. Hmm...
The one thing may make this an unequal comparison is that the PNS went on top of an existing Fast Finish coat. That could make the PNS perform better than it would if the FF hadn't been present. Additional FF coats could also have improved its performance, but I had multiple coats on the gray Camaro and had gone on top of corrected paint, too, and it never performed this well.