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I used Mother's CMX ceramic coating. Truck sits outside all the time, Fusion has a spot in the garage. The Fusion has spent the night outside maybe 2 times since doing the ceramic coating The Fusion still "washes" with a California duster. The truck not so much. I have been able to get all the pollen off the truck with just a pass of the water hose, but it is no longer beading as nice as when first applied. I now need to research what I have to do to the truck next . . . strip and re-apply or just re-apply
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04-16-2021, 01:04 PM | #42 | |
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This is on a dirty surface after about 2wks, 500 miles and 2 days outside. I just took it at the lake house after a 250 mile drive in rain/snow mix. I put it on all surfaces. Eliminates the need for wipers above 70mph.
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04-26-2021, 09:10 AM | #43 | ||
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I'd have to ditto everything from the first wash. I'd also add that there were very few visible bug splats on the front of the car pre-wash and post wash, it was impossible to see where they had been. This wash also pointed out the need to get a decent coating of something on the windshield. Quote:
I've been running Rain-X washer fluid since the first time I had to add to the Foucs ST. This seems to be much more effective than a traditional application of regular Rain-X and since you keep reapplying with every washer activation, it never has a chance to wear off like regular Rain-X and get streaky. 35-45 mph is also usually fast enough to make the wipers unnecessary during the day and totally unnecessary at night (except when traveling under lights at low speed). The regular reapplications may also help coat the wiper blades which helps keep them from ever chattering even after they're old and wearing out. Rain-X doesn't really seem to help a lot with bugs. I'm also curious to see if any of the other coatings may help minimize the "under lights at night" that is so bad with Rain-X.
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04-26-2021, 09:50 AM | #44 |
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fwiw, I sonax the glass too. it's only going to do so much on the front windshield with wiper action, but it works well everywhere else.
note: the one caveat to this is that it i recommend against getting it on the wiper blades.
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04-27-2021, 11:34 AM | #45 |
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I've never had a problem with lights and Rain-X. Are you saying it causes more glare, or something else?
I've been using the Rain-X washer fluid for a few years and... eh... it works okay, but not nearly as well as a fresh application of Rain-X. |
04-27-2021, 12:16 PM | #46 | |
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When they stop the wipers and go under the green traffic light around the 20 second mark, you can see what bugs me. As you pass under the light, the point of light is refracted through the drops on the windshield. It's not exactly glare as much as what is effectively a huge number of individual lights. A perfectly timed wiper pass can occasionally work, but the combination of vehicle speed, volume of fresh raindrops, and wiper pass speed have to be a perfect combination...and even then, the wiper/vehicle/airflow/rain volume/wiper pass time duration make it impossible to clear the windshield for a lighting event. Worst case is usually heavy drizzle/light rain in suburban neighborhoods on sidestreets. You're in the affected range of the light for a long time and if you use the wipers, there are as many drops per square inch two inches behind the wiper blades as immediately in front making the wipers worthless. When you're not nearly underneath the lights, it's like the water isn't even there. When you're moving fast enough or the rain is heavy enough that drops aren't clinging to the surface, it's not so bad. It can also be a factor during the day, but polarized sunglasses nearly eliminates it as an issue.
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04-27-2021, 12:21 PM | #47 |
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Interesting. I guess I've learned to ignore that?
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04-27-2021, 02:00 PM | #48 |
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I wonder if there's a difference in application that makes it so it doesn't happen to you?
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04-27-2021, 02:13 PM | #49 |
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I don't think I do anything special when applying Rain-X. The only thing I really focus on is using as little of it as possible, but mostly that's so it's easy to buff out without streaks.
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Water sheeting performance in the post-wash rinse and leaf blower drying were both really good. At the time, I thought may not quite as good as the earlier washes, but it's one of those things where you can't really tell if you're noticing a difference or not. I'll say that performance appears to be the same as upon initial application. There were no cicada remains and there weren't *that* many bugs, but the ones that were there stood out. Each black speck on a bright orange background is much more noticeable than on a dark gray or dark blue background. Or, maybe, I'm just being anal with this car? (probably). All the bugs were reasonably fresh, but probably 75% of the bug remains disappeared in the pre-wash rinse. Everything else disappeared with a single pass of a sudsy wash mitt. Something that was different this time was the product I used to wash the car. This time I used Sonax Car Wash Shampoo Concentrate. All the previous washes with this car have been with Turtle Wax Ice car wash soap, which is a wash and wax. I first tried it on the Focus ST a long time ago after bren posted something about it and I liked the results and kept using it. I think Turtle Wax is killing the Ice sub-brand/system and the soap is no longer available. I thought that as long as I'm trying the PNS, let's stick with Sonax products and see how it goes. (I also got some of their Brilliant Shine Detailer, but haven't had a chance to use, yet). I don't know if the car wash makes a difference in what I'm looking at as PNS performance, or if it makes a difference if it will be to PNS's benefit or detriment. Feeling like I'm really starting to get kind of silly with this, but I'm enjoying it.
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