Recommend me a sealant

[Si]

my monaco 172 is the first dark coloured car i've owned. wanna have a play with some sealants. after that 'deep' shine.

what's good?

 

[oz_clio]

carlack nano.

or EGP

 

[The Boosh!]

EGP works best on top of SRRP but looks abit shitty when used with other polishing stuff. carlack nano has good reviews and its a product il be trying. Get some wax slapped ontop of the EGP aswell to protect it further

 

[BioHzrd]

Id go with the Zaino Z-2 Pro works best when layered !

 

[The Big Yin]

Jeffs Werkstat Acrylic Jet - my personal fave but need to try Zaino some time soon

CG Blitz seems good according to AR but ive never used it

 

[Middo]

all good suggestions so far. i must admit i was impressed with duragloss 111 on the sunflower.

 

[riz]

Jeffs Werkstat Acrylic Jet - my personal fave but need to try Zaino some time soon

CG Blitz seems good according to AR but ive never used it

Stick with Jeffs, Blitz is good but not as good.
Zaino is good but if you have a darker coloured car the paintwork has to be immaculate or else it shows alot of the swirls!!

 

[oz_clio]

ordered carlack nano and 476s hope i wont be disappointed.


tbh the EGP and XXX my cars wearing at the moment arent bad but hope this new combo will be better

 

[riz]

XXX is a decent wax but collinites is awesome and carlack nano is similar to Jeffs ( or im just confused)

 

[Si]

cheers for suggestions guys. will get a few bits ordered. results soon! (ish) lol

 

[riz]

cheers for suggestions guys. will get a few bits ordered. results soon! (ish) lol

The type of sealant wont make a huge diff to the finish if the surface isnt polished well. If it is preppd well then any product will look good on it tbh.
A sealant wont make even make your car look 25% better. I tried loads of crap on my RB 182 not until i polished it well then it looked amizin.
I would look for durability in a sealant, which most give for a few months anyway. But diff selants may give slightly diff looks. Personally i would go for Jeffs Carnauba, but i used CG Jetseal on my RB and it looked decent too tbh, both are easy to apply

 

[Rich]

For a deeper looking shine on Dark colours I would look into a decent wax rather than a sealant.

I would stick the sealant down as a base and then add the final looks through the wax.

As Riz says it is all in the prop 90% of the cars overall look - the main bulk of depth and gloss are created in the polishing stage. This will make a much bigger appearance difference than any of the waxes/sealants can.

 

[Ali]

Cg Blitz is my everyday seal!

 

[cleanyourcar]

Zaino Z-2 is definately the best sealant, although it's fairly expensive. Topped with Z-8 it gives amazing shin and durability.

Value for money can't go wrong with carlack (carlack is teh same product as jeffs)

 

[Si]

i always though sealants gave a much 'deeper' shine than waxes? i still have a lot to learn it seems.

 

[Rich]

Sealants tend to give a clearer wet look with less chance of muting any metallic flakes. Waxes tend to give a deeper richer look.

On darker colours I much prefer a wax and have yet to find a sealant that has not made me want to top it with a wax. I have not got round to trying my Zaino on the GTi yet, but it looked good stand alone on my Silver 306.

 

[Si]

i use p21s atm.... i love it for its durabilty. is it worth sticking with then?

 

[Rich]

P21s looks great on Blues, would not say I rate it's durability is one of the least well performers in that respect - 30 days tops. As long as you don't mind applying it once a month stick with it, I would probably use some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection under it.

 

[Si]

i though it performed well on a durability test on detailingworld?? lasts a hell of a lot longer than megs gold class that's for sure.. lol.

ok bud, cheers for the advice, i'll give it a go.

 

[Rich]

A notch above Gold Glass for sure - used to struggle to get much more than a month out of it here but that was on top of oily Glazes.

 

[Si]

so Rich, you seem very much in the know.... if you owned my car... what products would you use? give me a break down. lol

 

[Rich]

Monaco Blue, working By hand ?

Wash - Duragloss 091
Polish - Autoglym Super Resin
Seal - Werkstatt Acyrlic Jet Trigger
Wax - P21s if you want to use it up, if you where buying waxes to replace it Victoria Concours or Swissvax Onyx depending on Budget.

For Best results a good machine polish with some Menzerna would be the first thing I would do as that will make much more difference appearance wise than any of the above - tis all in the prep.

 

[Si]

ill pick up a g220 in the future but for now it's all hand stuff.

cheers bud p21s is running out so will try one of the others in the next fews goes. heard good things about the victoria stuff.

 

[Rich]

The Vics looks ace on Blues - for the money it replaced P21s/R222 as my fave under 40 quid wax, nothing else in that price bracket comes close.

Vics Concours on Dark Blue after polishing with Menzerna by PC.

 

[riggsy]

for me it has to be FK 1000 its awesome stuff

 

[Si]

is that mauritius Rich?? very nice indeed. get some billies on it.

 

[DanD182]

Id go with the Zaino Z-2 Pro works best when layered !

+1

Here is a prime example, ok abit OCD but looks amazin non the less.

 

[Rich]

is that mauritius Rich?? very nice indeed. get some billies on it.

It is indeed - got a set of 15's here waiting for that above to go on with some Eibach springs.

 

[Si]

sportlines? i had them. what wheels? lol

 

[Rich]

That's the plan.

Set of Nimrods freshly refurbed in Graphite. Looked daft on it at standard height so there tucked away until it is dropped.

 

[Si]

hahaha. have u seen my old car?

gun metal nimrods ftw!! get on it

 

[Rich]

You clearly have taste ! They 16's ?

As for Revels he should have just bought a Rallye !

 

[Si]

16's of course! i had eibach sportlines too i used 16mm spacers

Dan's my photographer. he mangaged to sneak his garbage into this shot lol

 

[Rich]

I only have the inferior 15's from the 406 so not need for spacers.

I guess he had an excuse to sneak the fake Rallye in then ...

 

[Si]

15's are a good choice really. performance wise, tyre wise and the fact you don't need spacers. i almost ditched the nimrods for some 15"2118s but have them for the clio instead. lol.

ask Dan for some recent pictures

 

[Rich]

Cheap tyres swung it for me !

Has he been changing things ?

 

[Si]

my lips are sealed!! lol. he'd hurt me if i told.

you going for eagle f1s??

 

[Rich]

When is he going public ?

They have Toyos on them already which I hate - will be going for some Exaltos once I have knocked out the Toyos.

 

[Si]

he came out a while ago. lol.

get on peugeot-on-track.com

 

[Rich]

lol!

I will have a look.