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Polished Bliss
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White, silver and grey are colours that a lot of people find it hard to achieve a good finish on. This is because the lightness of tone precludes decent reflectivity, and thus makes it hard to achieve a finish with any depth. However, as always, a combination of good methods and good product selection helps no end, and I find it really easy to produce stunning results on these colours these days. So, what is the golden rule for everything from solid white through to mid grey? The answer is only use sealants. Unless you have a huge wad of cash to burn on a very high end wax like Zymöl Vintage, dont even think about a wax finish on these colours. All you will get is something like the following results
What we can see above is a lovely warm, fuzzy glow. Okay, its wet looking, and overall the car looks good, but theres no wow factor to the finish and if you spent the best part of two days doing the work like I did, youd be rather deflated with it. For reference, the above finish was produced by a reasonably decent carnauba wax, around the £40 price point.
So, how do sealants help? Well, because of the chemical structure of sealant polymers, they allow light to pass through the protective layer with much less distortion, meaning you get a much crisper, sharper look to the paint. In some cases, this effect is so pronounced that any metallic flake present will stand out much more in direct sunlight. It is important to note that some sealant systems are impregnated with carnauba wax to add more glossiness; these are best avoided, as the optical benefits of the sealant are mostly lost. My advice is to stick with pure sealant systems, and there is none finer than the Werkstat Acrylic system. Ive had my 2001 Leon since new, and Ive tried countless products on it, but nothing comes close to the finish that this range of products produces. They leave a level of gloss in excess of that of any carnauba wax Ive tried on the car, and make the metallic flake really explode from the paint when the sun is out. The final killer benefit is that it is the most durable protective system I sell; a proper application of the basecoat product (Prime Acrylic) followed by a couple of layers of the spray sealant (Acrylic Jett Trigger) will give around six months solid protection with little or no maintenance. Enough talk, heres proof of what it can do on my car
Superb Reflectivity
Amazing Flake Pop
Brilliant Durability
This system is so good we use it on all white through to mid grey cars, and talk customers out of more expensive wax options as they simply don't give the same incredible results. Heres a selection of shots showing the finish on a wide range of cars weve done with these products
And heres the recommended products in question
Werkstat Acrylic Kit
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What we can see above is a lovely warm, fuzzy glow. Okay, its wet looking, and overall the car looks good, but theres no wow factor to the finish and if you spent the best part of two days doing the work like I did, youd be rather deflated with it. For reference, the above finish was produced by a reasonably decent carnauba wax, around the £40 price point.
So, how do sealants help? Well, because of the chemical structure of sealant polymers, they allow light to pass through the protective layer with much less distortion, meaning you get a much crisper, sharper look to the paint. In some cases, this effect is so pronounced that any metallic flake present will stand out much more in direct sunlight. It is important to note that some sealant systems are impregnated with carnauba wax to add more glossiness; these are best avoided, as the optical benefits of the sealant are mostly lost. My advice is to stick with pure sealant systems, and there is none finer than the Werkstat Acrylic system. Ive had my 2001 Leon since new, and Ive tried countless products on it, but nothing comes close to the finish that this range of products produces. They leave a level of gloss in excess of that of any carnauba wax Ive tried on the car, and make the metallic flake really explode from the paint when the sun is out. The final killer benefit is that it is the most durable protective system I sell; a proper application of the basecoat product (Prime Acrylic) followed by a couple of layers of the spray sealant (Acrylic Jett Trigger) will give around six months solid protection with little or no maintenance. Enough talk, heres proof of what it can do on my car
Superb Reflectivity
Amazing Flake Pop
Brilliant Durability
This system is so good we use it on all white through to mid grey cars, and talk customers out of more expensive wax options as they simply don't give the same incredible results. Heres a selection of shots showing the finish on a wide range of cars weve done with these products
And heres the recommended products in question
Werkstat Acrylic Kit
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