Self healing clear coat

[erat]

Any detailers here polish a car with a self healing clear? Harder to polish due to it being a hard product? Will a DA have any effect on it over a Rotary? Does it seem to prevent webbing on darker colors?

I am considering it to keep away from the webbing I have in a soft clear but I want to know it will be able to polish it as usual.

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

What is this self healing clear coat you speak of?

 

[blk5.0]

only thing that comes to mind it opti coat

 

[erat]

My painter tells me Dupont, PPG and a few others makes a clear that self heals. Something chemically happens when the clear broken. Supposedly it heals itself in the sun in a few hours.

I have read mixed threads were it can cloud, and some have complained of it being so hard a DA polisher and a gold pad have a hard time polishing it. Some had no issues .

 

[Fallenauthority]

Self healing clear comes on some newer high end cars. The GTR actually has it. It will heal small scratches in the paint, you just have to leave it in the sun.

 

[erat]

I am curious if it's easy to maintain.

I am curious I anyone has seen it on a car, does it get spider webs.

I am about to re-clear the car. The Wanda clear i have now webs like mad, drives me nutty.

 

[Seer]

Lot of nissans and infinitis use this.

You can use mild polishes on this, but do not use a compound/heavy cut.

 

[erat]

Lot of nissans and infinitis use this.

You can use mild polishes on this, but do not use a compound/heavy cut.

If the clear has a chemical reaction when it is marred and "heals" from that reaction, would a product like Aquartz prevent that action from happening, maybe?

 

[Seer]

If the clear has a chemical reaction when it is marred and "heals" from that reaction, would a product like Aquartz prevent that action from happening, maybe?

they are compatible, as heat can still penetrate through

 

[erat]

Thank you. I appreciate the advice.

 

[fdjizm]

wtf self healing clear coat? nice!!!

 

[erat]

wtf self healing clear coat? nice!!!

Eh, I am an anal freak who loves black cars, hates webbing. Just shot it last week, we will see.


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[NastyStang113]

Lot of nissans and infinitis use this.

You can use mild polishes on this, but do not use a compound/heavy cut.

How well do they work? They work good enough to stop swirling on a black vehicle using so-so washing / drying methods?

 

[Seer]

How well do they work? They work good enough to stop swirling on a black vehicle using so-so washing / drying methods?

Decent enough. Think power finish plus white pad defects.

 

[erat]

So far, I only saw the roof sparyed with the product. The shop is on vacation all week, the car is locked up (and body is now all painted) so I havent seen the full effect. My old clear was soft, if you rubbed any dry towel on it or even your finger, there was scratches left behind.

Last week, after the roof was sprayed in the morning, I looked at it in the afternoon before cut and polish, and I rubbed my finger on it, didn't mar at all. Wiped the unpainted part, there was a scratch (webbing). I just dont know how well it acutally heals yet.

 

[SonicBlur]

Hmm...my black 09 GT is a mess with scratches, I may have to look into this!!

-Mike

 

[erat]

This is how the hood finished out. Still not final, but close.

This is three heavy coats, cut down to 1200 grit and polished out. I am not yet sold on the new stripe color. But the finish is really clear and really deep looking.

We putting some finger scratches in it and watched it. 10 minutes in the sun and they were gone!

It has pros and cons though, I didn't care for the amount of orange peel it initially had. As thick as it apparently was laid down, it hand some air bubbles and small inclusions which I am not sure will come out without over cutting and reapplying. But then again, it is the first time these guys have ever applied it. Overall, it's really quality looking. I had a good paint job from them before, this is better. Just can't decide about the stripe color.

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Car and stripe color is looking sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!! I personally like a tiny bit of orange peel look. It looks factory and will ever-so-slightly mask tiny imperfections versus a slick as glass finish. My $0.02!

Keep em coming Kev!!!!! Car is going to be a BLACK BEAST!!!

 

[HitandRunDriver]

How expensive is this stuff vs regular old clear?

 

[erat]

.............I haven't been told exactly, and I don't know if I want to know. He just said "Man, that shit was expensive!" So I quickly changed the subject.

I will ask and repost.