Paint sealant

Ranger8

A bargain Christmas BOGOF offer of an excellent quick and easy to use spray car paint sealant
1 Litre for a tenner ! :T
http://shop.autobritedirect.co.uk/to-seal--protect-synthetic-paint-sealant---500ml-bogof-3312-p.asp

vikingaero

I thought most paint sealant should be applied when the temperature is warm - around 16C+ so unless you have a heated garage you won't be able to apply this until next summer.

Ranger8

vikingaero wrote: »

I thought most paint sealant should be applied when the temperature is warm - around 16C+ so unless you have a heated garage you won't be able to apply this until next summer.

Why no, where`d you get that from ?
That might apply to some sealants but this can be applied anytime after washing the car in less than 15 mins,very easy on and to buff off.:)

Hammyman

So its actually a polish.

Ranger8

Hammyman wrote: »

So its actually a polish.

No a paint sealant

atrixblue.-MFR-.

be absolutly carefull on apply these sealants in cold temps. i would call the manufacturers help line before applying it. 500ml is not enough to cover a car either by the description of application, it will do a corsa but a volvo size car i'd expect to use 2 bottles.

paint sealant or polish do the same, seals original paint to a gloss fininsh and bead water for protection.

it sounds cheap enough to try after a call to see if its safe to use in cold temps. last thing you want to do is apply it let it dry and find its turned bad on the painwork due to cold temps causing reaction, shouldnt wipe down a car with alchohol wips in the cold either can cause milking to the laquer.

fitter2000

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

500ml is not enough to cover a car either by the description of application, it will do a corsa but a volvo size car i'd expect to use 2 bottles.

paint sealant or polish do the same, seals original paint to a gloss fininsh and bead water for protection.

500ml is plenty for a car or ten you would be surprised how little is actually needed.
Also a paint sealant and a polish are not the same thing at all.
Neil

mikey72

I can't see a bogof on that link.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

fitter2000 wrote: »

500ml is plenty for a car or ten you would be surprised how little is actually needed.
Also a paint sealant and a polish are not the same thing at all.
Neil

wrong this isnt your avarage put on a cloth stuff, it has a spray nozzle use as directed it will do one small car. you cant use it in moderation due to nozzle delivery rate.

in a sense they are the same, other than polish will buff a microthin layer off laquer, the sealnt is applyed as a layer end result is the same.

fitter2000

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

wrong this isnt your avarage put on a cloth stuff, it has a spray nozzle use as directed it will do one small car. you cant use it in moderation due to nozzle delivery rate.

Actually I think its you that is wrong and if you spray onto an applicator a little goes a very long way!

atrixblue.-MFR- wrote: »

in a sense they are the same, other than polish will buff a microthin layer off laquer, the sealnt is applyed as a layer end result is the same.

So they are not the same then as a polish will remove laquer/paint and a sealant wont remove anything but will protect which the polish wont

Neil

Hammyman

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

wrong this isnt your avarage put on a cloth stuff, it has a spray nozzle use as directed it will do one small car. you cant use it in moderation due to nozzle delivery rate.

in a sense they are the same, other than polish will buff a microthin layer off laquer, the sealnt is applyed as a layer end result is the same.

So your entire "its not polish" statement is because it comes out of a spray bottle?

Polish doesn't buff a layer off the paint BTW. You're thinking of cutting compound.

This stuff is a polish, nothing more, nothing less. My wife has a bottle of McGuires that comes in a spray nozzle.

From the website:

leave to cure for approx 5 minutes and with a good quality microfibre cloth wipe away the haze to leave a high gloss finish.

Yep, its a polish. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, its a duck.