BigBlue80 said:
Just in case others don't realize the order of products is reversed from the photo of the lid off the truck and the photo on the truck after the rain.
Damn I'm anal!
By the way Ygmn that tiger stripe is the worst I've seen even here in Florida. Please don't take offense! Was it always that bad or has it just gotten progressively worse?
Take care all!
Bought Brand NEw Sept 2001....Never heard of this release agent leaching AKA fade then...
After first year I noticed.....
Second year was worst....
Has not really gotten any worse on the sail areas or bed covers...but the lower side body pieces might be getting a tad worse....
So I do think there is a point where it stops leaching....and then I will get out my eraser...(trying to think of a way to use a power tool here...hehehe) and remove all the white....and then be done with it...
any product you apply just kinda hides it...because the liquid gives it the wet appearance and the gray color comes through better when looking at it...and the white spots are hidden....this is what all products currently mentioned on this web site do....HIDE IT..
Be it 303, tire shine products, baby oil, clad back, back to black, food grade silicone, NXT protectant, Trim Shine, Suntan Lotion, Armo Dillo....
Since the cladding is not porous....products are not SOAKED in...they just sit on it and dry and then have to have some sort of mechanical bond (think STICKY tape like) to stay on the cladding....There is no way to get any other type of bond...
Like paint Cladding does not absorb anything...products must stick to surface to survive....
from the above products..the water based ones do not last long because they evaporate quicker and washing and rains dilute them and so they do not last...
The Petroleum based products last longer then the water based since they are not water soluble and the rains have less effect on the....but with some of these the flash points might be low enough where some last shorter then others....but in the end...the oils are washed away and evaporate...leaving normal cladding....
My guess is armo dillo uses something like what is in MOP & GLO which is an thick acrylic polymer that dries to a hard shell....so this stuff will not evaporate very easily nor will rain water effect it as fast.....
For my next test I am off to the store for MOP & GLO....you know the stuff you mom used on here Kitchen linoleum floors to make them shine....you could not walk on them until they were dry...other wise your feet would stick....
MOP & GLO is cheap...and controlling it during application should not be too hard...you just do not want it to get wet until it dries or it will be blotchy...or drip on paint...etc etc...
Stay Tuned for more...
PS It rained BIG TIME last night...but I did not even look at the truck....I replaced all the brake pads and one caliper on the GF blazer....that was fun...argggggg