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I can only comment on the ones I have used. For bikes my favorite is Polish Angel Cosmic V2 with their High Gloss spray. To me, nothing adds as much to the gloss and looks to the paint as this. It might not last as long as others, but longevity isnt as much of a concern for a bike as it is for a vehicle that is outside 24/7.
For cars/trucks I use 22PLE most of the time. It is what I am most familiar with and customers are always happy with it. CQuartz, Gyeon, Pinnacle, and many others all make top notch coatings. I am not saying 22PLE is the best, its just what I like to use the best.
CQuarz UK 3.0 is a great coating that I have also used a lot. It will work the hell out of you when its warm, but its not designed for applying the heat
Just a quick update. After a few PM's with @eaglefan1 I did my Limited about a week ago with 22PLE. I will be writing a separate post with review soon. I've been extremely busy but I will be doing a review but in the meantime, it is an outstanding product and highly recommend.
I did Avalon King a year ago, so far it is holding up great. I expect 2 years out of it. I will go with a higher end next time. Wife is hard on the paint on her car, so It will need paint correction before the coating dies
I just did my bike over the weekend. I used AvalonKing brand. The coating part was piece of cake. It was the prep that took a while. The paint should be as perfect as possible before coating. First, I washed the whole bike using their prep shampoo. Once washed, I used clay bar to remove anything from the paint. I followed polishing every part with yellow pad for not so bad areas and orange for ones that needed little more TLC. Once polished and all swirls and scratches were removed, I finished it by removing any wax with IPA spray. Some parts I had to repeat the process of polishing until the surface was as clear as possible. Once satisfied, I started to clear coat. I put two coats about 2 hours apart.
I just did my bike over the weekend. I used AvalonKing brand. The coating part was piece of cake. It was the prep that took a while. The paint should be as perfect as possible before coating. First, I washed the whole bike using their prep shampoo. Once washed, I used clay bar to remove anything from the paint. I followed polishing every part with yellow pad for not so bad areas and orange for ones that needed little more TLC. Once polished and all swirls and scratches were removed, I finished it by removing any wax with IPA spray. Some parts I had to repeat the process of polishing until the surface was as clear as possible. Once satisfied, I started to clear coat. I put two coats about 2 hours apart.
What brand of pads did you use? LC pads yellow is more aggressive then orange is why I am asking.
Di you do the baggie test before claying? Ive done a ton of bikes and only a few had spots that needed claying, never the whole bike.
The reason for the prep wipe down is to remove polishing oils, any wax would have been removed by polishing
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Nice job. I wish I could find someone in my area to do that to my Black bike.
Bring the bike to pensacola and we will do it up. There is a guy in Naples that I talk to that does incredible work, think thats a long way from you though. There is another guy thats in palm beach that does incredible work also
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