Flyby Forte in cold weather?

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Greetings fellow detailers,

I'm currently reviewing Flyby Forte compared to Aquapel application on a couple of courageous (and willingly testers!) customer's car. Testing the two products in our cold Québec winter temps!

I have been receiving first comments and pictures in the last couple of days as we have been getting colder nights/mornings (-5°C to 0°C) and a few rainy days.

For the matchup, I did follow every step recommended by CarPro except for two customers which the glass did not get polished, while two others got their windshield polished.

This picture comes from a 2015 Vw Golf, which windshield did NOT get polished before application.
Picture has been taken by a temperature around -5°C while glass was still cold, just using two or three wiper shot (no windshield liquid shot).

Flyby on the left, Aquapel on the right.
Seems like the "ice" sticks on the flyby, while it's easy off on the Aquapel side.

Aquapel beading at ~60 km/h

Flyby beading at ~60 km/h

My customer tells me it seems like the water beading on the Flyby requires more weight (bigger bead) to start flying, compared to the Aquapel side.

I am still waiting for polished glass tester's pictures. Since Aquapel is a flurinated compound which literally bonds to the glass, I would think the polishing step would probably helps the Aquapel settle down even better too, right ?

Thoughts, comments ?
(My apologies for any grammar / spellcheck error!)

 

[Worthrj]

I was hoping the fly Forte was the winner. But looks like aqua takes the cake. I'm willing to do a test in South Florida if you have any samples lying around.

 

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Had some time to test in different application since then.

I have to admit I have better results now, abusing a little on APC after the polishing stage. Definatly Aquapel works better on "deicing" your windshield in the morning, but Flyby repels water very nicely while on the road. Starts beading a tad quicker too.

Can't wait and see how long it stands..!

 

[fdresq4]

Did results come in from the windshields that were polished?

I wonder what the results would have been if you polished and prepped the glass as per manufactures instructions?

Steve

 

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I actually tried both, unpolished and polished. As I wanted to test it out against the usual Aquapel.. so either both side got polishes or they did not get polished (I assumes you can get more durability from the Aquapel too if fully prepped the way Forte is).

The pictures above comes from a customer which got his windshield polished.

Last attempt on Forte was on my gf's audi. I used the cotton applicator for first top, then on the second and third I simply dropped the forte straight on the windshield and quickly sprayed it over with the same cotton applicator, maybe 6" x 6" sections. Otherwise I feel i need way too many product to cover the glass for top 2 and 3. Ultimately, i think this way offers a better coverage, avoiding high spots and possible lower spots. The drops were not leaving and streaks, obviously avoiding plastics, and whatever else is close.

I used Carpro Eraser and Sonax Multistar cleaner as degreaser.

 

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Same results after a couple of weeks. I believe Flyby doesn't like winter temps much. Ice scrappers and cold temps seems to get rid of this product pretty quickly.

If anyone in cold temps (usual -20 to -30°C during winter) managed to get great results with this product, please, feel free to enlighten me with your wisdom !