The good and the bad , My personal review CQUK

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krazygraphics said:
OH and I also want to throw in that the whole car was NOT washed after product was installed , All I did was take the hose and spray the tailgate for a small test. The rest of the car was not touched with water at all until it rained a day later.

So with this being said , I guess the full conclusion was Reload was applied too soon.
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I guess you threw me off again with the following comment you made in your first post:


#2 Sheeting ? I washed the car down after it was 100% complete with all steps including Reload , nothing is sheeting any different than normal wax

A suggestion I would make; is in the future when seeking help on a forum such as this, try to provide ALL information as clearly as possible in your first posts. The more complete information you provide the more likely and quickly we will be able to help you.
 
Sorry I just remembered that part when digging in my mind of what went wrong , Either way it's not right regardless - My lesson was learned

As of now all I can think of is Reload was applied too soon , and now that is raining out it obviously is totally wet so no getting around it now ! Being in Florida and having the car dry in my garage for 7 days is very hard for me to do , Not really wanting the G37 sitting outside in the rain !

I think I meant I wiped down the whole car with Reload after I was 100% complete. Busy days here with my business and was doing other things in the meantime.
 
Again sorry for the hassle , but now you know all of the steps I have made. I may end up leaving it alone since I already spent over $100.00 on this project.I can't really afford to do it all over again.
 
krazygraphics said:
Again sorry for the hassle , but now you know all of the steps I have made. I may end up leaving it alone since I already spent over $100.00 on this project.I can't really afford to do it all over again.
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Certainly nothing to be sorry for, that's why we're here! It's "possible" that if you only "took the hose and sprayed the tailgate for a small test" the rest of the vehicle will be fine. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!
 
krazygraphics said:
Again sorry for the hassle , but now you know all of the steps I have made. I may end up leaving it alone since I already spent over $100.00 on this project.I can't really afford to do it all over again.
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Being that this forum is relatively new, I'm sure that in time more knowledge and how-tos will be collected and posted. I would suspect there are a good number of members here that were/are also members of AutoGeek and Autopia Forums. These two forums are IMO also great forums to become a member of if you haven't done so yet.

They are both as well dealers of Carpro products as well as a myriad of other fine products.

On thier sites, there are very well written descriptions, and useage of most if not all products listed.
It was where I originally learned about, and initially bought some of my first Carpro Products such as CQuartz DLX. (fantastic product BTW!)

I suspect the majority of CQuartz users do know and are aware that Reload is the required-factory suggested maintenence product for all CQuartz Coatings. And they use it.

So, with that being said, I would then also assume that the insane beading, and sheeting that many note is not all being actually created by the CQuartz Coating itsef, but by Reload.

Thus, if costs right now are hard for you to again do a full CQuartz UK Re-coat, then I would say do try to eliminate any streaking you note with your prior application of Reload in the least agressive manner possible, and try applying another coat of Reload for the time being to see what the results are?

Reload is said to be a quite durable product all on its own, and can be used as a stand alone protectant.
Mark
 
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krazygraphics said:
Thanks again for all of the info , I guess the ONLY thing that bothers me of this whole deal is why is there no instructions that come in the box ? I see some are printed on the box , but nowhere on the box does it say you need to wait any time before applying Reload.

If it stated this on the box I would have never made this error.

Also no instructions saying not to wash the car after product install. Again if this info was on the box I would have never made any mistakes.

Since I own my own business I know how critical it is for this ! Even though on my website I have a document of how to apply ATV Graphics, I still include a fully documented manual so people know how to install them correctly. Sometimes in a garage doing an install its easier looking at directions than it is going inside and going online to search.
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Directions on how to apply and even tips are right on the purchase/product page:

http://www.carpro-us.com/carpro-professional-detailers/cquartz-uk-edition-50ml-kit-w-reload/
 
Mark said:
Being that this forum is relatively new, I'm sure that in time more knowledge and how-tos will be collected and posted. I would suspect there are a good number of members here that were/are also members of AutoGeek and Autopia Forums. These two forums are IMO also great forums to become a member of if you haven't done so yet.

They are both as well dealers of Carpro products as well as a myriad of other fine products.

On thier sites, there are very well written descriptions, and useage of most if not all products listed.
It was where I originally learned about, and initially bought some of my first Carpro Products such as CQuartz DLX. (fantastic product BTW!)

I suspect the majority of CQuartz users do know and are aware that Reload is the required-factory suggested maintenence product for all CQuartz Coatings. And they use it.

So, with that being said, I would then also assume that the insane beading, and sheeting that many note is not all being actually created by the CQuartz Coating itsef, but by Reload.

Thus, if costs right now are hard for you to again do a full CQuartz UK Re-coat, then I would say do try to eliminate any streaking you note with your prior application of Reload in the least agressive manner possible, and try applying another coat of Reload for the time being to see what the results are?

Reload is said to be a quite durable product all on its own, and can be used as a stand alone protectant.
Mark
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The insane beading etc is created by the coating, Reload is just there to help protect the coating while it's curing.
 
krazygraphics said:
Thanks , but as said if it would have came with a print out I would have never messed anything up , I deal with this DAILY for my website ... I used to tell my customers _ Directions are on website you MORON _ Well , that turned out bad as I had to refund about $600.00 worth of items.
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Did the box tell you to apply Reload at all? I don't think it does. I don't think it actually mentions Reload at all.
 
Mark said:
Being that this forum is relatively new, I'm sure that in time more knowledge and how-tos will be collected and posted. I would suspect there are a good number of members here that were/are also members of AutoGeek and Autopia Forums. These two forums are IMO also great forums to become a member of if you haven't done so yet.

They are both as well dealers of Carpro products as well as a myriad of other fine products.

On thier sites, there are very well written descriptions, and useage of most if not all products listed.
It was where I originally learned about, and initially bought some of my first Carpro Products such as CQuartz DLX. (fantastic product BTW!)

I suspect the majority of CQuartz users do know and are aware that Reload is the required-factory suggested maintenence product for all CQuartz Coatings. And they use it.

So, with that being said, I would then also assume that the insane beading, and sheeting that many note is not all being actually created by the CQuartz Coating itsef, but by Reload.

Thus, if costs right now are hard for you to again do a full CQuartz UK Re-coat, then I would say do try to eliminate any streaking you note with your prior application of Reload in the least agressive manner possible, and try applying another coat of Reload for the time being to see what the results are?

Reload is said to be a quite durable product all on its own, and can be used as a stand alone protectant.
Mark
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Thanks for the input Mark , I'm curious what steps need to be taken to apply a 2nd coat ? Can this be done at any time ?
I'm guessing a wipedown with eraser and apply the coat ?
 
ChrisDA said:
Did the box tell you to apply Reload at all? I don't think it does. I don't think it actually mentions Reload at all.
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Yes it does and it did say to apply reload as reload came with it. But then I have a wife who has an issues with throwing things away so I can't take a picture of the box.

As of now I feel we closed this case anyway , Just had a question of how to apply a 2nd coat once it's installed properly ? I might attempt this on my G37 now that I know the correct way of doing it.
 
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Wow does it really take 30 days for UK to fully harden?? Maybe this is why I am experiencing some softness in the coating. And by that I mean hairline scratches if I wipe clean paint with a clean microfiber. It was my understanding that uk has marrying resistance qualities but I am just over the thirty day mark since application. It was applied in cold weather could that have something to do with it too?
 
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