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Old 03-30-2019, 12:05 PM   #31
Gunkk
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Here's a 3 week update after the car has sat 2 weeks at the airport garage and has been daily driven to work at other times during peak pollen season.

TL/DR: both coatings perform identically. Dirt repellency, rinse-only performance, wash performance, water beading both dirty and clean, and pooling rinse performance is the same.

In the pics of the hood, the Driver's side is Reload and passenger side is Adams Ceramic Spray.

1st pic shows the amount of dust/dirt and pollen on the car (pic is of the sunroof where it's easier to see, harder to see on the silver paint).

2nd pic is the initial rinse of the dirty car, Pollen and dirt pretty much just washed off both sides with a hose rinse.

3rd pic is after a 2 bucket hand wash with a Chemical Guys Chenille wash mitt and Adams Car shampoo.

4th pic is beading performance, hydrophobicity/contact angle for Adams.

5th pic is beading performance, hydrophobicity/contact angle for Reload.
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