kustomizingkid
Dedicated LVC Member
I bought bfwd from Detailed Image a while back when they were having the winter sealant sale, finally got a chance to use it this weekend. Overall I am impressed with this product, and love the looks. Makes the paint look very glossy.
The process:
I washed, clayed and corrected the car, rinsed it, and then did an IPA wipedown to prep it for application. I always wash and clay before applying a sealant, those steps are a mus, corection isn't neccesary.
I used the smalle yellow apllicator that DI provides, reading the bottle it says to apply to a panel then wipe it off, it was fairly cool when I used it so I broke the car up into 1/3's, did the front clip, mouldings up to the roof, and mouldings down and the entire rear bumper.
This stuff is so easy to apply, and a little goes a long long way. After priming the aplicator I was able to do the entire hood with a drop about 1/2 the size of a penny... removal suprised me a bit as the priduct never really hazed up entirely. I'm used to sealants that haze up and leave a film that is mildly difficult to remove. The BFWD left a semi oily film that wiped off very easily. That being said after buffing all the sealant I had to go back around the car with a fresh MF as there were few hazy spots left. The MF seemed to load up with too much product and left some smears... afte the second wipe down it looked great.
The only thing left is to see real world durability, if this can compare to Jeff Werksat AJ or Collinite 845 I will probably use this on all customer cars from now on...
Pros:
Very easy to apply and remove, looks good, short curing times.
Cons:
Too runny for my tastes, I lost some product when I tilted the bottle slightly while working the roof, more comes out of the bottle than I needed most times when putting some on the applicator, also the slight hazing was a little annoying.
The process:
I washed, clayed and corrected the car, rinsed it, and then did an IPA wipedown to prep it for application. I always wash and clay before applying a sealant, those steps are a mus, corection isn't neccesary.
I used the smalle yellow apllicator that DI provides, reading the bottle it says to apply to a panel then wipe it off, it was fairly cool when I used it so I broke the car up into 1/3's, did the front clip, mouldings up to the roof, and mouldings down and the entire rear bumper.
This stuff is so easy to apply, and a little goes a long long way. After priming the aplicator I was able to do the entire hood with a drop about 1/2 the size of a penny... removal suprised me a bit as the priduct never really hazed up entirely. I'm used to sealants that haze up and leave a film that is mildly difficult to remove. The BFWD left a semi oily film that wiped off very easily. That being said after buffing all the sealant I had to go back around the car with a fresh MF as there were few hazy spots left. The MF seemed to load up with too much product and left some smears... afte the second wipe down it looked great.
The only thing left is to see real world durability, if this can compare to Jeff Werksat AJ or Collinite 845 I will probably use this on all customer cars from now on...
Pros:
Very easy to apply and remove, looks good, short curing times.
Cons:
Too runny for my tastes, I lost some product when I tilted the bottle slightly while working the roof, more comes out of the bottle than I needed most times when putting some on the applicator, also the slight hazing was a little annoying.
