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[madkatz]

the contact number is also at their website. but if you have Korean friends .. http://www.alibaba.com/member/t_world/contactinfo.html

could you point me to the link that shows aquartz weakness in weather resistance? if it can protect from hydrochloric acid, it may not need to bead the water and just follow the weekly wash schedule i guess. plus we've got waxes IF it does not repel water. are we really talking about the same thing?
http://www.aquartz.net/aquartz.html
http://www.aquartz.net/aquartz-reload.html

which optimum product? i'm finishing the SG container which is at 75% so i have a lot of time to pick the next.

Actually i only based it on the actual demo panel we have, we were able to try Aquartz thru our mentor, he brought one back from the UK when he was travelling looking for a pure acrylic or pure urethane glaze for paint so sealants can bond to the paint unlike oily glazes, On the actual demo panel, we noticed that it really does resist anything that clings onto it, we placed it under a tree to get some tree saps and we brought it to Canyon Cove and placed it under the pine trees since their saps are one of the most known to damage paint, and although it really did come off easy we saw minor etching on the paint so i guess its kinda like Rejex in terms of rejecting elements except that Rejex can be worn down by detergents, what really impressed us about Aquartz Paint Coating is the scratch resistance, what we did to test it is we dropped a chenille washmitt on the ground to pick up some dirt and scrubbed it across the paint of course with some shampoo water, although it still scratched the Aquartz treated panel the difference was really huge, the panel where we had normal sealant applied had a lot of scratches which as only about a few lines about 5 to 10% at most on the Aquartz panel, so we really think its a great deal especially for those who want a scratch free finish but can't practice the two bucket method

The product i was refering to is, yeah, Opti-Coat hehe, Opti-Coat is what we're comparing to Aquartz Paint Coating, the Aquartz Reloaded is what we compare to Opti-seal.

This is the video i saw from you tube comparing Opti-seal and Aquartz and Dodo, i don't think its fair to Opti-seal and Aquartz because Dodo is a wax not a sealant.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuE_NvD_PcQ&feature=related"]YouTube- Optimum OptiSeal vs Aquartz Reload vs Red Mist Tropical[/ame]

As for the test panel, our mentor will be back here again this October we could try to check it again at his garage near the Fort.

As for Opti-coat, thats what we are actually eyeing on, we think its definitely better than Opti-seal but we don't think it would be available for consumers we could only sell it to individuals who we trust can prep their cars, but even for us Optimum isn't inclined towards selling it yet, and thats one of the reasons why we kinda have delays with our shipment, if Optimum can sell us Opti-coat i would reduce my Opti-seal purchase and just divert it to Opti-coat. One other thing why we're still re-thinking Opti-coat is aside from it being a tougher extra clear coat layer, its really hard to get a nice decent detail here in our country, the kind thats hologram free and one other factor is that you have to apply it on a very clean environment and the only garage i know is that of our mentors hehe, we're required to clean the whole garage and mop it before we start a detail, its air-conditioned by whirlpool with special air-filter, its a very nice place to detail since its really cool but thats only only environment we could apply Opti-coat, either that or a purely closed garage closed to external dust pretty much like those in a professional paint shop, so we think its a bit of hassle, but we're also trying one soon thats applied outside, if we could successfully prove it can be applied outside then why not?

As for Aquartz based on how it was explained to us, i would admit that its less finicky than other coating companies products, but then again both Aquartz and Opti-Coat along with their rivals are no longer considered as sealants, they are on a whole new level of paint coating like Liquid Glass Legend.