Paintseal Direct Protection

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  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited May 2016 #32

    We had it on our last motorhome lasted about 18 months, complained, they come out and reapplied the sealer and again only lasted 18 months . Would I have it again? NO.

  • bootneck248
    bootneck248 Forum Participant Posts: 30
    edited May 2016 #33

    I have Paintseal on my 10 month old Lunar,  To date it is excellent  black marks wash of with no effort. Having  said that  I had it on my last but one new car and as others have said  after a short time couldn't see any benefit (wasn't Paintseal some other
    lauded make.)

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    edited March 2020 #34
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  • Sparky25
    Sparky25 Forum Participant Posts: 23
    edited March 2020 #35

    My new to me caravan has this already applied. i wouldnt pay for it but its nice to see.

    In the past i had a similar coating applied to my car and it gave good results i saw the lad apply it. But a recent car purchase with this "free" gardx shows that when you cant see its application you don't trust the product, after 4 months its basically rubbish.

  • the degster
    the degster Forum Participant Posts: 12
    edited April 2020 #36

    If you think your paintwork on your car or van looks dull do what I do get the wife to polish it you can sit back a bit and tell her if she has missed any

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,144 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 2020 #37

    I’ve had it on previous cars and vans but haven’t bothered with our current models

     

  • dreamer1
    dreamer1 Forum Participant Posts: 141
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    edited April 2020 #38

    I have seen these types of products applied by valeters in main dealers and it is a joke areas missing and not properly applied, I've worked in the motor trade for 47 years and have had to polish out bird lime that had started to eat into the clear coat even with these products applied. If you do have it done make sure you get a qualified guy who is directly accountable to putting it on your vehicle.. 

  • Phishing
    Phishing Forum Participant Posts: 597
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    edited April 2020 #39

    I look at it like this. I pay a few hundred pounds for a bloke to polish my van with super high-tec product (never actually defined, always under a patent for something, and of course top secret formula) that is just wiped on and polished over.

    I used to be a bit fanatical about detailing my cars and this stuff is ridiculed in the detailing world.

    If it was so good then why do Autoglym, Turtlewax, McGuires etc. bottle it and sell it to the public. Surely it would be a gold mine for them, a class leading product, a whole load of commercial advantage. So why is it not available?

     Basically you pay for someone to put a liquid polymer on your new pride and joy. No more no less. You get a certificate and a feu-scientific report that is utter BS.

    So is it a bad thing, no, new paint is porous and hoovers up lichens, road grime, and contaminants in no time, this leaves a rough surface that allows lots of nasties to discolor your pride and joy. Having a freshly painted van polished from new gives a really good level of protection.

    Better still would be for you to clean it, clay it, and put a really good polymer polish on it. Thats at least 3 days work on a van, and one hell of a workout! 

     

     

  • Extugger
    Extugger Forum Participant Posts: 1,293
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    edited April 2020 #40

    Totally agree.

    Paintseal; A Glaze; Diamondbrite et al are just cheap (around £20) kits dealers sell as 'add ons' because, on cars, believe it or not, that's where their profit is (as well as GAP insurance) If they were 'so good' ask yourself why these products need to be re-applied?

    Sure, they give a great shiny appearance for a few years - both nothing better than a good polish. Many of you will be familiar with Fenwicks products. They have a one called Bobby Dazzler Shield (I have no ties with them and other products are available!) It's worth investigating and will save you £££s and my dealer put 2 coats on for me before I picked up. I sprayed 3M's Scotchguard on the upholstery and that really does work! 

    The OP has probably had his van a couple of years since this was posted, so this is for the benefit of others.

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited April 2020 #41

    I have used Fenwicks for a few years now, the Caravan Cleaner followed by Bobby Dazzler and find it easy to use with good results. 

  • obbernockle
    obbernockle Forum Participant Posts: 616
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    edited April 2020 #42

    We had our new Swift Paintseal coated before collection from the dealer. The previous caravan was 7 years old and had never been done, and looked fine. By the time the new caravan was 3 years old the roof was becoming difficult to clean and the ever revolving circle of scrubbing to clean and polishing the old way (it is so hard work) was well under way. After 4 years its graft. Naturally we had to pay in full for this before the dealer would book the "man in a van" sorry they are called Technicians. It looked ok, but I think it would have if it had just been washed properly as part of the PDI. The Technician was actually a franchised business, so he said when I phoned to ask for some spare polish . They get sold the liquid and get rented the sign written van. The caravan dealer gets commision The job is done at the dealers premises. The Franchise makes a nice living . He told me he was a Franchise when I phoned him to get some extra cleaner and polish to clean up where the adhesive hadnt been removed by Swift or the dealer or Paintseal. He makes a good bit, but if they beat their target they are in the money - big time. The franchiser makes adequate conkers. Frankly, its a waste of money in my opinion. A couple of nice weeks holiday and change would be better value. 

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