Paint Sealant Overview
Overview
The primary purpose of a sealant is to properly protect your vehicle from the elements. Sealants are designed to bond to your paint and provide roughly 3 to 12 months of protection, which is significantly longer protection than what a carnauba wax offers. The barrier of protection that sealants provide help minimize contamination from embedding to your paint and makes maintaining your vehicle significantly easier. Another benefit of a sealant is that it will enhance the look of your paint by giving you sharper reflections and more depth and gloss. Sealants can be topped with a carnauba wax to get the best of both worlds in terms of looks and durability.
Layering and Curing
Some sealants can benefit from applying multiple coats on your paint. Sealants with no cleaners in them typically will layer on top of each other. The most important thing to note is that when you want to apply more than one coat, you have to let the previous coat fully cure and bond to your paint or previous coat. Typical bond time is about 24 hours for most sealants. This means that you apply and remove your first coat, wait 24 hours, then apply your next coat.
Application
When it comes to applying a sealant, it can be applied either by a random orbital buffer with a soft pad or by hand application. The key when applying a sealant is to stretch the product as thin and far as possible.
Step 1: Dispense about 2 pea sized drops in the center of the foam hand applicator pad
Step 2: Outline your working area, since your spreading the product as far as possible, it can be as large as a panel
Step 3: Gently spread the sealant as thinly and evenly in your working area
Step 4: Using a as little pressure as possible, work the sealant into the paint using overlapping motions
Step 5: Using a clean microfiber towel, remove the worked in sealant from the paint
Step 6: Repeat steps 1 through 5 until the entire vehicle has the sealant applied
For application of a Paint Sealant or Paint Protection in Sydney visit Superior Shine.