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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2011, 09:23:03 pm »
In terms of all out performance, your going to struggle to beat Gtechniq. They need to be absolutely spotless plus you'd need to hand polish then IPA wipedown after doing all your cleaning. thats just standard practise for any Gtech product.

The others mentioned won't last half as long. Ive gotta be brutally honest, i really don't like PB wheel sealant, i just don't think its anywhere near as robust enough for areas such as wheels.

With Gtechniq C5 you can comfortably not wash the wheels for 2 months and still clean them up like new with just shampoo.

Maxitrol mentioned earlier he uses bilberry and they come up like new. Bilberry even though they advertise it as acid free is still pretty strong on the alkaline end of things, so thats A) doing quite a lot of cleaning and B) stripping your sealant no doubt. Its not that bilberry is a bad product, its just that its not something you should have to use with a good wheel sealant. You either use a wheel sealant or a wheel cleaner if you know where I'm coming from.

I say you use either or, because most wheel sealants don't live up to expectations and need wheel cleaners then your back to square one. Gtechniq bucks the trend with this though, its very good!

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2011, 09:23:32 pm »
oh and if you've already got 467s, thats going to last longer than Poorboys wheel sealant will anyway ;0

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2011, 09:26:46 pm »
Cheers Jay am now going to have to reseal them :signLOL:--have to get some Gtechniq now :happy2:

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2011, 09:34:02 pm »
Jay... I will be applying the product to freshly refurbed wheels so can I skip the polish/IPA part?

Ordering some gtech stuff tomorrow :-)

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2011, 09:45:29 pm »
Dunno about sealants but when I spoke to A1, they said to avoid anything kn the wheels for at least a week.

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2011, 09:50:15 pm »
Oh right.... Ideally want to seal them before I put them on.

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2011, 10:05:25 pm »
Do you dilute the C5? I just don't understand how 15ml can stretch to 4 wheels...

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2011, 07:20:08 am »
No dilution. C5 will cover 4x18" alloys, maybe even 19". You just apply very thinly. If in doubt, buy the 25ml version.

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #23 on: December 13, 2011, 10:03:24 am »
My brother drove over my unopened bottle of C5  :sad1:

I can't wait for the new batch to get here  :party:

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #24 on: December 13, 2011, 10:24:13 am »
if its your first time using gtech it's quite likely you will use too much and run out of the 15ml

Everything has to be thoroughly iPa'd with Gtechniq. Even more so if they have just been refurbed as there is probably more grease on it than a dusty dirty wheel

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2011, 02:35:22 pm »
Dunno about sealants but when I spoke to A1, they said to avoid anything kn the wheels for at least a week.

I've always sealed and waxed my wheels as soon as I get them back and never had a problem. Can't see what the issue would be as long as your not DA'ing them?  :confused:

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2011, 03:52:55 pm »
I've always sealed and waxed my wheels as soon as I get them back and never had a problem. Can't see what the issue would be as long as your not DA'ing them?  :confused:
That's what I thought but when I had the pescaras refurbished, they said to leave them alone for at least a week. I wonder whether they were concerned re wheel cleaners/acidic/alkalis etc that might ruin the finish.

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2011, 10:03:09 am »
I use jetseal 109 or fk1000 works a treat

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2011, 03:33:46 pm »
Ordered some gtechniq stuff :-)

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Re: Best wheel sealant/wax?
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2011, 03:38:32 pm »
Cool. Let us know how coverage goes. I'm looking into this once I get my rims refurbed too.

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