Buzzie8
Member
I realize that there has been a recent post lately about clear coat not breaking, but I thought I would start a new thread based on what I have been finding about my application of clear coat. I was having toruble with the break lately as well so I did a volumetric study. I found that I had only pulled 5 oz. of clear coat for 31 washes. I am trying shining armor from jobe based on the recommendations from the last thread. I am not sure what Jobe's recommendation is, but I know that this must be way too low. I was using what I thought was a 90:1 dilution rate (yellow tip). I have since found that the push in (Blendco type tips) are not at the same dilution rate as the larger dema screw in tips. So I was actually diluting at what I think was 32:1 and still only pulling 5 oz for 31 vehicles. I went to a beige (very light brown tip) and thought I was diluting at 8:1 but was actually diluting from the push in tips at 4:1. Once I switched I was now pulling 9 oz for 11 washes. I started to see a break. I am not sure if just under an ounce a vehicle is too much or too little. Still trying to fine tune. The additional dilution from the high pressure application makes this real difficult. I am using a Jim Coleman Water Wizard 1.0.