Hello all! I'm soon to be the new owner of a PW/PW MCS and had a couple of questions about the Prima product line. I am going to be getting a clear bra installed and was wondering which products would be best to use on it. After reading many threads I was going to try the Hydro Wash/Hydro Seal/Hydro line of products but I wanted to make sure that would be OK with the Clear bra.

Any Help or wisdom is appreciated. I must keep my new MINI spotless.

 

Treat your clearbra just like you treat the paint. You can and should polish and wax it. Just be careful of the edges. Move your buffer pad or hand away from the edges, not toward the edges.

I normally put tape over the edges of mine just to make sure I don't cause any edges to lift up.

 

I was told not to wax clear bra by installer, but to use plexus instead. Thoughts?

 

Maybe OctaneGuy will find this thread and give us some wisdom. I want to make sure I'm not going to damage anything by using the wrong products.

Never heard of Plexus.

 

Polished and waxed my 3M clearbra dozens of times. Not only no ill effects but can't imagine it would look good had I not.

 

CR - That's what I was thinking. I briefly had one on another car but didn't keep the car long enough to see the effects of waxing.

What products do you use for detailing?

 

I use the Prima line of polishes and waxes....

Cut
Swirl (usually combine those two for my first pass with the buffer)
Amigo
Finish
Banana Gloss
Epic

And Hydro for my quick detail but I also use Griot's Speed Shine sometimes for that job.

 

That clearbra look properly cared for ??

 

CR - Thanks for the info. Car & Clear Bra looked nicely polished and shiny!

I will go ahead with my plan then. I couldn't imagine the wax/polish hurting but I thought I'd ask.

 

No worries... good question. I bet if you did through the detailing forum, you could find a thread that's 6 years old and I'm asking that same question !

 

I actually need to order the plexus. I'll post back with my experience.

 

Full disclosure: I work for a paint protection film company that makes these film products.

Plexus is a definite no-no when it comes to urethane films. Here's an picture of some accelerated weather testing that was done on raw urethane (the left one was untreated, while the right one was treated with Plexus:


Plexus Example by pjp98z, on Flickr

As for caring for paint protection films, the rule of thumb is to steer clear of any products with petroleum distillates (like kerosene, naptha, and toluene). Unfortunately, these are common in many of today's synthetic paint waxes. Petroleum distillates will dry out the film, open the pores and eventually turn it into a big "dirt sponge." This is often the cause of yellowed clearbras.

To make sure that you do not have any issues, stick with a purpose made product or a natural wax, like carnuba.