I've shown before how Prima Hydro works well at masking swirls, but did you know it can also hide holograms??

Think of it as the ultimate maintenance tool, whether it's just to hide flaws until you can properly buff them out, or maybe as a fast production solution to hiding some imperfections you don't have time to remove. Whatever the reason, Hydro, which is marketed as a Spray Wax, has powerful implications for maintaining that freshly polished and wax surface!


See the hologram?


A spritz of Hydro and a wipe and the hologram is gone!


Another larger hologram


Spritz on Prima Hydro


All gone!


Yep, gone!

It doesn't matter which favorite retailer you support for buying Prima products (Coopersport, ShowCarDetailing, DetailersParadise), just remember to buy lots of it!! You need Hydro!

Sales Pitch Over.

 

What are your thoughts of hydroing over carnauba? You guys know that I do love my caranauba & apply it every month or so. I wonder what would happen if I hydro'd each week or would I just be wasting hydro if it won't bond over carnauba.

 

Ken is going to love this...

 

If protection is your primary concern, I'd guess that spraying a synthetic polymer wax over carnauba won't offer much benefits as it won't bond to the paint. Hydro is great for masking defects and adding more protection to an existing base of synthetic wax like Epic.

I'd have to question why use Hydro? Carnauba should be masking minor defects on its own, and you won't get additional protection, so why do it is my question.

Richard

 

I bought it to use on my interior red painted plastic (& it is great there). I was mostly curious about using it over carnauba. Right now, thanks to the dam pollen, I am overdue for a full waxing so I am using hydro til the pollen stops. I doubt i will use it on the exterior once i get my Klasse/carnauba on but I was just curious

 

Great info Richard. But I assume it's just for quick details. I doesn't last as long as say.....Zaino Z5....right?

(I wish I had some Hydro right now, the Mini is needed a fresh wax job and I haven't had time to do it.......darn rainy weather)

 

That's correct. I wouldn't use it in place of normal wax, but if you're at all like me where defects kind of stick out like a sore thumb, but scheduling and other things just don't allow you the time to fix them right now---it's a quick fix until you can get to it.

Hydro as a quick detailer is a fantastic solution because it masks minor problems, while providing the slickness and gloss of a QD without the problems associated with spray waxes-messy, having to wait for it to dry, hard to buff off, etc....

Richard

 

nono, i was DISSAPPOINTED that our guru did not know about this
until now. jk

I know when i get something good... Hydro is definitely one of those
very rare products i came across that i thought was worth putting in
my signature.

 

im currently only using Hydro on my commuters and since the last app
about 3 weeks ago, the properties (wooo, now i feel scientific) are
holding up very well. i have replaced Hydro with my normal wax and
will not get back to it later cause i will just Hydro it again.

Hydro as a QD is great on clean surfaces, but i still prefer using an
actual QD for touchup cleanup jobs... slick has much better lifting
capabilities from my experiment cleaning wheel dust.

 

Haha it's not that I didn't know about this--it's that I wanted to show it to the rest of the world in case THEY didn't know.

 

yah yah, now you need to get the 5 gallon bottles.

 

I've been using it to hide swirls for the past 2 months, until I can get enough time to get the PC out and do a full go-round. It works crazy-well as a temporary fix for just about anything.

 

yep, its like aloe.

 

Great photos, Richard!

Hydro is extremely versatile and has excellent filling and concealing properties. The photos display this so very well!!

As for the protective durability aspect, Hydro lasts from 1-3 months (depending on wear, envirnomental exposure, washings, etc).

-Heather

 

Thanks, Octane Guy. That is neat stuffs

 

What causes holograms? I saw quite a few on my MINI while we were out at AMVIV and I coulda sworn that I never saw them before that..

 

you probably bumped your butt while you were drunk dancing the
night away at the octaneshow.


holograms are usually caused by people bumping into the panels,
use of dirty wash cloths/mitts MF to apply soap, or even QD.
ive even seen some people put them in while removing wax
in the sun with wat looked like bath towels yikes. heat+abrasives
quickly makes holograms.

 

Holy crap that's cool! I use Hydro every few washings and I'll admit that I never really noticed a huge difference afterwards. Seeing THIS, I think I know why - probably because I don't have NEARLY that much of an issue with scratches in my finish. Cool stuff, indeed!

 

You will most certainly always get them from a production detailer or from a body shop where they buff with a rotary buffer and use a glaze to hide the holograms instilled by the buffing process. But holograms can also be instilled by hand as Ken mentioned, but most often I see them by machine, and it's a sign of a bad or lazy detail job!

These holograms are called that because they appear to float in front of the paint and appear and reappear depending on the angle of view. While holograms are visible on most paint types, it's most evident on black or very dark non metallic paints!

 

My question, and I forget if I've already asked this, is if hydro can be used over other brands of waxes like zaino and klasse.

 

Bama, just get some Pinnacle Crystal Mist spray.

Its meant to go right on top of that sourveign.

This state-of-the-art carnauba-polymer matrix also enables Crystal Mist to bond to the existing wax for an instant but long-lasting gloss. Particularly on top of Souveran Paste Wax, Crystal Mist reactivates the existing wax so you’re not just seeing a surface gloss – you’re seeing the depth and dimension of multiple layers of carnauba.

 

ditto to JWardell's post....can Hydro be used over Zaino??

 

Thanks for the recomendation Chows but see the whole kicker is that Hydro wouldn't add any more work to my washing routine because you spray it on, after washing, while the MINI is still wet, then you just dry as normal. The QD sprays add another step to my routine & while I know it isn't a big step it is a step none-the-less & I just don't have any more time. Hec I think I am doing good to find time to wash every week. I can just keep dreaming that a carnauba version of Hydro will be released one day

Or I could just give up using carnauba but I am hard headed & I love my carnauba finish so that's not gonna happen

 

^^ i know wat you mean... carnauba has that very unique warm glow that can't be achieved with polymer wax. thus i dont use it on my hobby cars. althought the G would probably look nice with Epic.

 

If you want that "warm glow", then just look at your car during the best light of the day--at sunset or sunrise! A 2007 Corvette I just worked on with two layers of Prima Epic and 8 hours of polishing to fix another detailers mistake the day before!