How to deal with sudden rain during the application of Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating!
Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating cannot allow to get wet such as rain…
However, it is impossible to control the weather, isn’t it?
Especially, in the rainy season, it is difficult to know when it rains.
Then we would like to explain how to deal with sudden rain during the application and within 12 hours after the application.
Rain during the application
Move your car to the place with a roof
Please move your car to the place has a roof immediately if it starts raining.
Then please wipe the water on the car body with a microfiber cloth softly.
If your car is caught heavy rain, you should better to wipe the water softly and apply Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating again because there is possibility the ceramic coating is removed by the heavy rain.
If rain is not so hard, wiping softly is OK.
Also if you apply Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating at the place with a roof, you can keep to apply.
Interrupt applying
If you cannot move your car to the place with a roof, please interrupt applying.
After the rain stopped, please you can wipe the water on the car body and restart to apply.
If you leave the water before curing Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating completely, it causes cloudiness of the glass layer and the dirt.
Therefore, please wipe after raining immediately.
Rain within 12 hours after the application
Move your car to the place with a roof
Same as above, but it is safe to keep your car in a place with a roof as much as possible.
If it rains within 12 hours after the application, move your car to the place with a roof and wipe the water with a microfiber cloth softly.
Cover with a car sheet
If you cannot move your car to the place with a roof, please wipe the water softly and then cover a car sheet.
Also please be careful not to rub the car body with the car seat.
It’s OK if a few hours passed after you applied the coating.
If a few hours passed after you applied Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating, you don’t have to be so serious.
Because the ceramic coating almost cures, so hardly it is removed by the rain.
However, the time for curing depends on the environment, so please check the condition of the car body after wiping the water.
If you don’t find any cloudiness or unevenness, the ceramic coating stays on the car body.
Above all, applying in sunny days is the best, but if a few hours passed after you applied Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating might be OK even though if it rains a little.
When you find the cloudiness and unevenness of the coating, please try to wipe them with a microfiber cloth first.
If they are not be removed, it means that curing is going on.
Therefore, please polish with compound partially and replay Pika Pika Rain Ceramic Coating there.
Cautions for applying Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM to a brand new car
Are you going to apply Pika Pika Rain products to your brand new car from now?
Please wait a moment!
Of course you don’t have to worry about the preparation like a second hand car, but there are some cautions.
This time we would like to tell you cautions for applying Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM to a brand new car.
Things to inform to car dealers
Inform them not to apply car wax or car coating
Some car dealers apply car wax or car coating to hide slash scratches or to make it look better before you receive it.
If other car wax or car coating is applied already, you have to remove it first and it should be very time consuming.
Therefore, please tell car dealers not to apply car wax and car coating clearly.
Using a car shampoo which is in a water repellent as well.
If Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM is applied on other car wax or car coating, there is possibility to come off together when the lower one comes off.
Inform them not to use a car wash machine
All dealers wash a car before its delivery, but there are 2casec
– one is washing by hand, and another is washing by a car wash machine.
The car body is damaged by car wash brush even though the car is brand new.
Of course, Pika Pika Rain can make scratches less noticeable, but it cannot remove them.
Therefore, please ask them not to use a car wash machine as much as possible.
If they are impossible to wash by hand, please ask use a high pressure car wash machine which doesn’t have brushes.
Cautions for oneself
Wash your car even though it looks beautiful
“My brand new car looks beautiful, so let’s start from applying glass (ceramic) coating without washing!”
Some of you might you like this, but sometimes tiny dust are on the car body,
so please wash your car before applying Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM.
Washing with a car shampoo is the best, but washing with the water is also OK.
Please wash off something on the car body.
If you leave the dirt or dust before the application, these are coated together in the glass layer.
(Actually, we have some inquiries from our customers…)
Applying Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM to a brand new car is very good!
It cannot help getting dirt because you drive your car every day.
However, if you apply Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM, it can protect from scratches and yellow stains of the headlight.
Above all, it becomes more beautiful than when you bought it due to the gloss.
Let’s apply Pika Pika Rain PREMIUM to a brand new car without any worries about the preparation.
How to apply Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating perfectly!
This time, we would like to explain about the in our staff’s experiences.
You should better to read our other article,the finishing should be much nicer!
BLOG: Preparation and the place to apply! Two important points to check before applying glass coating!
Please check before application…
Pika Pika Rain’s glass coating liquid cures quickly, and the process is different from waxing.
Therefore, you should apply the product liquid to the car surface area by area, as in the picture below:
Also please work in bright lighting conditions so you can see the product liquid has been evenly applied to the car surface areas.
1. Application
Pika Pika Rain’s application sponge
The application sponge is professionally designed with input from car detailers to easily fit with all parts of the car. The small-size 2 layer sponge is designed to cover all areas of the car surface including smaller areas such the wheels, door handles, or backside of knobs.
Where to apply Pika Pika Rain
Pika Pika Rain’s glass coating liquid can cover metallic parts like iron, steel, or copper as well as plastic parts like headlights, taillights, or turning signals.
Please read the detail in “Glass coating can apply other than the car body!”
Tricks and tips for application
The basic method for application is to apply the product liquid thinly and evenly. Pika Pika Rain can spread very well with just 3-5 drops to start. If the sponge becomes squeaky and doesn’t move smoothly, just add a few more drops. After you start the application with a few drops, you can then apply the liquid line by line in the same direction inside the area. Please check the whole area is covered and looks wet from the liquid.
2. Wipe off
Pika Pika Rain’s microfiber cloth
We designed a finely woven microfiber cloth to work well with the liquid. Always use the recommended Pika Pika Rain Microfiber Cloth for wiping off the product liquid or for washing your glass-coated car. The microfiber cloth will hard to damage the glass coating or the paint surface.
Tricks and tips for wiping
Soon after applying the liquid, wipe the area evenly and quickly using the microfiber cloth. Just move the microfiber cloth lightly across the surface to catch and wipe-off the liquid. It is very important to check the area after wiping, for any residual particles, foggy streaks, or dust. If needed, please wipe the area again with the dry part of the microfibre cloth to ensure the area is completely clean.
*Caution: if there are any streaks or foggy areas after wiping, it may affect the appearance of the final glass coating after curing. Please check the area twice, and wipe until it is clean.
3. Check
After wiping, please check the car surface from various angles for any foggy or uneven surface appearance. If you find any uneven surface appearances (for example, from a finger print), then just wipe the area again. After 12 hours of curing, any unevenness may be hard to remove, so please check twice!
If you find any unevenness or surface inconsistencies which you cannot easily wipe off, then just apply another drop of liquid with the sponge, and then wipe off the area again with the microfiber cloth. Please be aware this may have an effect on the appearance if the surface has not cured completely yet.
4. Curing
Please be careful not to get the surface wet during 12 hours, as the surface is curing.
You face a crucial juncture now…
After coating, wiping, and checking water sometimes drops from the side mirrors, or gaps between the doors. If water runs over the coating, the area may cure unevenly. Please check the car surface again a few hours after the application. We also recommend working in the morning to prevent frost and night dew especially during winter.
2 weeks for complete curing
After the surface has cured from 12 hours to 2 weeks, the car can get wet when driving, however as the surface has just cured, it’s in a sensitive condition. Please wipe the surface very gently if it rains or if you wash the car. Please don’t let any water stay too long on the surface of the car.
Your beautiful glass coated car was born!
We recommend to take a picture to check the results.
Anyway, after 2 weeks, you can apply Nano Pika Pika Rain quick detailing spray to improve the condition of gloss and water repellency.
Please try it if you’re interested in it!
What if we fail in the application of Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating?
Our staff in went out doing an experiment in a hot day.
It was too hot, but there was thing to do in such a hot day…
What if we leave the Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating for 1 hour after applying?
It is the experimentation which was on the supposition of
Anyway, please see the photo below.
Can you see some whitish lines on the car body as a whole?
All of these are unwiped glass coating.
It had already passed 1 hour, but it has already started to cure,
so it was very difficult to remove it even though we wiped it with microfiber cloth.
When the glass coating starts to cure, it becomes like a candy and the fiber of cloth adheres on it.
If you leave 2 hours, you cannot stop curing of the glass coating, so only polishing with compound can be removed it.
Therefore, please check the car body in 1 hour definitely!
Our instruction says that the surface needs 12 hours for curing, but in summer, it is quicker than usual,
so if you don’t deal with it as soon as possible, it should be much hard to repair it.
Please be careful when you apply glass coating, especially in summer!
Glass coating can apply other than the car body!
Iron, plastic, leather and aluminum…
A car is made up of many materials are used in a car.
“I applied glass coating to the car body…but is it OK with applying to other parts?”
When you apply glass coating, you wonder like this.
Then, we will explain where we can apply glass coating
By the way, we would like to tell the answer first, Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating can apply to every parts except rubber parts and windshields basically.
Please read below if you want to know details!
Where to apply Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating
There are no problem to apply Pika Pika Rain Glass Coating.
Iron, steel, copper parts
Car body, frame, engine room housing, radiator, and so on.
Please open the hood, and don’t forget to apply to the outer frame.
Aluminium
Wheels.
It is recommended to wash away any dirt or mud splattered on the wheels before application.
Resin, plastic
Steering wheel, bumpers, radiator grill, headlights, taillights, turning signals. The glass coating protects plastic parts very well and provides a deep gloss. After applying the liquid, please be careful to wipe all of the area so there are no foggy parts on the plastic.
※ Some old vehicles have glass headlights, so we don’t recommend applying on the glass.
2. Caution needed
There are some material parts of the car which you need to pay attention for the application.
Please test a small spot first, before covering the whole area.
Leather, wooden material
Seat, interior
Depending on the type of material, glass coating liquid may or not get absorbed by these materials.
Glutinous stickers
Sticker, decal printing
A sticker may eventually fall off after the application because it has the same properties as rubber and absorbs the liquid. Some stickers are specially designed for car paint surfaces and have strong chemical bonding, such as decal printing.
Roof
The sunroof window is made of transparent plastic or glass. It is recommended to use Window Pika Pika Rain on any transparent plastic or glass parts.
3. Where NOT to apply
Glass
Windshield, mirror
As glass material is transparent, it is recommended to use Window Pika Pika Rain on any transparent glass parts such as the windshield.
Rubber
Tire, packing
These materials absorb the liquid and may create an uneven surface on the material.
Finally
There are other parts which we didn’t explain above, but we think that almost all main parts to apply are explained.
Moreover, the materials are different.
We said in the cautions paragraph, you should better to test a small spot first!
