The NEW Diamond Shield: HELP!!!!!!

My experience, for what it's worth, is Diamond Shield is excellent on the West Coast where there is little or no humidity. On the East Coast, especially SouthEast, where the humidity is high, it tends to allow mold or black spots to appear under the coating....Good luck with your decision...Dennis

Is this comment in reference to the version of Diamond Shield currently being applied, or the older version from 6 or more years back?
This is a critical issue, so I appreciate your comments.
Bob

We have it on our 2011 Winnebago Vista and it seems to have held up just fine. With that being said if it wasn't already installed when we got the coach I don't think I would have spent the $1200.00. It does scratch and there are a couple of spots of "bug juice" that has left a stain. I have to ask myself if the front end ever got that nicked up how much would it cost to just repaint. It also depends on many miles you put on in a year and what kind of roads you normally drive on. Personally if I were to do it again there are other brands out there that are much better. XPEL is a brand I am familiar with as I have used it on cars and they make different grades of film. I would much rather just have paint that I can keep a good coat of wax on and the bugs come right off. Waxing the film does no good as it doesn't stick to it. Whatever film you use if it has to come off in the future it takes a great deal of time and you also risk damaging the paint. Sorry if this is kind of rambling but in my opinion save your money.

I just got off the phone from talking directly to the Diamond Shield company.
I queried the guy directly on the subject of mold intrusion due to Florida's high humidity.
He responded that this would NOT occur with their new "Nano-Fusion" product because it is completely non-porous. I further grilled him on the comment that someone had made about the mold forming along the edges of the film, and he responded that IF the recommended maintenance with Formula 303 or Protect-All (what I already use) was done and this happened, they would cover it, but he hasn't heard of any such occurrences with the new product.
AND (this was a big one for me) he also stated that should a warranty issue arise, it would be handled at my place in Florida, not all the way back to northern Indiana.
And for bug stains, they tell you to get bugs off PRONTO to avoid this, so I guess that one is on the owner to take care of.
As for removal, their website tells you that there is NO need to pay someone $400 to take it off. You can do it yourself by using a heat gun and peeling it off starting at one edge.
Based on that, and the copy of the warranty he emailed to me, I'm going to have it done.
I will happily report back in my experiences with it if anyone cares to hear.
Bob

How old is the paint job, has the paint stop out gassing the chemicals in the paint,call the paint MFG and ask them when you should apply the Diamond Shield, they made the paint they will have the best advice.

Mike's Custom Painting in Bremen, IN is the place doing the paint job.
Diamond Shield says Mike's is one of their premier installers.
Mike's says that since they bake their paint jobs, it only requires a 72 hour wait period before doing the Diamond Shield.
Bob

We have DS (the new version) on our Phaeton, factory installed. No problems with it so far.

Yes, please do let us know what you think of it when you've had it awhile.

bmwbob wrote:
I just got off the phone from talking directly to the Diamond Shield company.
I queried the guy directly on the subject of mold intrusion due to Florida's high humidity.
He responded that this would NOT occur with their new "Nano-Fusion" product because it is completely non-porous. I further grilled him on the comment that someone had made about the mold forming along the edges of the film, and he responded that IF the recommended maintenance with Formula 303 or Protect-All (what I already use) was done and this happened, they would cover it, but he hasn't heard of any such occurrences with the new product.
AND (this was a big one for me) he also stated that should a warranty issue arise, it would be handled at my place in Florida, not all the way back to northern Indiana.
And for bug stains, they tell you to get bugs off PRONTO to avoid this, so I guess that one is on the owner to take care of.
As for removal, their website tells you that there is NO need to pay someone $400 to take it off. You can do it yourself by using a heat gun and peeling it off starting at one edge.
Based on that, and the copy of the warranty he emailed to me, I'm going to have it done.
I will happily report back in my experiences with it if anyone cares to hear.
Bob

$400.00???? From what I hear that would be a joy! Most report more like $1200.00 to get it done. Do it your selfers take 3 or 4 days to get it off with heat gun. Good luck!

They charge $1200 to put it on.

bmwbob wrote:
They charge $1200 to put it on.

And take it off!