A high quality polymer sealant is good for your car's finish, a poor quality polymer sealant may lull you into a false sense of security because you think your car is protected when in reality, it's not.

Quality polymer sealants are noted for their ability to offer longer lasting protection than traditional Carnauba-based waxes, but in recent years, there have been many inferior formulations marketed at extremely high prices giving consumers the impression they are superior, thus justifying the exorbitant price.

These products are often promoted with circus-style hype and gimmickry that is often accompanied by outrageous claims that they will protect a finish for up to a year, and in some cases, as long as 5 years.

This is pure non-sense, especially if the car in question is used on a daily basis, which probably describes a majority of the population's vehicles. Daily drivers are exposed to day-in, day-out wear and tear as well as exposure to inclement weather, road grime, air-borne pollutants, and other contaminants that land and settle on the paint surface etc. All of these things act to remove any type of protective coating, whether it's a high quality protectant or an inexpensive snake oil.

Automotive waxes, whether natural or synthetic, are meant to be sacrificial barriers.

That is to say that they are meant to protect your finish by sacrificing themselves so your paint doesn't have to.

People who fall for dishonest claims such as:

"One application of New Sensationalism will last for 3 years,"

are all too often sorely disappointed when later they discover their finish has been damaged by a lack of regular maintenance. This then taints their view of all polymer sealants unfairly.