Sheeting versus Beading

[JaredPointer]

1) What is the more preferential action of an LSP between the two?

2) How does a manufacturer design a product to sheet instead of bead?

Give me the benefit of the doubt here that I know why water would bead on a surface. I am looking to see how different an wax or sealant would have to be designed to make it sheet water. Is that totally a function of how the water is applied to the surface? For example, a light drizzle would seem to bead no matter what as would a flood rinse tend to sheet water.

Is sheeting and/or beading a characteristic built into the LSP? And how, exactly? (Without revealing proprietary info of course).

I know we have some chemists as well as folks close to chemists on here.

[black bart]

Good question many here will be interested in this.

I think STEVE aka-poorboy talked about this once but I don't remember how it works but I think it is all in the chemicals used.

[Don]

When Meguiars came out with the first version of NXT I remember it was mentioned that it was designed more to sheet water than bead up. But it seems that the majority of the people prefer having water bead so in most of their newer (2.0 version) products they advertise the "hydrophobic" nature of the products.

I remember some of the thoughts being that water beads can act as magnifying glasses in the sunlight and "burn the paint" whereas a wax that sheets won't present such a "risk."