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Hi all looking for info on ceramic coatings anyone had it done or has any experience on applying them ?
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Are you thinking of applying it yourself ? If you do make sure you follow the instructions to the letter and watch you tube videos if you can, on application. You should have somewhere to keep the car undercover for 24 hours at least for it to cure. Many take long fee than this to fully cure. It shouldn’t get rained on for the first 24 hours ideally.braveheart said:Hi all looking for info on ceramic coatings anyone had it done or has any experience on applying them ?
thanks
Hi i wasnt looking to do it myself but thx for info i was wondering if it is worth the money, how durable is it ? How to maintain it? Special car shampoo that sort of infoRCZ1 said:Are you thinking of applying it yourself ? If you do make sure you follow the instructions to the letter and watch you tube videos if you can, on application. You should have somewhere to keep the car undercover for 24 hours at least for it to cure. Many take long fee than this to fully cure. It shouldn’t get rained on for the first 24 hours ideally.braveheart said:Hi all looking for info on ceramic coatings anyone had it done or has any experience on applying them ?
thanks
The main thing is the prep. It has to be thorough and right. Wash and fully decontaminate the car and clay it. Follow this by avoid polish, preferably by machine to ensure that the paint is as good as it can be.
Before applying the coating give the paintwork a thorough IPA wipe down to remove any oils from the polishes etc. Now you would be ready to apply the coating ensuring you follow the instructions and don’t over apply. A little goes a long way. Don’t buff just wipe any residue away.
Alternatively you could pay a professional detailer to detail your car and apply it for you.
braveheart said:Hi i wasnt looking to do it myself but thx for info i was wondering if it is worth the money, how durable is it ? How to maintain it? Special car shampoo that sort of infoRCZ1 said:Are you thinking of applying it yourself ? If you do make sure you follow the instructions to the letter and watch you tube videos if you can, on application. You should have somewhere to keep the car undercover for 24 hours at least for it to cure. Many take long fee than this to fully cure. It shouldn’t get rained on for the first 24 hours ideally.braveheart said:Hi all looking for info on ceramic coatings anyone had it done or has any experience on applying them ?
thanks
The main thing is the prep. It has to be thorough and right. Wash and fully decontaminate the car and clay it. Follow this by avoid polish, preferably by machine to ensure that the paint is as good as it can be.
Before applying the coating give the paintwork a thorough IPA wipe down to remove any oils from the polishes etc. Now you would be ready to apply the coating ensuring you follow the instructions and don’t over apply. A little goes a long way. Don’t buff just wipe any residue away.
Alternatively you could pay a professional detailer to detail your car and apply it for you.
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Ok thx im going to get the full paint de-con 1st stage polish and g-technic base and top coattianorth said:I've had it done to both cars, one from new and one a few years old.
Both cars had to have the paint work at its finest, as once it on its very had to come off.
They have only been producing ceramic coating for cars for about 4 or 5 years and within that time the products have also changed, but the first cars to get it still have it apparently!
I got mine done to try and prevent the paintwork becoming damaged.
It won't stop or prevent stone chips but will help in preventing atmospheric contaminations from marring the paintwork.
I took my car back to my detailer mid last year after a year or 2, when I went to pick it up he said it was so nice to wash the car (as once ceramic coating has been done it's very rare to see it again), the dirt just washed off the the power washer, when he hand washed it afterwards, he nearly fell to the floor as it was so smooth (no contaminations) to hold the wash cloth back!!!
He topped up the hyrdoscopic coating to make water/rain sheer off.
He also didn't charge as much as he didn't have to do all the work, as he had already done it!
As I'm not that confident with the paintwork I chose a detailer who didn't mind me asking lots of daft questions and also trying to understand the whole process.
He was fine with all that but when he needed to concentrate told me to bugger off (in a nice way).
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