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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada Please do some research sir, it will help you a lot. |
Detailing my cars since April 2011 as I owned a Black VW Vento that too having a Black Pearl Effect paint. Much superior to even metallic paints. Even my current car BMW X1 is Sparkling Brown another unique shade which is Black/Brown + lots of sparkles.
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada 1. Good quality PPF such as XPEL which is self healing costs a bomb too, close to 2L for the car. Any normal PPF will develop more swirls than any coating over time. |
PPF will save you from stone chips, save your bumper in an event for accident by taking maximum impact. No coating will do that.
Swirls only develop when you don't properly maintain and care irrespective of product.
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada CeramicPro can remove it using their own removal kits. |
Do you have an image of it? What it comprises of? That is something I would like to learn.
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada 3. Wax is the least durable of the lot and masks swirls, doesn't protect it. |
But gives the highest gloss of all. Wax never masks swirls, that's the work of polish, correct term being fillers contained in polish.
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada My car got dinged multiple times and the UNCR coat took the paint transfer |
What is UNCR?
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada My car got dinged multiple times and the UNCR coat took the paint transfer, one clean wipe and the paint was back to shining. |
Paint transfer can easily be removed from any car using a rubbing compound. Just a wipe, that may be over exaggeration.
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Originally Posted by devilwearsprada For the swirls a simple polishing coat will take care of it and will only remove 0.5 micron of the 3 micron coat. |
Did you measure it, when they applied and when they compounded? Or just a marketing gimmick?
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Originally Posted by NOS Power Wax looks great, and that's it. Protection wise, it's the worst. Next up is sealant. And in our Indian climate, I have hardly seen any sealant top 6 months of durability. |
2 months is the ideal. Using Blackfire Wet Diamond.
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Originally Posted by NOS Power But I do get your point why some think it's a waste off money. It's due to the prices charged by companies like Ceramic Pro. It just doesn't make sense. |
That's the whole point. Even after you get your car Ceramic coated until you maintain it correct way; all your money is down the drain. Its not going to work unless you maintain it.
That's why rather use good shampoo, clay, compound, polish, sealant, wax and maintain your car. Plus save some good amount of money.
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Originally Posted by NOS Power Coatings like Carpro, Gyeon, Max Protect and Optimum have been in India for around 5-6 years. And the detailers who have been using these brands for a while must be having repeat clients else they would have run out of business considering the competition. |
There are plenty of gullible customers. When someone can market 9H pencil as a test for hardness for car coating, then anything is possible. End of the day people see that shine is there, which is achievable by even a low quality spray wax.
Main thing is paint correction and surface prep. Coatings are just a topping.
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Originally Posted by NOS Power Disclaimer: I have always been a wax guy. |
Same here. Nothings come close to the gloss of it. Got a can of Collinite 915 Marque d'elegance wax for those special times.
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Originally Posted by NOS Power That said, you used the word Carnauba as being ultimate. |
By ultimate I mean't in terms of gloss. I should have been more specific.
In terms of durability Wax < Sealant < Cermaic Coatings
Gloss: Wax > Sealant = Ceramic Coatings
Price VFM: Wax/Sealant > Ceramic Coatings
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Originally Posted by NOS Power I have seen that name on a jar of Formula 1 which costs approx Rs. 350. And I've seen many waxes which actually have Carnauba cost more than a full Ceramic Coating service. |
Formula 1 is even below average products. Not worth. Easy to find on shelves of every brick & mortar shop.
I used it the first time and once I used Collinite, Meguiars, etc; threw away every Formula1 products.
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Originally Posted by xander How many ceramic coatings did you test out to come to that conclusion? |
I meant in terms of gloss and value for money.