Probably 'cos you never wash it. If you want to knacker your paint, wash and wipe it a lot.
Can you imagine how good that would look with Ceramic, PPF etcJust another take on this. This is
my mums 27 year old Metro. Solid red paint. Yes it’s only done 32k miles but the paint is shiny and immaculate and guess what is cleaned every weekend with Fairy Liquid
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Can you imagine how good that would look with Ceramic, PPF etc
Paint correction on modern cars is clear coat only. No colour transfers to the polishing pad, if it does then you have gone through the clear coat. The amount you remove each polish depends on how big and bad the scratches are you are tying to remove. It is normally only microns being removed. If you go through the clear coat you will need a body shop to repaint the panel. You can regularly polish to remove swirls without fear. Full paint correction regularly would probably need careful thought to avoid issues, depending on the level of correction required each time.Along these lines, a few questions. I'm not up to date on modern paint finishes, I'm more familiar with laquer. (yes I'm old). How many times can you do a full on paint correction? Can you polish off the clear coat, and re apply the clear? When you are doing a correction, are you only dealing with the clear coat? I'm thinking long term preservation of the original paint. Thanks
For anything on ceramic coatings, there's nothing that hasn't been discussed or tested on this thread
Think I`m done messing around with coatings, final thoughts...
I`ve messed around with a pretty fair amount of consumer level coatings in the past 18 months including: Cquartz Classic w/ Gyeon Cure Wolfgang Uber Cewww.autopia.org
If you need more after that, here's another test!
2020 Ceramic Coating 1 Year Test
This should be an interesting test for some of you. Before I get ahead of myself I will mention the run rules for this test. This will be a 1 year longwww.autopia.org
Not the answer that you want...That’s a lot of reading,Ross! Did you get through it all what did you conclude?
Not the answer that you want...
I initially decided to either coat the car in Kamikaze Ceramic, then I saw the price! So then I decided CQuartz UK v3 + Gliss v2. Which I think is the best value/longevity/beading ceramic coating.
However, as my car lives under a cover, that's removed and replaced frequently. Further, a cover is impossible to keep 100% clean as little bits of grit will always find their way beneath it, then be rubbed on the paintwork. Ceramic coating would NOT provide enough protection.
So, I went full PPF in the end. That's coated with Xpel Fusion Plus.
That took a bit of reading! Some seriously geeky discussions in ceramics. But no-one came with a test if my £7.99 Mr Fix ceramics!For anything on ceramic coatings, there's nothing that hasn't been discussed or tested on this thread
Think I`m done messing around with coatings, final thoughts...
I`ve messed around with a pretty fair amount of consumer level coatings in the past 18 months including: Cquartz Classic w/ Gyeon Cure Wolfgang Uber Cewww.autopia.org
If you need more after that, here's another test!
2020 Ceramic Coating 1 Year Test
This should be an interesting test for some of you. Before I get ahead of myself I will mention the run rules for this test. This will be a 1 year longwww.autopia.org
I've met the chap who runs Azruri and his work comes highly recommended, also, always worth a discussion on price.
Yes they do. I was foolish and didn't do the touch ups.Thanks, Ross, good to know. They sponsor Drivers Union and I've seen some positive comments there as well.
Do they also do the full prep - touching up of small stone chips, that kind of thing?
Yes they do. I was foolish and didn't do the touch ups.
You actually don't need to have your paint corrected before PPF. No one will ever tell you that though.
Here's the evidence
But you really should get touch ups done. I regret not doing that.