Ceramic coating a car

[Jonny Ingbar]

Ceramic coating basically gives the paint a deep shine with a hydrophobic finish, meaning that its stays clean longer and doesn't need waxing.

But its never permanent and largely reliant on a good finish to your paint, meaning you may need a polish/refinishing first, to get a proper result.

It start at around £500, which should last up to a coupe of years, but expect to pay more if you want a longer lasting treatment.

Not to be confused with PPF, which is a self-healing plastic wrap and protects the paintwork, which ceramic coating won't.

 

[Billy69_uk]

Didnt BMW sell a version of the M3 ( CSL maybe???) with a matt ceramic coating that couldn't be washed or cleaned via conventional cleaning processes or car washes/jet washes, and needed special chemicals to remove insect residues etc?

seems like a massive faff if true.

 

[Statto1]

I had it on my Porsche, it a was about £500-800 I think. I got a bit stung at the time, in all the excitement

Would certainly do it again, but no point getting a dealer to do it, get it done by a detailer, cheaper, better job and better products.

I bought some ceramic coating to test out on my last cars wheels, but never got round to doing it.

Should get my new car done really, but it's dirty now, so would need a full decontamination and taking inside to do, so not going to happen now, maybe in spring/ next summer.

 

[chickenrunner]

im guessing the cutting jibe has scared the poor fella off...

Cheers for that, you're really not helping (but then of course you knew that). I'm in enough bother as it is.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Ridiculous post, the space shuttle was actually covered with LI-900 silica tiles, made from essentially very pure quartz sand. The insulation prevented heat transfer to the underlying orbiter aluminum skin and structure. These tiles were such poor heat conductors that one could hold one by the edges while it was still red hot.

Please check your facts in future.

Remember watching a similar demonstration on Tomorrow's World.

 

[Ghost]

Shine monkeys, top of portrack Lane .
expensive mind , Start at over £500

i can buy the product for £50 , it’s basically just like waxing your car .
but the paintwork has to be as good as possible before you start .


id not bother personally

 

[S7DiscoDown]

This thread was more interesting than I expected

 

[Randy]

Ceramic coating basically gives the paint a deep shine with a hydrophobic finish, meaning that its stays clean longer and doesn't need waxing.

But its never permanent and largely reliant on a good finish to your paint, meaning you may need a polish/refinishing first, to get a proper result.

It start at around £500, which should last up to a coupe of years, but expect to pay more if you want a longer lasting treatment.

Not to be confused with PPF, which is a self-healing plastic wrap and protects the paintwork, which ceramic coating won't.

You can get a car wrapped for £100 less. Looking into that myself to hide some scratches and what not

 

[Northerner]

Is this what you mean?

Ceramic car

 

[Carlos Fandango]

 

[tripleheader]

As previously mentioned expensive, and needs a re-finish after a couple of years. I've gone for a shampoo and wax polish which contain Brazilian Carnauba Wax from Super Cera, absolutely superb results with a professional finish. Waxing only 4 times a year or the start of every season as required. This is what a lot of the high end classic car community use.

 

[SmallTown]

Interesting fact as to why Mercedes race in silver colours: back in the day paint was lead based, so very heavy. To reduce the weight of the car to increase speed, they just didn't paint it and left it 'au naturel'

Apparently this is a myth. Its good one though.

When jaguar raced in formula one lead in the paint IS the reason they went for a darker green rather than British raving green

 

[chickenrunner]

Raving green?? Why do I feel like I'm going to get in bother again.................................................

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Raving green?? Why do I feel like I'm going to get in bother again.................................................

You‘re on form tonight

 

[A]

Apparently this is a myth. Its good one though.

When jaguar raced in formula one lead in the paint IS the reason they went for a darker green rather than British raving green

Didn't jaguar need some weight to stick it to the track because of their innovation in body build, it was too light and handled poorly? Mercedes needed to shed a few pounds?

I'm not a racing historian, both interesting theories though

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Do you think he will come back.

 

[SmallTown]

Didn't jaguar need some weight to stick it to the track becauseof their innovation in body build, it was too light and handed poorly? Mercedes needed to shed a few pounds?

I'm not a racing historian, both interesting theories though

The jaguar one was the modern jag, that was a ford/stewart deep down. The said they didn't do racing green because the paint was too heavy, I have a feeling it was more a sponsorship decision.

The Merc story is a great one, but I'm pretty sure at MB world in Surrey they say it's a myth.

 

[Randy]

Some F1 teams have painted their cars with a matte finish as it's lighter than a glossy finish.

 

[red_harrington]

Brazilian Carnauba Wax from Super Cera, absolutely superb results with a professional finish. Waxing only 4 times a year or the start of every season as required.

My missus could do with some of that

 

[Statto1]

You can get a car wrapped for £100 less. Looking into that myself to hide some scratches and what not

A good machine polish might take out most of it? Or, if you can be arsed, fill the deep scratches with clear coat, sand down with 1500 grit to get it flat and then polish and buff up. It's a bit nerve-wracking first couple of times mind, but after that nothing will phase you.