How to replace a car wax with a ceramic paint coating?

[Mike Phillips]

How to replace a car wax with a ceramic paint coating?


Check out this video - about half way through it shows a car I waxed 4, 5 maybe 6 years ago and next week I'm going to REMOVE the wax and replace it with a ceramic paint coating. I know a lot of people want to do this so I'll show you how...

[Dr Oldz]

That title was a bit confusing. Thought you got rid of your car and were riding around in an empty bottle of ceramic coating or something. Lol

[axel06]

im watching, ive seen that car before its on the cover of your book how to use xc3401 flex polisher

[Bruno Soares]

So it was waxed maybe 6 years ago and you have to remove the wax? Was it never driven in that period?

[Mike Phillips]

That title was a bit confusing.

Thought you got rid of your car and were riding around in an empty bottle of ceramic coating or something.

Lol

Typo - I fixed it. Duh...

Long day - arrived at work at 6:00am did full exterior to 2019 Corvette. Next did a very thorough wash on a 2008 BMW.

Shot the FB Live video then created this link and by then it was after 7:00pm

So a good, hard and fast-paced 13 hour day.

[Mike Phillips]

More...


Just looked it up, it was 2014 when I did the first paint correction to the 1941 Chrysler Business Man's Coupe.


How to use the Flex 3401 for Show Car Detailing


Here's the before pictures....




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Holograms
These are rotary buffer holograms where there's a blend line down the middle of the back panel.













And here's the cover shot Yancy created for the FLEX how-to book

[Mike Phillips]

Update


I just felt the paint on the Coupe using the Baggie Test and over the last 8 years some form of above surface contaminants have built-up on the paint.

I'm going to check with the owner and see if I can keep her for the upcoming 3-Day Bootcamp Class and use it for one of the training cars.


Training Cars for January 3-Day Bootcamp Class at Autogeek in Stuart, Florida 2018


I think the class will dig machine polishing this car and then learning how to chemically strip the paint and correctly apply a ceramic paint coating.