Reason I won't use a coating again

[Ebg18t]

Keep in mind if I recall reading the GD information last month about this kit, you need to apply the booster every month. Maybe in inclement weather you need to apply the booster every week. In FL winter maybe it's every month... sounds like a lot of work for a coated car. I coated mine to make life easy..

[Jowillie]

Lots of new "coatings" product coming out by Spring. Hope everyone that tries new stuff shares any "testing" done.

[WillSports3]

A product that requires a booster every month sounds like a waste of money and time when you can just apply a booster every month? I don't see the reason for the initial coating if you require boosters. None of the glass/ceramic coatings really need a booster, it'll still be strong on the paint. Only thing I would put on top of a coating is a carnauba wax and that's just for looks and no other reason at all.

[RippyD]

A product that requires a booster every month sounds like a waste of money and time when you can just apply a booster every month?

With all due respect to Garry Dean, what a great gimmick. A coating that is guaranteed to work well and look great so long as you use a booster every month.

I have a new coating coming out. It looks great and is easy to apply. It just has to topped with 845 every month. You'll be amazed how how it looks beads water.

[Dereksdtail]

With all due respect to Garry Dean, what a great gimmick. A coating that is guaranteed to work well and look great so long as you use a booster every month.

I have a new coating coming out. It looks great and is easy to apply. It just has to topped with 845 every month. You'll be amazed how how it looks beads water.

I was thinking the same thing, wiping off the high spots with another booster seems odd to me but he's a good salesman.


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[Dereksdtail]

Get you some gloss coat, a year and a half on my ride and even when it's dirty people notice my gloss


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[WillSports3]

I feel less inclined to trust his product because he does the youtube videos where for one of them he actually states he doesn't like coatings compared to sealants. That's all fine but now he's got a coating out too.

[Zubair]

A product that requires a booster every month sounds like a waste of money and time when you can just apply a booster every month? I don't see the reason for the initial coating if you require boosters. None of the glass/ceramic coatings really need a booster, it'll still be strong on the paint. Only thing I would put on top of a coating is a carnauba wax and that's just for looks and no other reason at all.

My thoughts exactly and not just the coating in question but coatings in general I see a trend, hence the below thread:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...-coatings.html

[Jeremy1976]

I'm gonna do a test and update this thread when it is complete.

I will keep my car with what it has on it now.

My wife's car is also white. I will do a full decontamination including clay, do everything the same as my Lexus, but use WG Paint Sealant 3.0 as an LSP. I will RW wash the cars the same frequency throughout the winter and see how it turns out in spring.

[Setec Astronomy]

No, you misunderstood me. The fine print on those dealer "coatings" usually says you have to bring the car back in periodically for (free) maintenance (which no one does) or it voids the warranty. Or, in your example, what the salesman told you and what the warranty says are two different things, where they guarantee the paint for 5 years, except they exclude bird and chemical damage, iron spots, scratches, etc. so the "guarantee" is not worth the paper it's printed on. Besides I'm pretty sure some mfrs. warranty the paint to not fail for 5 years.

So because Sting wrote that song "Synchronicity", a guy at work just got a new car a week or two ago, and yesterday I see he's got a loaner car from the dealer. So I ask him what happened and he told me they are doing the super duper exterior "protect your paint from bird poop for 5 years" and interior protection "like I got on my last car"--on which I told him he got taken for a ride. So I ask him how much that cost and he said $300, so I tried to explain to him that a real paint coating alone would cost more than that, and to read his fine print, it will say what I said above. I'll report back if he tells me what the fine print says.

Mind you, this guy knows I eat/drink/sleep detailing and that I'm a car guy, but he never asks my advice on anything before he does it, because he's one of those guys who knows the advice will be against what he wants to do, so he doesn't want to hear it.