Ceramic Coating Experiment! Am I just wasting time and money?

[DMiglio]

I really liked this thread. I read every word.

Great experiment and info!

Appreciate it, I may give it another shot in say 6-7 months or whenever Spring shows up here. Idk how much of it was due to the heavy dew with a large temperature drop and limited cure time and how much was due to only using prep spray and not real decon or polishing.

Still have my Collinite trio to fall back on love using 476 for wheels! 915 for the zen of hand applying and 845 for speed machine application!

[Paul A.]

Appreciate it, I may give it another shot in say 6-7 months or whenever Spring shows up here. Idk how much of it was due to the heavy dew with a large temperature drop and limited cure time and how much was due to only using prep spray and not real decon or polishing.

Still have my Collinite trio to fall back on love using 476 for wheels! 915 for the zen of hand applying and 845 for speed machine application!

I know I'm late to this thread but, like Paul (Mys) said, I both read every word and appreciated this experiment. Thanks DMig!

Also, I think you have us plenty of updates.

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[PaulMys]

Also, I think you have us plenty of updates.

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I agree!

[acuRAS82]

Thank you for your experiences and honesty. We may not know exactly what made the coating lousy, but something can always be learned. I think this shows that an average Joe who thinks they can slap a true coating on their car with no prep or thoughts about cure time will soon understand that this isn’t their grandpa’s wax... hence the high price of having a professional installation with the prep that goes with it.

[DMiglio]

Thank you for your experiences and honesty. We may not know exactly what made the coating lousy, but something can always be learned. I think this shows that an average Joe who thinks they can slap a true coating on their car with no prep or thoughts about cure time will soon understand that this isn’t their grandpa’s wax... hence the high price of having a professional installation with the prep that goes with it.

Couldn’t have summed it up any better than that! Thanks for the kind words and also reminding me of why I tried this in the first place, Average Joe!

[Sizzle Chest]

Excellent write up, updates, pics, thoughts/comments/dialog. Appreciate you taking the time, thought, and effort to conduct this experiment and share your findings with us!

And, I agree with Acura, he summed it up well!

[Mgavin1985]

That’s the way it should be done ceramic coating were invented for daily drivers not show cars...at least I 🤔

[Cruzscarwash]

I've been doing this for quite sometime on many different applications and I've had great results.

You are doing more work then I am, this spot was just McKees coating prep wash inns spray bottle, wiped on and dried and then I applied quartz lite. It's been about 4 months or so and I've only washed the car 2 times in a coin up by just spraying on the soap and then rinsing off.

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[Cruzscarwash]

Here is the hood as well

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[DMiglio]

Cruz, that’s pretty interesting, I really appreciate you chiming in on what you’re experiencing with a similar situation and the pics to go with it. To double check, all you had was Mckees coating prep wash, used like a waterless wash basically and then applied cquartz-lite on it? No other prep at all like decon of any sort?

Mine only showed beading like that for a week or so and then looked to go downhill from there and at a month I couldn’t stand it and had to do something! If that’s all that you did prep wise I’m really starting to think the morning dew had something to do with it. Unfortunately I think Illinois’ good weather days are behind it and I won’t be able to give this another chance til Spring.