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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

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    Vette's don't have cerimiclear, do they? This is horrible news for a detailers!
    You are always spot on buddy. You can add Ford to that list too. I used 3M UltraFine on the Audi and Ultima Paint Prep on the Ford before coating them. I just lucked up because I didnt know this til now!
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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    I believe to date on Maybach, Mercedes, and BMW use the ceramiclear paint. Likely due to the cost, and supposedly only on their high line models. Any other models ??


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    Thanks for the post Mike. Will most definitely be helpful information.
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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    I was having an issue with ceramic clear coat on a family members black e350. It ended up taking twice as long as I had expected, I ran out of time because they needed the car and had to skip the very last polishing step so it still has some very very light swirls that I'm going to correct later this week. All I can say is I do not ever want to work on ceramic clear again! It was an ordeal to say the least!

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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    Mike..as always..thanks for the heads up..this is info I did not know...nor did others I am sure. It is always a comfort knowing you will be in our corner.

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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    I did a little looking up - at least for some manufacturers, to check if the car has Ceramiclear, check the car's paint code - Ceramiclear paint has a "C" either before or after the three-digit paint code.
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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    Quote Originally Posted by Old Tiger View Post
    You are always spot on buddy. You can add Ford to that list too. I used 3M UltraFine on the Audi and Ultima Paint Prep on the Ford before coating them. I just lucked up because I didnt know this til now!
    You're always spot on, bud!!

    Yea, be careful with the Audi!!


    Quote Originally Posted by umi000 View Post
    I did a little looking up - at least for some manufacturers, to check if the car has Ceramiclear, check the car's paint code - Ceramiclear paint has a "C" either before or after the three-digit paint code.
    Excellent info!!
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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    Geez sounds like a nightmare. Why don't they just use regular clear, but apply it 4 times thicker than they currently do?

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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    Oh my god, I wonder if my 2011 mercedes GL450 has the ceramiclear on it. It is black and this is the first car I am going to detail.

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    Re: Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

    Maybe I'm missing the point here--is the point not to remove the "ceramic" portion of the clear because then you've removed the whole point of putting it on the car? Or is the point that after you've removed it that the remaining clear is horrendously soft? I don't see how the "underneath" part could be any harder to correct than Ceramiclear unless it's "sticky" or horrendously soft like that BMW jet black.

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