Review: Wolfgang Uber Ceramic Spray Coating

[timmyc]

Modern single stage as in urethane paint? Some Toyota's come with single stage white paint but it's not old school like lacquer or enamel, it's a modern paint formula just no clearcoat over it.


What are you working on?

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One is a 1991 Toyota MR2 and the other is a 1988 M5 which I am in the steps of acquiring, both with single stage paint as far as the I can tell from Google so far

[Mike Phillips]

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One is a 1991 Toyota MR2 and the other is a 1988 M5 which I am in the steps of acquiring, both with single stage paint as far as the I can tell from Google so far

Those should both have modern urethane single stage paint. Go for it.


Here's something I wrote about this topic in 2013




Detailer’s Paint Coating on Single Stage Paint

[Mike Phillips]

More....


Can you apply a ceramic coating to old school single stage lacquer paint?


I found both of the above articles by typing the below into GOOGLE


coating single stage paint mike phillips



You can type dang near any car detailing words PLUS add my first and last name and usually I have something on the topic.

[timmyc]

More....


Can you apply a ceramic coating to old school single stage lacquer paint?


I found both of the above articles by typing the below into GOOGLE


coating single stage paint mike phillips



You can type dang near any car detailing words PLUS add my first and last name and usually I have something on the topic.

Thanks for the thorough response Mike! I actually use Google to search autogeek with your name after it for whenever I want an "official" answer haha. In this case I just wasn't sure if 1988 was considered "old school" or "modern" urethane paint. I will still keep an eye out when using the Wolfgang prep spray on these cars to see if the paint is transferred to my microfiber towel.

[Mike Phillips]

Thanks for the thorough response Mike!

That's what I do, thorough responses. You won't find this on FB or IG or YT their interface won't allow it plus you need a guy that knows all this stuff and can regurgitate it so the average person can wrap their brain around it.

I actually use Google to search autogeek with your name after it for whenever I want an "official" answer haha.

Ha ha... me too.

In this case I just wasn't sure if 1988 was considered "old school" or "modern" urethane paint.

I will still keep an eye out when using the Wolfgang prep spray on these cars to see if the paint is transferred to my microfiber towel.

In my how-to book, The Complete Guide to a Show Car Shine, I share that the first basecoat/clearcoat paint system used in the UNITED STATES was the 1980 Corvette.

After that year, slowly but surely all U.S. manufactures switched over.

So 1980 was the year old school single stage lacquers and enamels died.

In all the other countries, they were ahead of the U.S. for the most part.

[69chevymaro]

That 392 looks amazing Mike with that Wolfgang Ceramic.

How has it held up over time?

[Mike Phillips]

That 392 looks amazing Mike with that Wolfgang Ceramic.

How has it held up over time?

So far so good! This is Yancy's daily driver so it gets dirty as it's outside 24 x 7 - but when he washes it she shines right up.






I'll ask him when he plans on washing it next and take a couple of after shots.

[DUBL0WS6]

Hit that with some Wofgang SIO2 silica spray and it will have an ever wetter look.

[tim500]

from reading the thread it seems pretty easy to apply. how likely are high spots? what happens if all the product is not removed after 1 min flash time?

[SNP209]

from reading the thread it seems pretty easy to apply. how likely are high spots? what happens if all the product is not removed after 1 min flash time?

I have used this product about 4-5 times already and can tell you it is very forgiving. Waxmode (Loach on this forum) did a video on this product where he applied it quite liberally in direct sunlight and still didn't get any streaking or smearing.

WUCSC has more durability than your typical sio2 spray sealant but isn't as stout as gyeon's cancoat or carpro's cquartz lite. Which is fine, because it is stupid easy to apply and work with.

One of the characteristics I have found from WUCSC is that it is quite resilient to bird bombs. I live in a two story home and birds love to nest in all the cracks and crevices that are unfortunately in front of my driveway, so my car gets pooped on a lot. I also work many hours so the bird bombs might sit for up to a week before I have a chance to properly remove them.