Review: Wolfgang PROFI Ceramic Coating

[PaulMys]

Deep thoughts (By Jack Handy) on car wax with (improvements) by Mike Phillips

Sorry Mike, but I can't hear "Deep Thoughts" without remembering early '90's Saturday Night Live. Lol

[Desertnate]

That's a "new" topic of confusion - there's no need to top a coating... unless you're using,

1. Coating Wash
2. Coating Detailer
3. Coating Booster

If you apply things like waxes or sealants - you lose the characteristics of the coating and gain the characteristics of the topper, which usually means "less" positive features. Thus you defeat the original purpose of installing the coating.


Deep thoughts on car wax with Mike Phillips

I think this is a really important point most people who are new to coatings miss. You don't HAVE to do ANYTHING special to a coating to get the maximum life from it. Keep the vehicle clean with a gloss-agent free shampoo and it will look great and perform as advertised. I've seen this on at least three different coatings I've tried.

Using products designed for coatings may improve the experience and possibly improve durability...or scratch your itch when you want to spray something on the paint.

[Mike Phillips]

Sorry Mike, but I can't hear "Deep Thoughts" without remembering early '90's Saturday Night Live.

Lol

That was the theme for the comment.

[Mike Phillips]

I think this is a really important point most people who are new to coatings miss. You don't HAVE to do ANYTHING special to a coating to get the maximum life from it.

Keep the vehicle clean with a gloss-agent free shampoo and it will look great and perform as advertised.

I've seen this on at least three different coatings I've tried.

Exactly.

I think one of the "issues" is for so long in the car detailing world, both the enthusiast side and the pro aspect, it's been ingrained in the brain to "layer" something onto the initial "thing".

Layering - brought to you by Zaino circa 2002

Using products designed for coatings may improve the experience and possibly improve durability...or scratch your itch when you want to spray something on the paint.

I know from experience, after washing and rinsing you'll get a better looking finish to apply something versus do nothing.

The "something" can be a drying aid or a complimentary spray-on product like I listed above.

I know I do this and see a difference.

[Petescoffee]

Curious with this ceramic coating or any other brand.
At the end of the lifetime of the coating, 2 or 3 years, because the coating bonds to the clear coat does it degrade or do damage to the clear coat.?
Or when you compound it to remove what coating is remaining and make a clean surface, does it just remove a slight amount of clear coat?
Not sure I said it correctly.

I used another brand clear coat a bout a year ago and curious what the next step will be when that one has broken down and needs to be redone.

Thanks
Dave

[Mike Phillips]

Curious with this ceramic coating or any other brand.

At the end of the lifetime of the coating, 2 or 3 years, because the coating bonds to the clear coat does it degrade or do damage to the clear coat.?

Not that I've ever heard of or seen anyone document.

Or when you compound it to remove what coating is remaining and make a clean surface, does it just remove a slight amount of clear coat?

Yes.

Down the road when you polish the paint, be it with a compound, a polish or even a one-step cleaner/wax, you will remove what's left of the coating and also re-perfect the paint under it.

I used another brand clear coat a bout a year ago and curious what the next step will be when that one has broken down and needs to be redone.

Thanks
Dave

What do you normally do for

Tool?
Pad?
Paint correction products?


Use these, then move on to the next step.

[parboy]

Is this ok, and/or recommended for use on glass? I just received my bottle yesterday and am looking forward to getting it applied.

[Bruno Soares]

Is this ok, and/or recommended for use on glass? I just received my bottle yesterday and am looking forward to getting it applied.

I usually use the paint coatings on side glass. For windshield I prefer to use dedicated glass coating because of the wiper. Regular coatings can make the wiper skip and it will be annoying.

[WBRacing]

I've been clearing up confusion about "glazes" for almost 20 years.

You want me to post a list of just my articles on this topic?

I could probably do a Skynet search and pull up most of my posts on the confusion.






That's a "new" topic of confusion - there's no need to top a coating... unless you're using,

1. Coating Wash
2. Coating Detailer
3. Coating Booster

If you apply things like waxes or sealants - you lose the characteristics of the coating and gain the characteristics of the topper, which usually means "less" positive features. Thus you defeat the original purpose of installing the coating.


Deep thoughts on car wax with Mike Phillips

LOL! Mike!
I didn't state my question correctly. What product, Wolfgang or not, can be used as a maintenance product for this coating.

[Mike Phillips]

So, what topping will play nice with this new coating?

LOL! Mike!

I didn't state my question correctly.

What product, Wolfgang or not, can be used as a maintenance product for this coating.

Copy that.

When I saw the word topping my mind went to a wax or sealant type product, not a spray-on maintenance product.


As for a maintenance product, just about any product formulated to be a coating detailer or a coating booster would work.