2021 Coating Test

[Desertnate]

Awesome. Looking forward to it.
Can I ask why 303 Graphene is not part of the study?

It's a totally different type of product.

The products he's going to be testing out are a series of high durability, multi-year coatings. The 303 product is more like a highly durable spray sealant. Just like many things in this industry, the "coating" label started with a very specific type of product, and when their popularity grew, companies started slapping the term on lots of different products which are nothing like the originals.

It doesn't help that there are now these multi-month spray products now which challenge traditional sealants, ceramic and graphene infused EVERYTHING, "lite" coatings which last around 1 year (i.e. CanCoat and CarPro Lite), and still the multi-year coatings in the little glass bottles.

[The Guz]

Awesome. Looking forward to it.
Can I ask why 303 Graphene is not part of the study?

@Desertnate pretty much answered it for me. I also have zero interest in 303 Graphene.

[Rsurfer]

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I've done testing like this in the past, it's a lot of work but also very interesting.


I would offer a recommendation and perhaps you're already planning to do this,

If at all possible, test all the like or similar products on a hood and/or trunk lid. These are horizontal surfaces where all coatings will get the same exposure to all things. It will also make it more fair to visually inspect and compare.


I've seen other people do testing like this where some products are tested on a hood and other products are tested on a vertical panel and this simply isn't a good way to do comparative testing.


One of the primary goals when doing this type of testing is to have controls in place and as much as possible reduce as many variable as possible.


For what it's worth...


Good luck!

Guz is a professional and knows better.

[Coatingsarecrack]

Damn [mention]The Guz [/mention] ........ that line up! Great choices. Seriously love your pics and your time, effort and money spent are much appreciated.


If we ever meet (be really cool to meet up with a bunch of AG/Autopia guys) 1st round is on me.


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[The Guz]

I had to put this on pause a bit. Nick contacted me so I ordered a bottle of McKee's 37 coating which is his latest as Nick wanted it as part of the test. I am also going to be using the carpro denim pads to remove some orange peel and what not after the repaint. Been wanting to do this for quite some time.

[The Guz]

All coatings have been applied on 5/23. I’ll update as to what has been applied a. Little later.

And no I’m not driving around with tape on the roof lol

[Mike Phillips]

You da man!

[oneheadlite]

You're a machine! What an undertaking.

Thanks for doing this and sharing your results!

[The Guz]

Here is the line up of coatings. This is going to be a graphene and ceramic comparison.

Passenger side:

Xtreme Solutions Graphene Coating
Ethos Graphene Coating
Adams Graphene Ceramic Coating
IGL Ecocoat Poly Ceramic Coating
P&S Legend topped with P&S Sole
P&S Legend Ceramic Coating
P&S Inspiration Ceramic Coating
Poorboys Ceramic Coating

Center Row:
DP GR4 Graphene Coating
SPS Graphene Coating
Jade Graphene Pro Ceramic Coating
IGL Kenzo Graphene Reinforced
Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light topped with Exo V3
Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light
Ethos Ceramic Coating
Blackfire Pro Ceramic Coating Black Edition

Driver side:
Exoforma Graphene Coating
Jax Wax Graphene Coating
Glassparency Graphene Coating
IGL Quartz+ Graphene Reinforced
Cquartz UK topped with SiC
Cquartz SiC
3D ceramic coating
McKee's 37 ceramic coating

[WhiteShadow89]

Looking forward to seeing the results!