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Nano Ceramic vehicle coating
Posted on 11/20/17 at 7:33 am
Posted on 11/20/17 at 7:33 am
Just bought a new truck that I plan to role the tires off of it. Anyone use a nano ceramic coating? Worth it? See a difference?
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Posted on 11/20/17 at 10:43 am to Boston911
If you have a dark paint color, I would advise against it. Since the coating is not impervious to polishing, any water spots that are left behind cannot be polished off. My personal vehicle (pearl-colored Yukon) is a decent candidate for it since water spots don't really show. But if I drove something dark, I wouldn't do it.
Plus if you plan to drive through automated car washes, the coating will get scratched up just as quickly as regular paint.
Plus if you plan to drive through automated car washes, the coating will get scratched up just as quickly as regular paint.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 10:52 am to bapple
I somewhat disagree.
While water spots are somewhat a problem, overall, I have been happy with my coating. Water spots are a small price to pay for not having all the small scratches and micro abrasions that you get without it.
After 6 months of 2 buckets, grit guards, expensive towels and cloths, I still had marring and imperfections on my black tundra. With the coating, that disappeared. I still hand wash it, roto washes will scratch it.
I did get it redone after 1 1/2 years/36k miles, waterspots were starting to build up. It wasn't especially needed, I just wanted the waterspots gone. It still was protected against scratches.
While water spots are somewhat a problem, overall, I have been happy with my coating. Water spots are a small price to pay for not having all the small scratches and micro abrasions that you get without it.
After 6 months of 2 buckets, grit guards, expensive towels and cloths, I still had marring and imperfections on my black tundra. With the coating, that disappeared. I still hand wash it, roto washes will scratch it.
I did get it redone after 1 1/2 years/36k miles, waterspots were starting to build up. It wasn't especially needed, I just wanted the waterspots gone. It still was protected against scratches.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:54 pm to DownSouthDave
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It still was protected against scratches.
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roto washes will scratch it.
I've thought about doing this on my truck, but this makes me wonder if it's worth it. My biggest enemy to scratches is sego palms that line my driveway, the trash can when I forget it's out and parking lots. What's the abbrasion resistance?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:06 pm to Propagandalf
It’s more abrasion resistant that your clearcoat. But it will mar and it will get water spots. It’s essentially a sacrificial layer for your clear coat that has hydrophobic properties. I think they are worth it
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:24 pm to Propagandalf
It protects from scratches that are created when washing, no problem. I don't know how it will do against sago palms, my guess is that it would fair pretty well compared to just the clear.
Running into a trash can is going to scratch it, it's not armor.
A lot of it in my opinion, is the color of your vehicle. I think it's needed less on a light colored vehicle because it hides everything so well. On my black truck, every scratch seems to stick out.
Running into a trash can is going to scratch it, it's not armor.
A lot of it in my opinion, is the color of your vehicle. I think it's needed less on a light colored vehicle because it hides everything so well. On my black truck, every scratch seems to stick out.
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