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<blockquote data-quote="TRIMMELL" data-source="post: 1099392" data-attributes="member: 5593"><p>Coatings are definitely the way to go! I coated the paint, wheels, brakes and glass on my car about a year ago. I can see why people would be skeptical of coatings but they are seriously insane. The coatings form a super thin later of essentially a resin type material on the surface which is where the scratch resistant properties come from. Coatings last a long time. Mine has lasted over a year now with no noticeable difference in hydrophobic properties or protection. </p><p></p><p>The largest advantage of coatings are how easy they make your paint to clean. Hardly anything sticks to them. And a bare coating with no sealant (not recommended) would blow your mind. You can take a bare coating and just dump water on the vehicle and 90% of the water just runs off the vehicle. And I don't mean like it leaves water behind where it runs either. It just rolls up and sheets completely off. I can drive in the rain for hundreds of miles with my white car and then just take it to the car wash and wash the little bit of film off without hand washing and that is using the environmentally friendly soaps and cold water we have out here in California. </p><p></p><p>Scratch resistance, longevity of the protection and ease of maintenance is what you're paying for with coatings. And with coatings you really should keep them topped with a layer of a spray sealant which will help extend their life even more. I saw a car awhile back where a noob tried to coat his car and if you don't level it soon enough it cures and you could literally see his start and stop points from the applicator. Hard as glass and a huge pain in the ass to remove. Anyone who has had a coating applied properly usually doesn't have any complaints.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRIMMELL, post: 1099392, member: 5593"] Coatings are definitely the way to go! I coated the paint, wheels, brakes and glass on my car about a year ago. I can see why people would be skeptical of coatings but they are seriously insane. The coatings form a super thin later of essentially a resin type material on the surface which is where the scratch resistant properties come from. Coatings last a long time. Mine has lasted over a year now with no noticeable difference in hydrophobic properties or protection. The largest advantage of coatings are how easy they make your paint to clean. Hardly anything sticks to them. And a bare coating with no sealant (not recommended) would blow your mind. You can take a bare coating and just dump water on the vehicle and 90% of the water just runs off the vehicle. And I don't mean like it leaves water behind where it runs either. It just rolls up and sheets completely off. I can drive in the rain for hundreds of miles with my white car and then just take it to the car wash and wash the little bit of film off without hand washing and that is using the environmentally friendly soaps and cold water we have out here in California. Scratch resistance, longevity of the protection and ease of maintenance is what you're paying for with coatings. And with coatings you really should keep them topped with a layer of a spray sealant which will help extend their life even more. I saw a car awhile back where a noob tried to coat his car and if you don't level it soon enough it cures and you could literally see his start and stop points from the applicator. Hard as glass and a huge pain in the ass to remove. Anyone who has had a coating applied properly usually doesn't have any complaints. [/QUOTE]
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