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<blockquote data-quote="TRIMMELL" data-source="post: 1099430" data-attributes="member: 5593"><p>A properly cared for coating should last a few years at a minimum. Mine just surpassed one year and I have no issues. Honestly, the hardest thing on coating is going to be what you wash it with. Soaps, towels, wash mits, etc. Caustic presoaks like what you find at an automatic car wash are very very hard on coatings and they will most certainly shorten their life span but you also want to keep the vehicle clean and keep the chemicals/debris washed off the vehicle on regular basis. </p><p></p><p>They are scratch resistant but nothing is perfect. A lot of people will get a vehicle coated and then take it to a cheap car wash for a $25 or even a $50 wash where they are using cheap soaps, towels and wash mits and they get pissed off when they end up with swirl marks. Most of the car washes unless you go to an actual legit detail shop that knows what they are doing are using cheap towels and chemicals as they are about quantity over quality. They will use the same towels on multiple vehicles until they are either dirty or super wet. They dry with the same towels until they are wet so if they missed a spot on a previous car they might then grind that dirt they just picked up into your paint. I have been using waterless now for close to a year along with going to the car wash once every one or two weeks to wash the extra debris off first before I use waterless when I get back home and my car still looks phenomenal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRIMMELL, post: 1099430, member: 5593"] A properly cared for coating should last a few years at a minimum. Mine just surpassed one year and I have no issues. Honestly, the hardest thing on coating is going to be what you wash it with. Soaps, towels, wash mits, etc. Caustic presoaks like what you find at an automatic car wash are very very hard on coatings and they will most certainly shorten their life span but you also want to keep the vehicle clean and keep the chemicals/debris washed off the vehicle on regular basis. They are scratch resistant but nothing is perfect. A lot of people will get a vehicle coated and then take it to a cheap car wash for a $25 or even a $50 wash where they are using cheap soaps, towels and wash mits and they get pissed off when they end up with swirl marks. Most of the car washes unless you go to an actual legit detail shop that knows what they are doing are using cheap towels and chemicals as they are about quantity over quality. They will use the same towels on multiple vehicles until they are either dirty or super wet. They dry with the same towels until they are wet so if they missed a spot on a previous car they might then grind that dirt they just picked up into your paint. I have been using waterless now for close to a year along with going to the car wash once every one or two weeks to wash the extra debris off first before I use waterless when I get back home and my car still looks phenomenal. [/QUOTE]
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