How's the mirror coat zero effect? Any visual difference after application? I saw some reviews mentioned that there will be a minor white coat on the mirror after application.

Wanna ask if there are any pearl white car owners here? do you guys do PPF on your pearl white cars, or is it even advisable to put PPF? any tips or tricks to protect the paint?

haha.. Are there any coatings that I could apply DIY to reduce scratches?

I see, will the white turns yellowish in time too even with regular detailing?

Hey! Nice see-ing you here too!

Noted on the caveats, maybe i try apply on a small section and see how is the effect first. Any brands can recommend me to look into for starter?

Getting the car soon wanna preserve the white as long as possible..

Your white is platinum pearl white? noticed the touch up park abit dull, is this before you applied the basecoat B?

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Mar 30 2021, 09:38 AM

according to eztouchup, the rubbing compund can help to even out, but according to the official FAQ it will affect the surrounding original clear coat.

your touch up paint comes with 2 base coat (tricoat)?

Hmmm i think you may have got the wrong paint, for platinum pearl white should have 2 base coat.

1 is flat white another is the platinum pearl effect layer. I just got mine havent use it yet. Plan to test it on a paper first. Got 1 small stone chipped paint on car acceptance


This post has been edited by more2teayap: Mar 30 2021, 10:31 AM

Things get even more complicated when it comes to paint with special effects/tricoat paint like Toyota's Platinum Pearl White and Mazda's Soul Red Crystal because they have extra 1 layer of metallic coat between the basecoat paint and the top coat instead of mixing the metallic flakes into the basecoat paint


Yup EzTouchUp newer ones have extra rubbing compound. But for tricoat paints will have 5 bottles in total.

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Mar 30 2021, 11:25 AM

Just tested out on a paper. Happy to report back EzTouchUp Platinum Pearl White (089) turns out to be quite similar to the original paint provided with the clear coat application.


Top to bottom:
1. 3 basecoat A + 1 basecoat B + 1 clear coat
2. 3 basecoat A + 1 basecoat B + No clear coat
3. 3 basecoat A + No basecoat B + No clear coat

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Apr 3 2021, 04:10 PM

Any products recommend to polish out hairline scratches on interior high glossy piano black plastics?

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Apr 6 2021, 08:26 AM

wanna try soft99 smooth egg platinum coating?

could it be the wax is picking up the residue from the clay and leave it on your surface?

tempted to try but the price tag abit holding me back, waiting for good voucher in lazada/shopee. it should be similar to HCW as it contains SiO2 iirc

I'm using Trapo Classic, it is quite pricey and doesn't really feel worth when you held it, it is really light, feels like it is just made from some cheap foam.

But apart from that, I guess the main selling point for this mat is that it's really easy to clean compared to my past experience with coil mats and factory stock mats.

Whenever i wash coil mats, always there will be hairs got stuck with the coil fiber and small stones somehow got caught in it, need to dig it out with hands and really having hard time to wash it.

As for factory stock carpet, it doesn't holds small stones/sands in place, often the sands will just roll off the carpet, when your shoe is wet, oh boy, carpet just soaks right up and often i will need to spend quite a long time scrubbing off harden dirt from the carpet.

Trapo, IMO, easiest to clean, don't really need to scrub long to get off the dirt, and most of the time when i saw some sands/stones accumulated, i just remove it out from the car and just shake it off for a few seconds, don't need to dig out the sands/stones. Oh yeah and most importantly, really fast to dry up after washing with water, i just leave it indoor by the window, even though without direct sunlight it will just dry up after 1 day, the hardest part to dry up is just the edge as it is cloth material.

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Apr 22 2021, 10:51 AM

I never done leather restoration before, remind me a video i watched few days ago.



From the pics seems there are no leather peeling, so I guessing you will just need leather cleaner then dye (you really need to find the exact matching color else it will look bad) then leather conditioner/coating.

How much for their coating service? Do they provide maintenance or warranty recoat?

RM999 consider not bad la.. I did sent my Yaris for ceramic coating, the applicator warrants me for 7 years, meaning during the 7 years if the hydrophobic effect worn off or if I got my car repainted, I can just make an appointment for free recoat. I would say it's not a gimmick lar (just that some applicator advertised it until too extreme already, some mentioned it's scratch resistant and can prevent stone chips ) So far after a month and 3 washes later, can still feel the body paint is still really smooth, hydrophobic effect is still like new and washing off dirt is really easy, as of how long these effect will lasts, I'm still monitoring on it.

Last week I had my car repainted by the dealer on 1 of the body panel due to paint chipped upon car delivery, I had set an appointment for recoat as well. Hopefully all goes well

This post has been edited by more2teayap: Apr 25 2021, 01:17 PM

Yes it is better for your to touch up/respray the paint first then only go for coating. but some say better wait for the paint to fully set then only go for coating.

30 to 60 days iinm, it depends on the paint thickness and quality too.

First attempt touch up on tricoat paint (platinum pearl white) not perfect but better than 2 black chipped dots

2 layers base coat A
1 layer base coat B
No top clear coat



This post has been edited by more2teayap: May 7 2021, 04:47 PM