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 Ceramic coating vs PPF vs bi-monthly wax?, cost vs effectiveness

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abubin
post Jan 20 2020, 04:55 PM

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QUOTE(wild_card_my @ Jan 20 2020, 04:41 PM)
but if I drive in the rain, then park indoor, the water would take some time to dry off. Would i be better off wiping it away? I assume that the wax I have applied would make it easier for me to wife the water off the surface

Is it correct that the wax is the thing that makes the color stand out, shiny and all? Like how it is in the showroom
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Depending on how you want to take care of the car paint. Cause if just wipe, the dust will scratch the paint. Since you have a layer of coat or wax, it will scratch those instead. So it's sort of still protecting the base coat. As for shiny, you need to constantly go wash your car and apply coat. It also depend on your coat brand/quality. Some will last 1 month, some 3 months and some 6 months.

Currently I am experimenting using shampoo that can easy use for cleaning after rain. There are lots of such products out there from meguiar's to turtle wax to sonax to triplewax to rainx and so on. Spray on and then wipe and buff. Doesn't clean tough stains but if only rain water, it is sufficient.

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post Jan 23 2020, 03:53 PM

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QUOTE(Vervain @ Jan 23 2020, 12:16 PM)
Plasti dip
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plastidip is too expensive here to be worth using for body paint. Plus it is hard to get the spray to be evenly done. For wheels or emblems, it's fine.
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post Jan 23 2020, 04:45 PM

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QUOTE(Babytiffy @ Jan 23 2020, 03:53 PM)
Anyone heard of Ceramic Pro before? (https://www.ceramicpro.com.my)

As I am about to do with them too for my new car. Not sure if im making the right decision, as initially i wanted to go for full car wraps.
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They do a lot of ads on facebook and their website is very well created. I also almost went for them. If not mistaken their price is like RM499 for the cheapest one, right? Maybe you go try and then let us know?

LOL..personallly, I won't go for expensive coating cause if like 2k for coating, I might as well go for PPF wrapping.

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