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Originally Posted by afadeev
That's doesn't sound right.
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Ceramic coating takes 2 to 3 weeks to fully cure (depending on several factors), and depending on which website you read you'll find different answers as to how long you should wait to expose it to any type of moister. |
OK, can you site ANY sources to substantiate your 2-3 weeks no-water exposure claim?
That insistance is highly impractical and bordering on absurd.
Here is the video by DIY Detail team addressing the subject matter:
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1. What's the real world difference between Graphene and Ceramic coatings?
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Definitely - marketing hype and premium pricing on Graphene labeled products!
Possibly - increased longivity, but all longevity claims are unproven, highly suspect, and impractical.
For example, any product that claims 5-10 year protection is fibbing, as none have been on the market that long. More importantly, your car's paint will pickup swirls and scratches in the course of a year, never mind 5-10 years. You will want to go back in and polish those out, and then re-coat the area. So what good is a 5-10 year longevity claim if every panel on your car will have been re-coated by then many times over?
Same goes for any coating (consumer or pro) 5-10 year "warranties" - all of those are worthless if you read the fine print!
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2. Can these coatings be applied to glass and plastic (such as exposed plastic bumper or other black plastic parts). If yes, will it wear off faster from glass due to wiper use?
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Yes, and yes.
Cross material application and longevity are two biggest advantages of ceramic/graphene coatings vs. wax. You no longer have to mask rubber parts off before waxing, or work to remove wax overflow - I just ceramic/graphene coat over all surfaces with no white hazing or discloration on rubber and plastic.
Some plastic and chrome trims fade over time, so you may want to first polish those out with appropriet restoring products, or apply black dies to black plastic first. Then allow those to dry before ceramic-coating over everything!
Glass it the MOST troubleshome area because it gets constant scrubbing from the wiper blades.
I've tried more glass ceramic/graphene/nano/whatever coatings than those for any other surface (Adams (multiple versions), Gyeon, Griots (multiple versions), Stoner, RainX, and others I'm forgetting right now). None lasted more than 6 months. Some decay gracefully, some induce massive wiper skip/chatter and require some form of intervention after 1-3 months, but all wear off WAY before the promised longevity benchmark. I've even tried ceramic coating the wiper blades together with glass - same outcome.
Coatings applied on other areas of the glass (rear, roof, sides) do last much longer than RainX (old benchmark). But the wipers destroy ALL windshield coatings in <6 months.
At this point, I'm not sure anything lasts longer than RainX + RainX topper in the winshield washer fluid!
HTH,
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