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Originally Posted by kch
Wax doesn't protect against physical damage. OC is used basically as another clearcoat to protect the factory paint underneath.
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Let me get this:
Paint thickness is measured in microns. 1 Micron is a thousandth of a millimetre.
Average paint thickness is between 125 microns being very thin and 200 microns which is very thick.
Most coatings, opticoat, Ceramic Pro is less than 0.1 microns. How is it going to protect it? It is less than 1% of the thickness of the thinnest paint. It is a lot of smoke to me. People get the wow factor when the car is detailed, paint corrected, opticoated and to finish it off, it is polished to give the car glass like surface. All three other components (detailed, paint corrected and polished) play a larger part than the Opticoat.