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Originally Posted by saltywetman
Ceramic coating just fills the micro pits of the clear coat preventing contaminants from getting lodged into these gaps which also allows water to easily bead off vs getting trapped into the imperfect surface. It essentially makes your top coat "smoother" but really offers minimal to no physical protection. No matter how many layers of ceramic coating you put on it is nanometers thick unlike wax which is a thick soft coat.
PPF is the better way to offer a bit of physical protection to the paint but depending on the film you get, it's not something that can be left on forever and needs to be removed with new film reapplied after an x amount of years. I believe most films say to not leave on for longer than 5-10 years. Not that the film goes bad, but it's the duration companies are willing to guarantee safe removal of the adhesive film from the paint, film left on for longer than the recommended age has the risk of damaging the paint upon removal.
If i were to do it again, I would ppf the entire vehicle followed by ceramic coat. I currently have full front with the entire car ceramic coated and there are less swirls on the filmed areas vs the ceramic coated clear coat. PPF tend to be self healing for minor scuffs and scratches therefore swirls disappear whereas ceramic coating be more easily physically marred.
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^ The statement about wax being a thicker coat than ceramic intrigues me, have never heard that. Source?