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Originally Posted by Tokay444
You're shopping the wrong coatings. Mine is far harder than clear coat. My 9 year warranty has no yearly maintenance. I use fallout remover every spring because I don't hand wash very much in the winter. Ceramic coat your PPF.
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I did coat the PPF. Bumper film is still trashed from road debris.
Biggest snake oil myth in coating industry is the use of the pencil scale. Most of those tests aren't done on cars, they apply the coating to flat painted steel for testing. Car panels are made of various materials and will react differently..
I'm surprised to hear you say "wrong brands" after I mentioned opti-coat, since I believe them to be one of the better pro grade coating options in the market. One of the more unique too.
Opti-coat uses SIC as a result of a chemical reaction vs Sio2 coatings which use Sio2 suspended inside a resin which bonds to the surface.
Main difference being Sio2 coatings use layers to offer longer warranties, along with different resin formulas. The resin which holds Sio2 will wear off. Opti-coats formula the SIC is formed as a chemical reaction that bonds to the paint, there is no resin that wears off. To wear that coating you need to wear off the SIC layer that bonded with the paint.
No matter the coating you need to perform some kind of maintenance to keep the hydrophobics up. Whether or not the installer requires it for the warranty varies.