Blk2015GT
Well-Known Member
I agree. It's the same pitch as the old "undercoating" from the dealership. something you simply may not need but is a big profit maker for them. Most people, not on car forums, have no idea what a coating does but dealer or detailer makes a big sales pitch and they drop $1000-1500; at a near 95% profit to the detailer as the coating itself and a foam applicator and a few microfiber towels costs $100 or less per car. What it actually does for bare paint is debatable when its on a microscopic level.The people disagreeing are the same people that will take Cilajet installation since the "Top Sales Guy" recommended it.
It also doesn't help there are 10+ different nano coatings to choose from all competing against each other, but I'm sure the guy arguing over cost also doesn't understand that most people put a coating over a PPF because otherwise it would wear and yellow due to UV rays, it's not just some gimmick!
They don't understand the amount of meticulous prep work goes into applying any type of nano coating
The prep work is 99.9% of the "pop" people post photos of (which I still think is hilarious to post pics of a shiny car with a microscopic coating on there as if one could see anything eye 6 inches from it in person) is the polishing. ANY car polished with care will pop like crazy as the defects/swirls/etc are affecting how the light hits the clear and reflects. Less swirls/scratches=more clarity/pop.
There are way more than 10; I've seen about 50. And who knows again, what it's doing or not doing versus another when you're talking single digit microns thick; a fraction of a human hair.
And FYI, coating isn't really necessary over PPF these days. Good PPF film has UV protection and the glue doesnt yellow anywhere near as easily as the old stuff from 10 years ago.
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