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Old 07-18-2017, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Mark
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My daily driver sits outside so I thought it would be helpful.
Had it applied locally by a certified installer in Atlanta. Car stays cleaner but in my opinion the shine and protection was not much better than a good sealant and was the coating was costly.
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Old 07-18-2017, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Mark
Ceramic coating does not prevent etching from bird poop.
In my experience, admittedly with a black Infiniti, ceramic coating was the only way to keep my son's car from getting destroyed. His assigned parking spot at school was right under a "well populated" tree for years.
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I had some Mothers gold scratch remover laying around,it got ride of 95 percent of it
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Ceramic Pro !!!!! Have had it on my car for a year. No wax needed , brilliant shine and most importantly has protected the car from birds, sap and road paint encounters
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Sometimes the paint is etched enough that you have to actually wet sand the paint, then polish it back to a gloss finish...
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Originally Posted by DebRedZR1
Ceramic Pro !!!!! Have had it on my car for a year. No wax needed , brilliant shine and most importantly has protected the car from birds, sap and road paint encounters
If you don't mind me asking, how much did the ceramic pro cost?

To the op, buffing or a very fine wet sand then polish
= as good as new. Your ok bud, wasn't on that long.
Old 07-20-2017, 06:29 PM
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Xpel ultimate is your friend and good luck getting the bird poop stain off the paint.
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Originally Posted by Cercone
If you don't mind me asking, how much did the ceramic pro cost?

To the op, buffing or a very fine wet sand then polish
= as good as new. Your ok bud, wasn't on that long.
It varies on the package and your location. With paint correction---$500-1500. I have Expel on front and select other places. Ceramic Pro over.
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Originally Posted by jpbls
Had my shark grey Z in my driveway for a few hours yesterday,otherwise it is garaged.Had some bird **** on it,cleaned it off.It left a mark in the paint that I cant get out.Car has at leat 4 coats of Z2 and a couple coats of Zaino clear seal.Hard to believe it left a stain.I clayed it,waxed it,still there.Never had this issue with any car that ive owned
try Turtle Wax compound ,the white stuff, with a random orbital buffer set on 5 and an orange pad. That should work

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compound, then wax. If that don't get rid of it, that bird ate some toxic berries.
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Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
Sometimes the paint is etched enough that you have to actually wet sand the paint, then polish it back to a gloss finish...
I agree with this. I had hard water etching that could only be seen at angle on my car. It took wet sanding to get most of it out without taking the orange peel out.

Forget the polishing and compound. If it is acidic to the paint it will take sanding 90 percent of the time. Trust me when I say this, use 3M Trizact sand paper. You can buy it for a sanding block. (I used 3000 to 2000 levels) This will allow you to cure any minor scratches in the future, also. This type of paper is actually padded where you dont have un-level sanding contact. You can buff out the marks with 3M compound or even Meguiars Ultimate compound with a microfiber pad.



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