For lightly soiled cars, it works as a waterless car wash, ceramic car wax spray and light scratch remover. This wax is perfect for those who love to spend time detailing their car and want the best protection possible! Paintwork must be clean and degreased before applying the coating using the supplied block and suede cloths. Coating your car with a ceramic layer is one of the smartest decisions you can make to protect its paint and keep it looking shiny for a long time.

For our testing, we used two highly concentrated ceramic coatings: Adam's Polishes' Graphene Ceramic Coating Advanced and Chemical Guys' Carbon Force Ceramic Coating. We carefully applied each coating as instructed on the directions of each product in the Car and Driver garage, using proper safety measures, including personal protective equipment and ventilation.Cerakote's Rapid Ceramic Paint Sealant is about as cheap and simple as you can get in the world of ceramic coatings. The more concentrated solutions are applied by dripping the solution onto included applicators, rubbing the solution into the applicator, and carefully running those applicators across the vehicle's surface in a cross-hatch pattern (first up/down across the surface, then left/right across the surface). It recommends polishing to avoid trapping imperfections in the coating and cleaning with its Sealing PrePare. The coating can be applied on to clean, wet paintwork, spread with a damp cloth and then buffed dry with a second microfibre cloth. There are other products on the market that have roughly the same chemicals but are far more diluted.

In addition to its protective properties, Nexgen Ceramic Spray Silicon Dioxide also enhances the appearance of your vehicle by leaving a glossy finish. It works much like others here and is sprayed on to clean, decontaminated bodywork before being buffed. This should be done by a professional to avoid damaging the paint if you need to remove the coating. The durability and duration for which the coating remains intact on the vehicle’s surface are of key importance. Any small imperfection, from small bits of embedded brake dust to a stray leg of an unlucky fly, could be sealed into your vehicle's paint job for years.Plus, this product helps protect your car against the elements so that you can enjoy that showroom shine for longer. It recommends claying, paint correction and degreasing before insisting on using a strong degreaser and its Q2M Prep to strip off old coatings and waxes.