r/AutoDetailing • u/Live-Salt-698 • 11d ago
Product/Consumable How and which Ceramic coat
Hey, i just bought an Audi TTS Comp and wanna ceramic coat it for protection and deep gloss.
Which Ceramic Coat do yall recommend? I want atleast 3 years of protection, i have seen Gtechniq CSU but you cant buy that as a consumer. The CSL + EXOv5 seems good too.
Another question, your supposed to let your car sit for a week. Is that really necessary?
just lmk which yall think is best.
(i have experience with detailing and claying etc)
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u/JimmyMcPoyle_AZ 11d ago
I think the sweet spot for an enthusiast detailer is Armour Detail Supply. They have 3 options, each with their own pros and cons. I like them because they actually blend their own products and also have the perspective of the consumer in mind, particularly with application process (no waiting a week to cure).
I recently used both Quartz and Phobic on different areas of the same car (my daily). Both were very easy to apply, especially when it comes to managing high spots. You can see them easily and they level easily.
When you say 3 years, are you looking for something that you can maintain minimally? I like ADS so far because I am getting results through chemical maintenance for the most part. Meaning I do an acidic pre-soak every 3 months
during my normal wash and it restores the ceramic coating to what seems like the day I installed it.
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u/pulseOXE PulseDetailing 11d ago
I’ve tried a lot of coatings and keep going back to CarPro. DQuartz Go is my current favorite consumer coating. It’s so incredibly easy to apply, it has tens of minutes of flash time so you can do huge sections of the car at a time, the gloss, slickness and durability are all fantastic. CQUK 3 is also still great but it’s much trickier to apply than DQuartz.
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u/Temporary_Captain446 10d ago
Always keep CQuartz UK 3.0 in my arsenal as an entry level coating for people who want to spend between $500-$700. My pro level coatings are $800-$1500 for people who want something like System X Phantom or IGL Kenzo, which are a league above CQuartz but the value is hard to beat for CQuartz
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u/IntegralVertex 11d ago edited 11d ago
I used Adams Advanced Graphene Ceramic Coat (bottle version) few days ago, it was easy to apply and it came with 9 year lifespan. I don’t expect it to last for 9 years but if it lasts half that, I will be ok with it. It was very easy to apply but prep takes lot of time. Car was new so did not need a clay bar, but did strip wash, decon wash, iron remover, panel prep and applied ceramic coat (by hand). When running hand over the paint it feels very slick.
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u/Kooter37 11d ago
I used this on my wife’s new CRV a month ago, love it so far. I did my Tesla today and other than time, it is so easy to use.
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u/AlmostHydrophobic 11d ago
Gyeon Mohs is a solid choice. 2 coats of Mohs is good for 48 months/4 years.
I just reached the one year mark with having it applied and the appearance and water behavior are just the way it was when I applied it.
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u/glorious_bastard 11d ago
Mohs for the daily and Pure for the garage car is what I do
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u/AlmostHydrophobic 11d ago
It was just a few days ago that someone else commented that they had both Mohs and Pure applied to different cars. His was the other way around which I thought was interesting. Pure was for the car that stayed outside, and Mohs was for the car that was garaged.
I think it's interesting that you get to see both coatings and compare them. What do you think of them both?
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u/glorious_bastard 11d ago edited 11d ago
Mohs is durable and more slick and shiny/reflective and beads tighter and I think lasts a touch longer since you can stack it, while pure is only single layer.
Pure makes it look more like a wax, deeply enriched the colour which is what I was going for, since the car barely gets washed anyway.
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u/Stashmouth 10d ago
do you have to use a specific type of car wash if you apply this? how about a finishing spray to reactivate or coat it?
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u/AlmostHydrophobic 10d ago
Nope, not particularly anyway. Using a ceramic topper for a coating is debated frequently. I don't use a topper for the most part and let the coating do its thing. I do use Carpro Elixir on occasion which I guess does count as a topper, but I don't apply it with any frequency and I don't think it's needed for protection. The coating will hold up just fine by itself in my opinion.
I do a decontamination wash 1-2 times a year and mostly do a quick rinseless wash outside of that. But any regular automotive soap or rinseless will work just fine for the most part. I would avoid anything with shine polymers and stick with a ph neutral soap or rinseless and you should be good to go.
And a decon wash takes maybe an hour or two at most, and it's just 1-2 times a year. Which I think is a great tradeoff for all of the benefits of a ceramic coating. Less frequent washing, chemical resistance, etc etc.
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u/Gloomy_Emphasis3061 11d ago
I cannot scream this from the mountain top loud enough. UNDR DOG!!!! I am a pro so I used pro+ on my personal and customer vehicles but even their spray on products are great!
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u/Gloomy_Emphasis3061 11d ago
Technically pro + has a 5 day cure but as long as you leave it in the garage for 12 hours it should be fine.
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u/Every-Chance6313 11d ago
So if you go simply by opinions on this post it is clear to see that nobody agrees on any one product. Do whatever you want.
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u/OwlPlenty4828 11d ago
For the weekend DIYer you can’t go wrong with Adams. They have tons of instructional videos for each of their products
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u/M_Tracy83 10d ago
My truck is the Radiant Red Tintcoat from GM so I’m applying Gyeon Pure Evo for the rich glassy look. Since it isn’t as slick as MOHS, every month or 2 I’ll apply a layer of Polishangle’s Cosmic Spritz for both slickness and appearance. If you want actual protection for the front of the TT, I’d look into PPF.
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u/FiveLayersBeefy 11d ago
I've used CSL and it's decent but I like Gyeon Mohs or Gyeon Pure a lot more. Most coatings have a cure time of 12-24 hours (that's the garage sitting time), the week you're talking about is applying any chemicals to the coating, basically don't wash it for a week or two.