1 MONTH UPDATE : Cerakote Ceramic Paint Coating. Is It Holding Up? 

✅ Click here to purchase the updated v2 version of the Cerakote Professional Ceramic Paint Coating: amzn.to/3KvFG6h MAY 2024 UPDATE: Cerakote has finalized its new version 2.0 with updated curing mechanisms. It now comes in a clear/frosted bottle to make it different from the first version in a black bottle. They reached out to all their customers that had ordered the first version, offering a free replacement. If you were expecting to hear from Cerakote but didn’t, you can reach out to Cerakote at info@cerakoteceramics.com and they will get you taken care of right away. Cerakote is still offering a FREE kit of their Professional Ceramic Paint Coating ($100 value) to qualified professional detailers through this link: bit.ly/4bg8Ph8 Detailing enthusiasts can enjoy a $40 discount on their two bottle kit bringing the price down to $60 through this link: cerakoteceramics.com/pro-paint/ Have you tried Cerakote? Share your experiences in the comments below!

Hello all you car enthusiasts. I know nothing about this topic, however, I am a firearms enthusiast and can say cerakote has been a durable, trusted firearm coating for probably 15 years now. Perhaps that helps inform your confidence level.

Pan, thank you for taking the time to explain the facts and nothing but the facts! I know a video like this takes a lot of time to produce, and I appreciate the format and the detailed information!

I purchased the 2 bottle kit for my wife and I vehicles. Followed all their recommend steps. Came out awesome!! The ease of application, slickness and gloss is insane. I thought 2 bottles would be enough for both vehicle but the first vehicle took a little more then one bottle. Contacted Cerakote customer service and they apologize and sent me another bottle for free. That’s customer service. Thanks Pan for all your great videos!!

Thanks for this follow up video from a Montreal follower ! I look at a few detailers video but I must say following a car like you do after having a ceramic coating applied is the best way to teach us as well as prove your hunch with this product is the right one! As a engineer I like to see the results so I can have a great coating on our cars !!! I did not finish your video when posting this message, I am going back to see the end. Great job !!

Great video as usual, Pan. And THANK YOU for showing an everyday car w/no garage care. Some of us don't have shelter for our cars. Please keep doing a follow up on this vehicle if possible. I live in the PA rust belt & want to get the maximum info/ protection. I had mine professionally ceramic coated 4yrs ago & they advertise exoctic customers they have, not average people. U dont do that. And I DID see Josh's video & he too, is down to earth. Merry🎄Christmas & a Prosperous New Year. 👍

Thank you for the update, Pan. I am a DIY detailer who ordered the Cerakote Ceramic Coating following your tour of their Oregon facility. I’ve been waiting to apply the product to my 2021 Santa Fe until I was able to view some of the feedback pertaining to application tips/experiences. Today’s video showed me that there should be no hesitation to use Cerakote as long as the application instructions are closely followed. I have also been wondering about applying Cerakote to the vehicle’s glass. I think following your testing, I’ll purchase a separate product for glass use.

Thank you Pan. I have really got into detailing thanks to your videos. I used Turtle Wax HS line and Cerakote Trim on our 2 cars with excellent results. I have gotten over 6 months out of the initial application (full decon, clay bar, 2 applications of ceramic with 24 hour cure between) so far and both cars coatings are holding up extremely well. I do a full wipe down 1-2 times per week with TW ceramic detailer. Full wash about 1-2 months use TW HS Wet wax to dry. I suspect because I am cleaning and “topping” the ceramic so regularly it will continue to hold up for a year if not longer. Ceramic is amazing and is a game changer. So easy to keep the cars clean.

Hi Pan, Honest and true video. Yes I believe everyone that watches your channel like I do trust your opinion. We all thank you for that. I personally as a DIY'er myself bought the Cerakote after seeing your demo video. I will be applying it on a customers car in the next month. I will do my best to video before and after then upload it to my account. I would have loved to get some free but I didn't have a license required for the form online. Anyway I will keep you informed on how it goes because I know you read all the comments. Thank you for all that you do.

Thanks for spending your own time and money to make these HONEST videos for us Pan. Keep it. Happy Holidays from Chicago!

Pan, I am so glad I came across your channel. I bought a new car last October after trading in my 1996 Mercedes (I still have my 1996 Isuzu Trooper, and they both still look good and run great). I’ve always maintained my cars properly, and regularly washed and waxed them. But the finish on my new car was so nice, I researched ceramic coatings, and I watched many videos, and came across your channel. I eventually decided on a particular brand of coating, but was hesitant since many video tutorials made it seem so difficult. Then a week after getting the car, I hit a puddle of fresh white road paint and didn’t notice it all over the right side of my car. The next day it took me hours to carefully peel all of the semi-dried paint splatters from the door panels and wheels with my finger nail (the wheel wells will have to wait), and decided to go ahead and order the ceramic kit. Then I saw your video touring the Cerakote factory, and the incredible deal you described, and I immediately ordered it to be air-shipped, since cold weather was coming. The following Friday I called Cerakote to get a status on my order, and was told that due to a computer system error, that all air orders were shipped by ground. I became a little upset because I knew freezing weather was coming after that weekend, and I don’t have a heated garage. But Cerakote offered to ship another kit overnight all at their expense, and that I could keep the ground-shipped kit when it arrived. And I was told that I would not be disappointed. It arrived the following Monday morning, and by that afternoon I was doing the neutral wash and the temps dropped quickly while I was drying, leaving ice all over my car. I took off work the next day, and after the temperature rose, I finished drying the car and wiped it down with the prep spray, and then started applying the Cerakote. It went on very easily, but I don’t have any experience to compare to. I then waited about 7 minutes for each section since it was cold out, but not freezing. Wiping off each section and then buffing with a fresh towel was extremely easy compared to wax, so I kept going working my way around the car. Cerakote’s FAQ mentioned doing additional coats if desired, waiting 15 minutes between coats, so I did 2 coats, and I was able to do the external bodywork of a compact SUV and still had some left in the bottle. I then put 2 coats on one of the wheels, and finished for the day. And I thought it all looked really good. Until the next morning, when it looked really great. As if it had been slightly cloudy the evening before, and it became crystal clear overnight as it further cured. The metal flake had more depth, and looked more 3-dimensional. I couldn’t wait to see it in the sunlight. And there was a noticeable difference between the coated left front wheel and the un-coated left rear wheel. Not much, but it was noticeable. I then applied 2 coats to the remaining wheels, and then the running boards, door jams, and the rear hatch jams. The car came with piano black b-pillar plastic trim and the spoiler trim full of swirl marks, so I ordered an Adams hand polishing kit and got rid of the swirl marks, then applied the Cerakote to the spoiler trim pieces and they look great (haven’t had time to coat the b-pillars yet). Also applied it to the windshield, the back window, and the wiper blades. I have only had the car in one light rain and really didn’t have to use the wipers much, since the Cerakote acted like Rain-X at higher speeds, but the next morning after the car dried in the garage, it looked like it had just been washed and waxed, and it still does after more than a month. Conclusions The first thing that I noticed after buffing out a section of the hood, the paint felt slick but not oily, like wax does. Now, a month later, the car doesn’t even look dusty. But my truck, which was waxed, does look dusty. I think the wax tends to attract and hold the dust, where the Cerakote, not having that oily surface, doesn’t hold the dust. That’s probably why it always looks freshly waxed. I did 2 thinner coats to ensure complete coverage, but they weren’t thin enough to cause the applicator to drag. Pan’s Easy Brilliance video, which came out a few days after I first used the Cerakote, shows him initially dowsing the applicator. Now that I know, I could have used just 1 heavier coat and saved some time. I coated the textured black plastic trim along the running boards, around the wheel wells, and part of the bumper. I hit a mud puddle while driving in the rain, and after the car dried, there were only a few small specs of mud on the plastic right behind the front wheels. The Cerakote should help to keep the mud off until I convince myself to spend the $250 on OEM mud flaps. Can’t say for sure because I don’t want to test it, but I believe if I had used the Cerakote before hitting the puddle of road paint, the paint splatters would have come off of the doors and lower plastic trim much easier. When I contacted Cerakote to inquire about my order, they went way above and beyond what I expected after I realized I wasn’t going to be doing the 2 coating projects that I had planned for that weekend before the drop in temps. I did end up having to endure cold temps, but that’s just my bad timing, like with the paint splatters. The ease of application and the results of the Cerakote made up for it. My father’s new car is just going to have to wait. The questions I had about coating plastic and glass were immediately answered with a phone call to Cerakote tech support. I got Cerakote Rapid Ceramic and a Cerakote Ceramic Headlight kit for my girlfriend’s car. The Rapid Ceramic went on so quick and easy, and it is holding up very well. Even after the 40% off sale is over, the ease and results of the Cerakote Professional Ceramic Paint Coating make regular wax obsolete. After watching numerous videos to learn about ceramic coating, what it is and how to apply it, Pan’s videos are definitely the best. drive.google.com/file/d/1cjnxP5ZggvDKIGyKAKUMdBF1oZZw6X2X/view?usp=drive_link

Great video Pan! Performance from your test looks great, other than where the windshield wipers went and I appreciate you showing that. As you mentioned, the people from Cerakote are beyond top notch and some of the nicest people I’ve met. When you went over their claims in the brochure it does point out that their claims are extremely accurate and not overstated, again time will tell for overall durability but so far so good. I really appreciate their approach to durability claims and shining some light on performance of coatings. When I spoke with the ceo he did mention like you said that it is a beading coating and although the door seems to do both bead and sheet water, I am ok with that since the water is getting off the panel so quickly which makes my life easier when drying vehicles. I’m testing on my own as well but for me in San Diego my vehicles don’t get as exposed to the one you used (quite dirty from the winters in Canada ha) so I really love seeing the performance you’re getting in those conditions!

Your background with science and knowledge of these coating makes it so much easy to understand the behavior of chemicals. I watch your channel to learn in depth about the chemicals and use them on my client's cars. The two coating I have stuck with is Carpro and Adams. Did good quality testing on them and I can say they perform the best for me (CarPro 3 year coating is still on the SUV I coated in 2017). Proper maintenance is key to all the coating. I will try this Cerakote pretty soon. Thanks for all the info. Have a very happy and prosperous New Year.

Merci Pan pour le video. C'est intéressant de voir des nouveautés de protection. Bien hâte de voir dans 6 mois / 1 an ce que ça donnera. Good job 👍🏼

Thanks Pan. I, too , read some of the negative comments on other channels. I appreciate how you always take the high road even though some of the comments were very negative towards you personally. There will always be those negative, unhappy people in the world who to them the cup is always half empty. Personally, I have learned so much from your videos and appreciate the time and effort that you put in to bring us quality instruction and products. Do you receive money from sponsors? I certainly hope so as you bring their products to many potential customers. Are you biased toward these sponsors products because you received compensation? I don't think so as I feel that you feel a responsibility more to your followers than to your sponsors. Sponsors come and go and if they don't like honest critique of their products, then sponsor someone else who cares more about the money than their reputation as influencers. Sorry for the long comment, but I just wanted you to know that there are many of us who truly appreciate what you do.

Hi Pan , great video! Looks like it’s performing well! Was wondering why you didn’t do a pre/ wash with all that salt and grime first! Thanks for the update!

Thanks Pan! Great video! Love ur real world updates! And I was especially looking forward to this one from you. This coating sure is polarizing! Thanks for ur honest feedback as always. Looking forward to more on this. Hopefully u can get the vehicle back, but who wouldn’t want ur car washed by Pan! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 🧽 🚘

Happy to add my two cents here - I have applied it on 2 cars so far since you introduced it Pan, my sons 2005 Toyota Tacoma, and my daughters 2014 Mazda 6. Will apply again when we get our new BMW shortly. The shine is great, but in my opinion a lot of that is due to the paint prep steps you outline so great in your videos. Too soon to tell how it will hold up (applied both within last two weeks). For those curious, it took me 11 hours of going through all the paint prep steps and coating application. Gives me great appreciation for the professional detailers out there, and why it can be expensive to get this professionally done - it takes a lot of time to get the paint ready. It took me and my son 6.5 hours to do his Tacoma. Steps were as follows (thank you again Pan for all your videos that outline what to do and your question feedback) - wash with foam and hand wash, Iron X for chemical, and clay towel for mechanical, decontamination. Then used 3D One for compound/polish. Then CarPro Eraser for complete paint wipe (alcohol), then the Cerakote Ceramic Coating. For those wondering, the ceramic coating itself is extremely easy to apply, and extremely easy to remove (waiting 5 minute after application per panel). Again time will tell how it will hold up. Having done two cars, I feel ready to tackle my new Beamer when it arrives. Thanks again Pan for the update and look forward to more of them. For the cost and ease of application, I can see why you call it a disruptor.

Thank you Pan. Enjoy your holidays and have a happy healthy New Years.

Great video! Love the honesty and candidness. Love your content in general. Keep the videos coming!

Pam I did my wife 2020 CRV garage keep 4 weeks . Love it so far.thank you for all you do.

Love your channel Pan. Happy Holidays to you and your family. I learned so much from you and Thank You. Keep up the great work.

Hey Pan! Always appreciate your insight and POV. I use cerakote on my detailing rig and its holding up beautifully. Thanks again for the work and effort you put into these videos. Appreciate you 🙏🏽 💚

Thank you for doing such a deep dive into this product I am a DIY that have been taking fairly good care of my cars but never considered applying my own ceramic Coating until now. Really appreciate all your helpful videos. Merry christmas, and happy Boxing Day

Thanks Pan! Love to hear objective opinions.

Thanks Pan for the follow-up! I'm also excited to see how it does on the first wash. It was a breeze to apply, and its great to see a product perform at a very competitive price.

I love these longer form videos personally. Hopefully your analytics agree and they keep coming 😂

Pan - THANK YOU! I didn't think I would sit through a 78-minute, 1-month update video; but then I started to understand the ulterior motive of this video. It went way beyond a product update. I'm with you; I get SO tired of people who have nothing better to do than create chaos, hate, and discontent. They ignore facts, solicit angry emotions, and provide nothing constructive. Sadly, that seems to be the case with almost everything online these days. Again, thank you! Regarding the product, I've taken advantage of the deal as a DIY'er. Unfortunately, my garage is not climate controlled, so I'm still eagerly awaiting the opportunity to test Cerakote. I will definitely post an update. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas, and I wish you a very prosperous New Year. God bless.

I always look forward to your performance test and appreciate the honest feedback on products

Thank you Pan , again amazing video . Please keep on making informative videos. I have used Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light on my own Vehicle and its in year 4 and has only weakened on the middle of the hood were most of the engine heat is. I do yearly maintenance on the car in late September and add C2 topper only . This September I put this coating on my neighbors car and a formers co-workers car and they loved it.

Thanks Pan for another great video on this coating. Got my free one and going to do one of my vehicles and first of the year. You’re top notch in my book and so informative!! Have a great Christmas Pan !!

As always Pan, love your content. I’ve put this on 2 vehicles and I love the experience working with this product. Real world test will always show true results in my experience. Happy holidays to you and yours. And thank you for the update.

Thank you for the videos and tips through the year Merry Christmas to you and your family …

Merry Christmas Pan! I really enjoy your videos. I must tell you that I'm very fond of paste waxing my cars. I'm still very pleased with Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions paste wax. Being retired, I only detail my cars, family member's cars, and close friend's cars. Other's detailing is by very special and expensive request. Waxing a car is very therapeutically relaxing for me. Thank you for your presentations.

Hi Pan, I really enjoyed your review and I am interested to hear your findings further down the line in terms of durability. This is why I enjoy your channel and respect your views as you have great integrity and professionalism. You also have a great philosophy on life, too. Keep up the good work and all the best, John.

I am thankful for the two free bottles and will be trying this product out very soon. To be honest I am simply using this product as a sealant at first but with the proper decontamination preparation. I will also go around the vehicle with a quick polish to ensure the surface is clean and then do an ipa wipe. The only installation aspects I would like to see improved is shaking the bottle for thirty seconds before every panel. I will be giving honest feedback and would be more than happy to share my results with Cerakote if they want my feedback. Thank you for the video and I hope you had a nice Christmas.

I've just used the cerakote ceramic trim restorer on a car and it was awesome , restored the colour and made the car look much better and looking forward to use the professional coating on a car in the new year ! After watching this video today I'm sure i will be buying the professional coating a lot more next year , Happy Christmas Pan and here's to more great vids in 2024.

Hey Pan, i love these longer videos! I would love for you to test the diy coating line!

Great update Pan. I watched Josh’s interview on his channel with Brian from cerakote. It was a great interview and the ceo seems to be a standup guy.

Great video Pan! I have ordered a couple kits and will apply them once the weather gets nice again! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Looking forward to more great content in 2024!

Thanks Pan. I always look forward to your videos! I also purchased the product after I saw your tour of the facility and I’m planning on putting it on my 2023 supersonic red tundra. I was wondering if you could do another update on that vehicle with a decontamination wash to see if it performs better on the sides of the vehicle. Thanks again Pan.

Good news! We have just completed shipping out nearly $100,000 worth of free samples of Cerakote’s Professional Paint Coating to you, the professional detailers, who have been patiently waiting. Once again, thank you for your patience. We are still offering a FREE kit of our Professional Ceramic Paint Coating ($100 value) to qualified professional detailers. Detailer enthusiasts can enjoy a $40 discount on our two bottle kit bringing the price down to $60.

I just tried Ceracote coating. OMG! This is an awesome product! This is the -best ceramic coating I have tried. Thank Pan!

Nice update honest review and the car looks like my RAV after a week on our roads. Good to to see Eddies comments. 🇨🇦👍👍

Easy to apply, amazing results, and excellent price make this a great coating. I'm very happy with the results on my car after a few months. I bought and installed immediately after the first video.

Just received my free kit and looking forward to applying it to my Detailing Van over the Christmas period. Have a great Christmas 🎄 🎉Pan.

Well done! Starting my 2nd year as a DIY. A sponge for information, specifically around coatings, which I’ve yet to apply. Going with the spray on coatings which perform really well. A follow up question next.

Merry Christmas everyone. Great video Pan thank you so much. I would love more tests like this. It is so interesting.

Great update, Happy holidays to you and your family.

Started on back top of my X3 with adams graphene advanced and saw i was gonna run into issues AGAIN (first time was 2 years ago) and said oh heeeelll naww!! Switched to cerakote and my heart rate quickly became normal again. The slickness. The gloss. The ease of application. OMG. At this point i dont care if the beading isnt there. Ill add quick beads of something else after my car washes. No biggy. The gloooossss. 😮. Oh and went back to the top back hood and put a polished on setting 1 with essence plus. Hopefully that evens put those high spots. I’ll check back when i pull tge car out for inspection tomorrow. Thanks for your vids pan. Ive learned almost everything i know from them. Joyeux Noel!!

Yasou Pan, Thank you for the update and your Honesty. This is the reason why you have the Largest car detailing videos! Merry Christmas to you and yours. Kala Xhristougenna! NIKOS

Thank you Pan !

Great information, pan. Thank you for making these videos.. im a product junkie and love your vids.. merry Christmas

Happy holidays Pan!

Loved the update and routing for the subsequent updates. I'm on my second week with Cerakote, did first wash with n914. I didn't try on the windshield because i ran out and didn't want to use the 2nd bottle, no snow/salt roads here, my doors are still beading water like their video, i think I'm on the same page about 95% of day 1 for now. Car is normally in the garage 4 days a week, but it was outside a day and driven in a rain storm this week. I think i see a water spot issue coming up next based on close examination with lights, extreme hydrophobics increases the risk of mineral deposit from the environment. I use di water for rinseless, and luckily winter is mild here; this isnt even an issue for me in other seasons. I bought DiyD waterspot remover but I will keep carpro descale on my list in case i need alternative for a ceramic safe mineral remover (edit looks like descale not safe on this). I think that's what's happening to your customer's door right behind the wheel, this coating builds up scale very fast. Haven't done a contact wash yet, probably will do a touchless neutral foam at the 1 month mark. Contact wash for me might not be needed for many months based upon how my car is treated and Cerakote keeps car clean longer ("self cleaning"). Cerakote CEO confirmed in the IMJOSHV video that this is a non silicon dioxide formula so no hardening.

Hey pan, you got a love all of the detailers that are all of a sudden chemist, and have professional opinions

Wow, after seeing you blow the water off so easily, im sold!

Appreciate the honesty in this Pan, very interesting topic, I myself have received 2 free bottles just recently, free shipping all the way to New Zealand which is awesome. I'm yet to apply it but really looking forward to it, I'll use GlacoUltra on the glass after seeing Cerakotes glass performance, which isnt a problem for my use case. Thanks again Pan, great video.

Amazing video as always Pan!

After watching your original application video and this follow up I just ordered the kit for DIY use. I’m first going to be correcting paint as a Spring project with my Dad (retired mechanic with body shop experience) on my 2006 vehicle, since there are lots of rock chips and scratches to be addressed first. I’m excited to give it a try and appreciate your videos and honest reviews.

Ugh cant wait until spring to apply this coating to my mk7 gti!! Merry Christmas Pan and fellow viewers, love from Nova Scotia!

Just ordered own bottles of ceracote, can’t wait to see results of. Thanks for nice reviews Pan!

Great video as always! Wish you lived nearby because I know who I’d take my car too. Very knowledgeable and entertaining to watch. Merry Christmas!

Great video Pan! I'm looking forward to getting home after the holidays to do a complete process on my 2015 Murano. I just put new tires on it.

I put the coating on my wife’s 2023 Prius and it’s beautiful. It’s been two months and no toppers and looking great . It’s a good coating.

Merry Christmas, Pan!

decontaminated and corrected the paint on my M5. just finished applying cerakote last night. applying the product was simple and the beading sweating characteristics were easy to identify. I allowed the coat to set for appx. 5-6 min per panel, temp appx. 68 degrees, garaged. What I noticed immediately was how slick the surfaces are and the gloss. So far I am impressed with the product and look forward to seeing how it performs. Really can’t thank you enough for the insight, vids, and tutorials. thanks PAAAAAAAAAAAN!

I just used this product on an Audi Q5. I an not a professional but I have done about 10 car with products like CarPro Quartz UK 3.0, SiC, Geon's Mohs. I can tell you that I was stunned but the gloss and the slickness that I got. No other product came close. This is out of this world. The hood was a real mirror. I have a photo where you can see me and the celling as clear as a mirror. It was super easy to apply. I cannot say anything about the hydrophobicity. Time will tell. So far I would say this is the best product I have used.

Très intéressant et complet comme d'habitude. Je devrais recevoir ma bouteille gratuite dans quelques jours, j'ai très hâte de faire le test moi meme voir les similitudes ou non! Merci pour la plug!

Excellent video, I just had the clear coat repaired on my Black Sapphire Metallic E92 and will be coating the paint in 90 days when the paint cures.

Great video thanks!!!

Merry Christmas Pan! To you and your family 🎅😊

Once again, great job !! I will be testing mine soon however having used there trim restoration kit my expectations are very high from a company that makes such a great trim restoration kit , Cerakote .

The « detail » according to Pan. Great video as usual. All your recommendations have been great. Haters gonna hate as I always say. Too bad. Merry Christmas to you and the family. Cheers!

I’m still new to this and like to do as much research as I can about a product before purchasing. I have also had a similar issue with a product everyone touted as a solid product (hydro2). It is what it is. I think the issue is how the cerakote was touted to be better than all of the products that they produces. Who knows, it’s new and we all know new products may have kinks to be worked out. It could even be an issue of something that happens in shipping or something that’s causing issues for people, like temperature fluctuations that they don’t see at the factory. I will continue following to see how it holds up and compare it to the other coatings I’m still researching.

Hi Pan, I did try this coating on one of my test hoods. Looked beautiful, felt great. Held up to Adams, but I did a round of descale and active foam and it seemed to degrade. Had CanCoat and Seal n Shine on the other 2 sections. The CanCoat and Seal n Shine held up. I am a huge fan of their Trim restore product, and have no doubt they will come up with a better v2 of their Ceramic coating in the next year or so, and I’ll try it again. For now I don’t trust their current Ceramic coating formula because I have to use the stronger soaps every now and then in my environment. Great content.

I'm definitely gonna try it. I have good results with trim restore wipes.

I honestly think that this is all a great lesson to everyone. Nothing is guaranteed. We watch all these great RU-vid content creators and read reviews to gain some experience that we otherwise may not have ever got. Then we make our own purchasing decisions. None of these RU-vidrs are responsible for the product that you buy. That is between you and the seller. I think everyone from this community shares valuable knowledge but that’s it. I would have never found any of these products as quickly as I have without Pan, Obsessed garage, Josh, Eddie colon, any others that I didn’t name here. They are only here to help and not to tell you exactly what to buy if a product fails that is now the seller. We should all stop blaming and just be adults here. If something is new wait and be methodical about something. If it is new just know you will be part of the test group and know that you need to contact the company or manufacturer. When I go to car dealer for a tire and the tire is made incorrectly I wouldn’t blame the dealer for a tire being made wrong I would blame the tire manufacturer. The dealer just helped me install the tire. Understand it’s knowledge and help and nothing more.

We tried it and so far, the client is satisfied with results. also we offer maintenance washes so will keep you posted on durability here in this Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Weather. The coating was and easy application versus what we use 4-5 years ago. We did delivered it after 4 hours of curing but it was not raining. hopefully hydrophobic properties will remain for it maintance wash 💪🏼 (which I’m sure we waited 5-6 min per panel when applying👀) thanks again Pan 🙏🏼🎄!!!

I recently purchased the 12oz spray of cerakote. It's instructions said to gently shake for ten seconds. Pouring the product into a glass after a vigorous shake I could see there were chunks of the product not yet broken down it would seem the more you shake the better.

No matter how you pronounce drama, it’s kind of funny that there’s so much of it. 😂 I would probably make for the easiest to satisfy customer because forgive me but I’m not concerned about beading or hydrophobics. It’s a cool effect and it helps with washing the car but personally, I’m obsessed with gloss, shine and slickness. That’s what brings me satisfaction after doing any kind of wash on my car as I did today when I ended by using Cerakote’s rapid ceramic paint sealant. Side note, I wish they would change the sprayer on that rapid paint sealant bottle. I also have the Cerakote ceramic coating but haven’t used it yet because of all the rain we’ve been getting. Thanks for all the info and inspiration, Pan. Happy Holidays! 👍🏽

Yup, Reading the Directions is KEY......👍

Great video Pan, with some really strong thought out points. Although I regularly apply Ceramics for customers, I dont recommend them and and dont use them on my own vehicles. I have a C63 Booked in early January that my customer has requested Cerakote Ceramic on and this should be a good UK test vehicle. It spends most of its time away from me in the harsh Scottish Highlands but comes back monthly for maintenance washes, I'll let you know how it survives! As a pro, my preference is a good wax, and my personal choices are Fusso Soft 99 or more recently Geyon Q2 wax., both of which stand alone will last 6 to 9 months in harsh North East England conditions, so long as they are not subjected to the awful hand scratch washes we have in abundance over here!. I also find that a quality SI02 can be used stand alone to good effect, though these are sensitive to correct prep and application in the right conditions to avoid streaking. So why dont I like ceramics? Well keeping the vehicle 24 hours under cover to cure is a pain, they are a pian to remove if the car ever needs paint, but perhaps mostly because I think they give customers a false sense of security and promote careless maintenance washing ,much like a lot of 4x4 drivers come unstuck pushing to hard in snow! Each to his own though and as you say "do what works for you"

Hello Pan! First, let me congratulate you on a wonderful job. I love your channel and as a semi pro detailer, I’ve learned a lot from your videos. I have a question. Would it be possible to apply Carpro Gliss on top of the Ceramikote?

I would never understand why someone likes to bash something that someone else created , maybe they should create something themselves instead of being a hater. Not one client or Detailer will put a client's car threw a torture test . It's ridiculous they are interesting to see but that's all. Thank you pan for.your honesty brother

Great video, as always! We'd still love to have you try a few of our coatings. You'd spoken of the low price of the coating and that you hadn't seen any other good coatings priced that low. Our BLACK RHINO coating is actually only $49.95 and it's a 4oz bottle. We're getting ready to blow quite a few minds with our new sizes and pricing that's coming up. As always, wishing you well... and keep up the great videos.

2nd time watching this. This video discussion is such a teachable moment in time. Unfortunately one caveat is listening is a skill and so is patience. Defamation is verbal poisoning. Again it’s unfortunate 😌😔. Appreciate the time you take and give us you professional opinion and professional/ corporate examples 👌

Looking forward to the traditional end of the year Pan Bloopers reel.

Subjectiveness and expectations play a role in using detailing products. Myself, I can see water behavior, slickness, and beating. Gloss on my black Volvo is harder to measure with a meter. Durability has too many factors influencing its lasting power. Again, thanks for the tutorial!

Bought this CERAKOTE kit. Plan to due my wife’s RAV4 in the next couple of weeks. Will keep you posted.

Preach it brother. Stuff looks great, and its never going to be perfect. Plus they could edit the formula over time if needed lmao. Got my package and looks great. Excited to get it in my car in the spring.

I commented on the last video that I wouldn't recommend this product and I stand by that. I went through all the proper steps from a decon, claybar mechanical polishing, and panel prep. When I was done applying the product I was so happy with the results, slickness, and ease of use of the product. After 3 weeks I was disappointed in how it wasn't beading the water like it should have been on the lower panels, and just sheeting, but the upper panels were fine. I used Carpro reset for the handwashed on the vehicle as well. I'm sure the protection is still there and ended up using Gyeon wet coat as a topper, and will have to keep using through the winter to get me through till I can coat it again. I'm not saying that Cerakote is a bad product, but there are better out there for cheaper, if your going through all the steps to ceramic coat your vehicle. I'm sure Cerakote will hopefully correct and tweak their formular to make it one of the top ceramic coats, but in its current form this isn't it. I used Nano bond off amazon and never used a topper for about 2 months after, and now 7 months later it still beads way better then the Cerakote. I ended up paying about $140 Canadian for the Cerakote vs $60 for the Nano bond. I did just buy some Bead maker, and dream maker and will mix them for the clean maker to use after every wash. Thanks for the Videos Pan.

I just wanna ceramic coat THE WORLD!!

I ordered the kit and when it arrived one of the bottles had leaked significantly. After a thorough prep I applied the leaked bottle to about half a cx9. It seemed to work fine and I was happy with the results. Next day put the other bottle on it seemed like I was working with two different products. the gloss was noticeably more and the shine was deeper. After three ski trips to the Colorado mountains the car was a mess. I took it to self serve and decrudded it. The crap flew off and the beading was insane. Followed with a rinseless wash in the garage. A spritz of Titan for drying aid and it looks amazing. Time will tell but so far I am happy.

No beading on the doors, IMO the coating has failed there. A beading coating thats now sheeting is worn off and has failed. Cerakote claims this is a beading coating, which it only will be on the less exposed panels.

I’ve used it, so far so good.

Well it's good enough to see the reflection of the tripod in the background so that means it really shines well mirror finish

As a member of the “alphabet-mafia” I really love this slogan “And remember guys: Keep it tight. Keep it clean…” (how the F did I end up here with this statement…it’s a really, really great channel that has nothing to do with “same-attracts-same-fun-side-of-life”…I should be ashamed…)

Hi Pan, do you need to do a prewash with Cerakote? Which do you recommend; Gyeon Pure vs. Cerakote? Me having a 2016 crystal black 😮 Ram got me into applying proper paint care with all the expected decon necessary. I am an enthusiast with 5 cars that i maintain for my daughters and wife and i always keep a pulse on products you review that are high on performance, ease of use & durability. I'm 53 trying to keep up with all these vehicles on a daily basis without a garage is challenging, to say the least! Thanks for all your content, helps me immensly! Take care.

To prevent fog or ice build up during winter season what product you recommend based on your experience... Rain x anti fog crossed Mt mind any other products ?