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12-30-2025
How? Not sure i see a difference between what they are calling "liquid" PPF and regular ol' ceramic coating...

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12-31-2025
A liquid or spray-on PPF is a sprayable silicone film. It applies like spray paint but dries into a PPF. It is removable like a traditional PPF. It also exhibits certain traits like spray paint ie you can add color to it, layer it, and some even allow flatting/polishing between layers. It's very different from and much thicker than a ceramic coating.
12-31-2025
Does it still have the self-healing properties of a traditional PPF, or is essentially an upgraded version of ceramic coating?
12-31-2025
just plasti-dip the car bru
01-01-2026
Phillies8008 wrote
Does it still have the self-healing properties of a traditional PPF, or is essentially an upgraded version of ceramic coating?
The spray-on PPFs that I know of do not have the self-healing properties of traditional PPF. However the spray-on PPF allows polishing, spot repairs and re-layering. You can argue that it does not require the self-healing properties.

Yes spray-on PPF is much more similar to Plastidip than ceramic coating in terms of how you apply it. But it is much thicker and resilient than Plastidip and is designed to last many times longer.
01-01-2026
Redd wrote
The spray-on PPFs that I know of do not have the self-healing properties of traditional PPF. However the spray-on PPF allows polishing, spot repairs and re-layering. You can argue that it does not require the self-healing properties.

Yes spray-on PPF is much more similar to Plastidip than ceramic coating in terms of how you apply it. But it is much thicker and resilient than Plastidip and is designed to last many times longer.
It's got to be pro-level application right? I could see this being a nightmare to do DIY...
01-02-2026
JerseyM3 wrote
It's got to be pro-level application right? I could see this being a nightmare to do DIY...
It is applied same as professional car spray paint, not from a rattle-can like Plastidip. You need a clean spray booth environment, UV curing etc. Definitely not for the casual DIY-er or weekend detailer. But it's a fairly new tech right now. Who knows, a DIY version might be introduced later.
01-02-2026
Redd wrote
It is applied same as professional car spray paint, not from a rattle-can like Plastidip. You need a clean spray booth environment, UV curing etc. Definitely not for the casual DIY-er or weekend detailer. But it's a fairly new tech right now. Who knows, a DIY version might be introduced later.
Interesting. I would imagine you can peel it off?
01-03-2026
Yes you can peel off the spray-on PPF, just like a traditional PPF. At a first glance it looked like it came off easier than a traditional PPF. It's early days still so it's unknown what the long-term wear characteristics of the spray-on PPF are like.
04-20-2026
Has anyone actually had the Nanopro Liquid PPF applied on frozen paint? Also, has anyone found a shop near the Greenville PCD?
05-01-2026
Kevlo16 wrote
Has anyone actually had the Nanopro Liquid PPF applied on frozen paint? Also, has anyone found a shop near the Greenville PCD?
Extreme Auto Spa does excellent PPF work in the Greenville area. I had my front end PPF’d after I took delivery of my new X3 from the BMW PCD. I was afraid they were small and inexperienced, but I was wrong. They gave me a tour and were working on 8 cars. Some were getting the flashy graphic wraps for the BMW driving school. Do a search on Bimmerpost and you’ll see lots of people from this forum have used them.