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      01-12-2020, 06:18 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Paladin1 View Post
Ceramic Pro here. Makes maintenance much easier, but it's not maintenance-free. Still needs regular washing, and "refreshing" annually. But less effort than multiple hand-waxings over the same time. More expensive, but less effort. The paint needs to be professionally corrected prior to coating, because the coating is considered "permanent," although it can be removed by claying and buffing, but definitely harder to remove than wax. It does look nice, and stays nice looking longer. At a cost.
I bit the bullet and spent the $$ for all the reasons Paladin cites above. Because the car was new, I thought I could avoid the paint correction and save a few pennies to offset. No such luck. Even without "dealer prep" they found a few areas on my car that needed attention.

I'm only two months in, but washing has been largely reduced to pressure washing and toweling. I will ceramic coat my next car in a heartbeat.
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