Ceramic Coating My Paint

[TWISTED1]

The really interesting thing was that the little tiny beads that were left on the fender wiped right off with a microfiber rag. Does that mean anything? Dunno.[/QUOTE]

Hey Fuzzy,

I think it means you did it right. Now more riding and less washing and cleaning.

Steve

 

[DK Custom Products]

Looking good Fuzzy!

I'm thinking you're gonna like the "ride more, clean less" benefits!

Kevin

 

[paws]

I still would like to know if the stuff can be used on the timing cover plate behind the front fender...where the grimey road stuff accumulates.

 

[jjvw]

Thats why I built a lift. Nice be able to clean wheels sitting down

 

[DK Custom Products]

Been riding it a bit since the ceramic coat was finished.* Yesterday was the first day I rode it in the rain with the ceramic.

Here are a couple of pics of what it looked like when I got home-

Water is beading up nicely-

Kevin

 

[paws]

Looking good Fuzzy.

 

[ultrafxr]

Learned somthing about ceramci coatings

OK, so last weekend I was visiting with Kevin while he coated his gorgeous new 2019 TG. When he opened the bottle of coating he bought last summer it was not liquid but crystalized. Fortunately he had a new bottle. In talking with Nick at McKee's 37 today I learned that the creamic coating liquid is only good for about six weeks after the bottle is opened. i guess that's why the bottles are so small . . . a bigger one woulden't last. Yikes, I better get going on my other vehicles.

Today started out with rain and thunderstorms but then the system passed and it even became sunny and in the low 70s so I got busy doing the coating on my 2006 Buick Rainier. It's a pretty big SUV and I did all the steps as per McKee's daily driver kit which I had purchased along with the wheel kit.

Special wheel wash and clean folowed by Iron Wash on the vehicle. I guess in hard water areas this is important but we have fantastic water with little iron so this probably was not necessary. Then a full wash with the pre-coat wash folowed by clay bar of the entire vehicle. Then the pre-coat prep polish and finally the coating itself on the paint and then the coating for the wheels.

Took about 4.5 hours in total and the vehicle looks just great. Now this vehicle lives outside. It's probably been in an enclosure less than four or five times since I bought it in August 2006. And I hardly ever wash it and when I do it it in one of those touchless car washed. But the paint looks just great and with the creamic coating even better.

I'm sold on this stuff. Back in the 'old days' I'd work harder for less result.

 

[ultrafxr]

So you got the Tri. Congrats. I'm happy for you Alan. Enjoy.

 

[ultrafxr]

Yes you can. I specifically asked this of Nick with Mckee's 37 and he said it was OK.

 

[DK Custom Products]

It rained all morning, then this afternoon it was cloudy, with the sun peeking out now and then. I got the Sporty out and took a few photo's...

All photo's below are untouched...straight out of the camera, only cropped them.

...will get more next sunny day I'm riding.

Also got the TG out and took a few photo's-

Grabbed a few stills out of a video while pouring water on it-

Amazing how water reacts to the ceramic coating.

It just flows right off, the little bit that remains is all beaded up.

This photo shows why this Wicked Red paint seems to look red sometimes and orangish other time. In this photo you have red, pink and almost a yellow...light is hitting different areas of the paint differently.

I am very happy with how this ceramic coating has worked out. Not nearly as much dust/dirt settles on it, and bugs rarely stick, and when they do, they come off very easily.

Oh, and someone asked how spilled gas affects the coating. About a week ago I spilled some on the Softail, actually quite a bit from a malfunctioning pump. Within a couple of minutes I had rinsed the area with water. I cannot tell, visually or by touch, any difference where the gas sat/rolled down the paint. What. if any, effect it will have long term, I don't know.

Kevin

 

[ultrafxr]

Nick told me the shelf life after opening was about six weeks. Had mine maybe four or five but I've kept it sealed up tight. Just did the wife's car a week ago and it looks great - well as great as a '97 Infiniti I-30 with 190k can look, lol.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Wow! That was fast.

There was about 5-6 months that my first bottle lasted...but then somewhere a month after that it was crystallized. Not sure if I did not seal it well, or ??? But it lasted far longer than the advertised 6 weeks.

I am on my second bottle now, used it on the Sporty and the TG. Now that I've decided to put film on the TG, hoping that this second bottle is still good when I go to coat over the film in a few weeks.

Kevin

 

[ultrafxr]

Yep. That'll do it.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Just got this video showing the coating process on the Tri Glide uploaded-



Kevin