Paint Coatings: Why You Should Care, or Care Less...

[Dellinger]

Greetings folks,

Thought I would share my blog series on paint coatings...
Post #1 is my personal take.
Post #2 is an interview with Chun Chieh Keong, CEO of IGL Coatings.
Post #3 is an interview with Corey Carruth of CarPro US.

Linked below is the third post of the series with Corey. You can fined the links to the other post there.

Paint Coatings… #3: Interview: Corey Carruth, owner of Sky’s the Limit Car Care - dellingersdetailing.com

Hope you enjoy,
-Gabe

[jrock645]

Are cliff notes available? I`m interested in main takeaways but probably don`t have time to read all that.

[richy]

Gabe, that was so well written and informative! Very well done Sir, very well done indeed.

[Civicclutch]

sorry i dont read a whole lot it takes to long. short discriptions yes, long things nope not a chance

[heisenberg]

Great info. Thanks for posting.

Glad I don`t read slowly

PS - Is that you in the Cardinals hat in the first post? If so, nice choice!

[Migue]

I enjoyed this interview, thanks for sharing.

[Dellinger]

First off... if you don`t have time to read it, then you already have your mind made up or you really don`t care. Sorry if you feel otherwise. In all honesty, this was developed, in conception, for folks in my market interested in coatings but weren`t quite sure they were getting the straight sauce. Thus, my blog.

Richy- thank you for the kind regards. You have always been an inspiration to me for sure!

EDIT: This wasn`t `click bait`... you received legitimate information about coatings. I gave you my perspective and those of product experts and even asked them where a wax/ sealant would be beneficial vs. a coating. Cheese & Rice people!

[JBM]

I read it, even the one with IGL, nice job.

If you dont read it you will miss Cory drop a hint at a new carpro product. Boom, click bait.

[WaxAddict]

THANKS. I enjoyed this. I`ve been wondering why I have never tried a coating, and one paragraph in your blog defined it for me. Below, in purple, edited for millennials.

"Secondly, some customers are very particular in how their vehicles appear at all times."... "a paint coating would not serve his interest well since the coating would be removed by the frequent polishing sessions."

yeah that`s me. I polish twice a year and I`m not a pro. The few cars I`ve been paid to do, no one knew the difference in a sealant or carnauba. In fact, they don`t know the difference between polish and wax. A coating must be a hard sell, but enthusiasts and/or high-line car owners are likely on-board

[WaxAddict]

sorry i dont read a whole lot it takes to long. short discriptions yes, long things nope not a chance

You obviously don`t write "to" often either.

[Civicclutch]

[QUOTE=Dellinger;2062539]First off... if you don`t have time to read it, then you already have your mind made up or you really don`t care. Sorry if you feel otherwise. In all honesty, this was developed, in conception, for folks in my market interested in coatings but weren`t quite sure they were getting the straight sauce. Thus, my blog.

its not that i dont have time to read really it that reading is so hard for me. i barely made it thru high school cause of it, i can read and all it just takes so long to do it. but i am gonna read it cause my wife said i should and that i wont get better at reading unless i push myself

[Civicclutch]

You obviously don`t write "to" often either.

it actually takes a while to write to cause i have problems geting the words in head down

[silverfox]

Mike has written about the need to polish a car more than once a year even garage queens if you want that show car look year round. Coatings imo are ill suited for such show car looking demands. They are better suited for people that don`t want to spend so much time messing with their cars paint

[Dellinger]

THANKS. I enjoyed this. I`ve been wondering why I have never tried a coating, and one paragraph in your blog defined it for me. Below, in purple, edited for millennials.

"Secondly, some customers are very particular in how their vehicles appear at all times."... "a paint coating would not serve his interest well since the coating would be removed by the frequent polishing sessions."

yeah that`s me. I polish twice a year and I`m not a pro. The few cars I`ve been paid to do, no one knew the difference in a sealant or carnauba. In fact, they don`t know the difference between polish and wax. A coating must be a hard sell, but enthusiasts and/or high-line car owners are likely on-board

This is what it`s all about... glad you got something out of it. And totally agree... some times they make sense... sometimes they don`t. Get to know your customer`s lifestyle and expectations.... THEN go from there!

[Dellinger]

Mike has written about the need to polish a car more than once a year even garage queens if you want that show car look year round. Coatings imo are ill suited for such show car looking demands. They are better suited for people that don`t want to spend so much time messing with their cars paint

You bet silverfox. I think Corey mentioned one thing that really spoke clearly to me and I never thought of it this way.... in the interview he said (and paraphrasing here) that if you are looking for a coating to keep your car`s paint *perfect*.... then a coating may not be for you. I think this a huge takeaway and coatings have been portrayed, generally, that they will keep your perfect from any and everything... when that is clearly not the truth.