Is Graphene the next big thing for coatings?

mg031 said:
Looks like CSL is shedding water nicely... I still have a 50ml bottle laying somewhere. May need to find it and play around a bit
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CSL by itself seems to be the best so far..... beading/sheeting nicely, very little water spotting, had the least amount of darkening on the paint.... to some that may be bad (less gloss) but with a good paint correction, paint should look great anyways. did i mention it was the EASIEST to apply?
 
William_Wallace said:
Check this out also found a bottle of Cquartz lite I forgot I had it turn into a chunk of coating
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My bottle of CQ Lite just recently shifted over into jelly. I opened mine around May 2019, wondering if the plastic bottle is the main culprit, both the McKee`s 37 Sio2 coating in the plastic bottle turned to jelly, and now this CQ Lite in its plastic bottle. My old 3+ year bottles of CQUK are both in good shape still.

The Guz said:
I read that after you posted that. You were not kidding about getting defensive.

This almost reminds me of the first version of spray wax that 303 released.
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I still have that 303 Spray Wax on the shelf, not sure what in the world they were thinking! Lackluster hydrophobics and no slickness, how does the development team not pick up on that before it goes into mass production? The good thing about 303 was they turned that around pretty quickly with the updated formula, but then all I`m thinking is what good stuff that might have been in the original formula that could have boosted the "protection" did they have to sacrifice (if anything), to improve a little bit of slickness and hydrophobic behavior?

Anyone planning on picking up the 303 Graphene Spray? Turtle Wax should be next up to bat based on the MSDS list.
 
I didn`t post this here but I picked up the Adam`s one. Let me just say that a 2021 coating test is a go and I have some players lined up for new coatings. This will be one of them.

From an Adams facebook live video, we now have percentage amounts of RGO in their graphene ceramic coating and spray coating. The full coating contains 30% refined graphene oxide (RGO) and the spray contains 5% RGO. Not sure of the link will work.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=952675448476257

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bofh said:
To be honest, I have not read this whole thread. This weekend I put Adams Graphene coating all over my wife`s daily driver. It will take many months for me to decide if I like it or not, but I will share this: the user experience of applying it was GREAT. All the fussiness I`ve gone through with CQUK and others just wasn`t there with the Adams. It went on easy, flashed right away, and came off pretty easily. I went over windows, trim, paint-- all of it.
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I had the same experience it’s almost as easy as an opti seal to apply. At the end of the day once polishing is done it’s nice to have a product you don’t have to worry about polishing off.
 
bofh said:
To be honest, I have not read this whole thread. This weekend I put Adams Graphene coating all over my wife`s daily driver. It will take many months for me to decide if I like it or not, but I will share this: the user experience of applying it was GREAT. All the fussiness I`ve gone through with CQUK and others just wasn`t there with the Adams. It went on easy, flashed right away, and came off pretty easily. I went over windows, trim, paint-- all of it.
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I had the same experience it’s almost as easy as an opti seal to apply. At the end of the day once polishing is done it’s nice to have a product you don’t have to worry about polishing off. the one thing I really enjoy is how fast the water clears from surface. It has very good beading and any sort of tilt on the panel the water flies off. I have bought the spray coating and have applied it to 10 cars I can apply to entire car in under 20 minutes. I really like the Adams solvents and flash off which equal easy use!
 
On Pans you tube channel a gentleman from B&B Blending give a explanation on graphene and its use in current market conditions.
 
KBsToy said:
On Pans you tube channel a gentleman from B&B Blending give a explanation on graphene and its use in current market conditions.
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Pan has really produced some very good content lately not the normal highest bidder for his advertising content but some inside look content that was very cool to hear from companies.
 
William_Wallace said:
I had the same experience it’s almost as easy as an opti seal to apply. At the end of the day once polishing is done it’s nice to have a product you don’t have to worry about polishing off. the one thing I really enjoy is how fast the water clears from surface. It has very good beading and any sort of tilt on the panel the water flies off. I have bought the spray coating and have applied it to 10 cars I can apply to entire car in under 20 minutes. I really like the Adams solvents and flash off which equal easy use!
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I’ve only ever messed around with coatings from Adam’s so far. My wife’s car is coated in the paint coating and my car is done with the ceramic spray coating. I’m going to add a layer of the Graphene spray coating to mine and probably add a second coat of the ceramic paint coating to hers or top it with the Graphene coating.


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Astouffer512 said:
I’ve only ever messed around with coatings from Adam’s so far. My wife’s car is coated in the paint coating and my car is done with the ceramic spray coating. I’m going to add a layer of the Graphene spray coating to mine and probably add a second coat of the ceramic paint coating to hers or top it with the Graphene coating.


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Remind me where you are again. You can`t go wrong topping the coating with one of the spray coatings. Possibly even consider a double coat of the spray coatings. That seems to help with durability. Easy to use and do.
 
Astouffer512 said:
I’ve only ever messed around with coatings from Adam’s so far. My wife’s car is coated in the paint coating and my car is done with the ceramic spray coating. I’m going to add a layer of the Graphene spray coating to mine and probably add a second coat of the ceramic paint coating to hers or top it with the Graphene coating.


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same here I only tried there ceramic they all have been great the first spray coating I was using in direct sunlight trying to get it on thick and just to play around with I actually prefer it now in that way. I have the graphene full coating on my daily it’s been very good so far stays a little cleaner than CQUK. I also have the graphene spray I have enjoyed the ceramic line there solvent and flash and wipe off are just to easy. I have not tried any other Adams products. I guess it’s accurate to say I dig BB blessings coatings. I assume the jade coating are very similar
 
Skimmed through the last few pages of this and reminded me to check my bottle of Cquarz Lite, was about half full and yep it has solidified. Oh well got 3 vehicles and many parts out of half of it and still impressed by it.

Haven`t been watching many detailing videos lately as but did click on this one as his content is always stellar. Does seem to be agreeing with others in the thread that graphene is the latest but it`s not the greatest. Yet

 
Yeah about the Cquartz lite the little bit that solidify was not a complaint I liked the size I thought it was good to show a photo of the high solids content

Here it is dried out it a nice clear product some coating are yellowish
 

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Skimmed through the last few pages of this and reminded me to check my bottle of Cquarz Lite, was about half full and yep it has solidified. Oh well got 3 vehicles and many parts out of half of it and still impressed by it.

Haven`t been watching many detailing videos lately as but did click on this one as his content is always stellar. Does seem to be agreeing with others in the thread that graphene is the latest but it`s not the greatest. Yet

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I like Sandro’s and loach’s video how they shoot your able to gage the product water behavior really well with the different things they do
 
I pulled the trigger on a $2.58 graphene coating claiming 80% graphene 20% silica sounds like I bought a bismuth rock
I’m gonna throw it on trailer wheel fenders or a harbor freight tool box
I will also dry some to see what it looks like
Description:

Features:
Net content: 30ml, 50ml, 30ml+ accessories, 50ml+ accessories
Main ingredients: Graphene 80%, Silica 20%
Details: 1 bottle of graphene plating solution, 1 piece of sponge, 1 pieces of cloth

Product description: Suitable for the paint surface of all vehicles. The use of high-purity graphene crystals has high hardness and elasticity. It forms a high-brightness, strong water-repellent and durable protective layer on the paint surface. It is the best product for paint surface maintenance.

Usage: 1. Use detergent to clean stains on the painted surface
2. Degrease the paint surface of the car with a degreasing agent
3. Pour the crystal plating solution onto the crystal plating sponge and spread it evenly on the surface, then wipe it with a towel.
Protection for door corner, avoid scratch of the car.
Package includes :
1pcs

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BudgetPlan1 said:
Well so much for graphene being too expensive for meaningful use in coatings; $2.58 for 80%...and 10h PLUS to boot
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Also note that it’s v2..... also doesn’t coat the car.... it’s a hydrocoat! Hitting all the buzz words.

I truly hope this blows all coatings out the water at $2.58




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