Cerakote Rapid Ceramic Paint Sealant

I know we keep taking this thread off the original topic, but at least we're still talking Cerakote...I experimented with the Rapid Ceramic Tire Coating yesterday. I'm trying to decide if I should start a separate thread about it.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I know we keep taking this thread off the original topic, but at least we're still talking Cerakote...I experimented with the Rapid Ceramic Tire Coating yesterday. I'm trying to decide if I should start a separate thread about it.
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Either works, I'm excited to hear your viewpoint. I actually ordered another bottle as I'm almost all the way through mine, which is not normal for me, they usually end up on the donate pile for one reason or another.
 
The Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat is certainly an interesting product. I scrubbed a tire on the car where the acrylic coating went brown on me (well, the tire, which is snowflake-on-the-mountain, so winterish compound which likes to brown, bloomed under the coating). First scrub was brown suds, second scrub was white, so I figured I was good to recoat.

However, after it dried I could see there was some bare rubber, some coated rubber, and some brown areas with the coating on top. I gave it another scrub and it was better, but still not perfect, especially in the ribbed sidewall areas which had brown trapped under the coating. I'm sure I could have switched to a more aggressive cleaner and a bunch more scrubbing and gotten it perfectly clean, but I was in no mood for that since I like to scrub and coat while I'm rotating tires and they are off the car and can put them on my tire stand and spin them around for easier cleaning.

So I put the Cerakote Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat on top, and the tire looks great. Interestingly after it dried it felt "rubbery", as opposed to the acrylic coatings which feel very slick. I'm thinking the Cerakote may be a great way to refresh an acrylic coating without starting the whole silicone cycle again (requiring a lot of cleaning before coating). This car doesn't get driven much so we'll so how the Cerakote holds up. If I wind up doing the other tires I'll start another thread and maybe have some pictures.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
The Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat is certainly an interesting product. I scrubbed a tire on the car where the acrylic coating went brown on me (well, the tire, which is snowflake-on-the-mountain, so winterish compound which likes to brown, bloomed under the coating). First scrub was brown suds, second scrub was white, so I figured I was good to recoat.

However, after it dried I could see there was some bare rubber, some coated rubber, and some brown areas with the coating on top. I gave it another scrub and it was better, but still not perfect, especially in the ribbed sidewall areas which had brown trapped under the coating. I'm sure I could have switched to a more aggressive cleaner and a bunch more scrubbing and gotten it perfectly clean, but I was in no mood for that since I like to scrub and coat while I'm rotating tires and they are off the car and can put them on my tire stand and spin them around for easier cleaning.

So I put the Cerakote Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat on top, and the tire looks great. Interestingly after it dried it felt "rubbery", as opposed to the acrylic coatings which feel very slick. I'm thinking the Cerakote may be a great way to refresh an acrylic coating without starting the whole silicone cycle again (requiring a lot of cleaning before coating). This car doesn't get driven much so we'll so how the Cerakote holds up. If I wind up doing the other tires I'll start another thread and maybe have some pictures.
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That's where the Cerakote shines, its not finicky like Tufshine. Its not rearly as duable but its 1/10th the work for maybe 1/5 the durabilty?
 
Dan said:
That's where the Cerakote shines, its not finicky like Tufshine. Its not rearly as duable but its 1/10th the work for maybe 1/5 the durabilty?
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I don't really find the acrylics finicky, but as I noted, I almost always do them off the car. It's just this one set that I had a problem with.

I like the acrylic coating because I do so much rinseless washing these days and it's easy to clean the coating with a rinseless, without having to resort to a hose like I would with a conventional dressing.
 
I don't recall any issues with a rinseless wash but I don't do them frequently enough to be sure.
 
What I meant is with a regular dressing you want to scrub the tires and reapply when you wash. Since I never have found a rinseless method I find workable for doing that, I used to do a rinseless on the car, and a hose wash on the wheels. Since I started with coatings on the tires, I'm able to do a rinseless on the wheels, which although I don't find ideal on the actual wheels, works fine on the coated tires.
 
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Setec Astronomy said:
What I meant is with a regular dressing you want to scrub the tires and reapply when you wash. Since I never have found a rinseless method I fine workable for doing that, I used to do a rinseless on the car, and a hose wash on the wheels. Since I started with coatings on the tires, I'm able to do a rinseless on the wheels, which although I don't find ideal on the actual wheels, works fine on the coated tires.
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Yep, that's what I'm saying. The Cerakote cleans up fine with a rinseless. Just wash the wheels and tires like you would with Tuff shine. And re apply if you need more shine.

Traditional tire shines, especially solvent based made a mess of my rinseless wash media and bucket.
 
I picked up a bottle of the spray rapid ceramic at Walmart. I used as a topper over some Zaino Clear Seal. The application is easy and it doesn't streak. It amped up the gloss a bit. I tested the beading and it was tight. Overall a good product. They claim a 50 wash lifespan. The fact that it doesn't streak is a real selling point. I have some Wolfgang SIO2 ceramic spray and it has a tendency to streak which is a huge PITA.

The Cerakote tire coating is really durable. It's the longest lasting tire product I've tried. As for gloss that might depend on a particular tire manufacturer. The results look nice but not overly glossy on a set of Nitto tires.
 
Yes, the Paint Sealant does really seem streaking resistant, even when you go overboard with it. Its a good product, but Tec582 and TWCWW stole its thunder for me.
 
So while the spray sealant sits somewhere in my detailing cabinet, I'm reaching for the tire shine for almost every car now. Really love this stuff, not only does it last, but it doesn't wreck wash media the way a lot of other products do. Washing a tire with rinseless or regular wash might get a little black on the wash mitt, but its not black goo like a heavy silicone dressing.
 
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