What is the purpose of Mercedes-Benz' Ceramiclear?

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BluBrett

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It seems like Mercedes' Ceramiclear doesn't help with swirls or scratches, so I was just wondering why they went through all the trouble of creating it?
 
It IS harder than regular clearcoat, making it more resistant to scratching and marring. Unfortunately it's hard to make a paint that's as hard as quartz (sand) and other rocks (dirt), so it still does get scratched.
 
I find it noticeably more scratch and chip resistant compared to a lot of the Honda's and other soft paints.





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I agree with the above....plus, have you ever seen an oxidized Mercedes with ceramiclear paint?? I haven't. Seems to hold up pretty nicely against UV damage / fading.
 
Noting that I have no experience with Ceramiclear, only with other "hard paints"... I like 'em. I *DO* find they resist marring better, but yeah, it's a pretty minor diff. Enough of a diff for *me* though; I can go a loooong time between corrections on my harder-paint vehicles, even when they get used really hard year-round.
 
Alot of my clients have SRS on their MB's and they are always noticeably less marred than their others. I think it's a benefit.



Try comparing the chips in the hood (SRC) vs. the bumpers (non-SRC) to see how they vary.
 
JohnKleven said:
It is fairly hard, but I find BMW paint is much more difficult to polish out scratches. IMO
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You mean the not-stupid-soft BMW clear, right? The stuff on my '97 M3 was just *incredibly* hard and difficult to correct (even via rotary).
 
I didn't know it actually did help with scratches. I was just judging off of what most pros say on this site in the before and afters. My Acura's Canterbury Green paint marrs at the drop of a hat, so it would be nice to have some harder paint.
 
BluBrett said:
I didn't know it actually did help with scratches. I was just judging off of what most pros say on this site in the before and afters. My Acura's Canterbury Green paint marrs at the drop of a hat, so it would be nice to have some harder paint.
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I actually consider paint hardness when shopping for vehicles; I simply won't own anything with really soft paint. The lacquer on my Jag is pretty soft, and that's enough of that for this guy!
 
Accumulator said:
I actually consider paint hardness when shopping for vehicles; I simply won't own anything with really soft paint. The lacquer on my Jag is pretty soft, and that's enough of that for this guy!
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after seeing how bad my Acura has chipped up after 2 years of use, I will definitely add paint hardness into my new vehicle choice! ;)
 
RaskyR1 said:
after seeing how bad my Acura has chipped up after 2 years of use, I will definitely add paint hardness into my new vehicle choice! ;)
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Ah, you mentioned *chipping* :think:



I was thinking of *marring*. I've had really hard paints that chipped something awful, like my wife's 3rd-gen RX-7.
 
Accumulator said:
Ah, you mentioned *chipping* :think:



I was thinking of *marring*. I've had really hard paints that chipped something awful, like my wife's 3rd-gen RX-7.
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Yeah, but cars like Benz, BMW, Audi, VW seem to be more chip resistant that a lot of other cars. Not sure if it's a paint hardness thing or not, but it's definitely something I've noticed.
 
RaskyR1 said:
Yeah, but cars like Benz, BMW, Audi, VW seem to be more chip resistant that a lot of other cars. Not sure if it's a paint hardness thing or not, but it's definitely something I've noticed.
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Zee Germans definitely have paint down. Audi/VW seem to have some amazing paint, very marring/swirl/chip resistant. A little thinner than I'd like but so much better than the Asian stuff. American cars are dead last in the paint dept.
 
Ceramiclear paint is noticeably more resistant to swirls when using proper washing techniques, plus correction is very straight forward. No guesswork, seems to polish out the same no matter what color.
 
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