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Old Apr 14, 2021 | 03:27 PM
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Ceramic coating

Hi everyone, I have ordered a 2021 Superduty and the color I picked was the antimatter blue with the stone grey accent. my truck now is a 2014 in Ruby Red. I have religiously washed and waxed this vehicle and it shows and still looks great. I am wondering about the work its going to take to keep the blue nice and have been researching ceramic coatings. I have had people recommend ceramic coatings, vinyl wrap and even both. Does anyone have ant experience that could share to help me make my decision or should I just stay old school with wax
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Old Apr 14, 2021 | 05:17 PM
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A true ceramic coat will take about 3 days. It's not just coating, the prep work that goes into the job is more time consuming than the actual application. A true professional application will show up on your vehicles CarFax report.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2021 | 05:41 PM
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I did not know that thank you
 
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Old Apr 15, 2021 | 10:20 AM
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This recent thread in the 2017+ subforum may interest you: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ax-sealer.html
 
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Originally Posted by irly
Hi everyone, I have ordered a 2021 Superduty and the color I picked was the antimatter blue with the stone grey accent. my truck now is a 2014 in Ruby Red. I have religiously washed and waxed this vehicle and it shows and still looks great. I am wondering about the work its going to take to keep the blue nice and have been researching ceramic coatings. I have had people recommend ceramic coatings, vinyl wrap and even both. Does anyone have ant experience that could share to help me make my decision or should I just stay old school with wax
thank you for your input
I had my F450 ceramic coated (5 layers) and clear bra on everything from the doors forward and the lower section of the entire truck. it took the shop 5 days and was just under $4,000.00
a quick rinse and it looks new.
 
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thank you guys! appreciated
 
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Originally Posted by helifixer
I had my F450 ceramic coated (5 layers) and clear bra on everything from the doors forward and the lower section of the entire truck. it took the shop 5 days and was just under $4,000.00
a quick rinse and it looks new.
Is it bullet proof now???
 
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Is it bullet proof now???


Ballistic ceramic plates are a lot thicker than 5 layers of ceramic paint coating!
 
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