ScottHD ceramic coating test 2 year update thoughts?

[Cadfael]

The YouTuber ScottHD dropped his ‘final’* video of his Ceramic Coating video today. I’m not sure what to make of it. The hood that sits out back of his shop has reached 2 years and he tested the hydrophobicity (ie rinsed it) and then decon and clayed. Was really surprised that some of the Chinese coatings were still there and GTechniq CSL wasn’t.

* think he said he was going to leave it a month and see if the decon/clay hadn’t given a temporary result.

it did confirm that CQUK3 was one of the top.

what do y’all think of his results, testing methodology, etc?

 

[Coatings=crack]

Stopped paying attention to him after all his Pan jealousy and hate. Tunimg in more for [mention]The Guz [/mention] current coating tests.

Imitally though.... wasn’t excited about the products Scott used...


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[BudgetPlan1]

If i was looking for a product to use on a car that was gonna sit outside on cinder blocks for 2 years, perhaps a worthwhile test.

For a car that will actually be driven and subject to road grime, salt spray and real-world usage...not very applicable.

Just my opinion, YMMV.

 

[PoisonTheWell]

You’d almost need a hybrid of longevity and resistance, but with consistent panel placing. Some areas of the car just get hammered more heavily.

 

[The Guz]

I fast forward through his videos. It’s not a true durability test but it’s interesting to see how coatings vary in hydrophobic behavior.

 

[sixsix]

If i was looking for a product to use on a car that was gonna sit outside on cinder blocks for 2 years, perhaps a worthwhile test.

For a car that will actually be driven and subject to road grime, salt spray and real-world usage...not very applicable.

Just my opinion, YMMV.

And yet some of the coating can`t even make it to a year, so what does that tell you?

 

[donbeezy]

i like his videos. not a true real world test but the results he gets are far better then any other videos i have seen. I have CSL/CQUK3.0/SPS graphene/CSL+EXO/CQUK+Gliss on my hood right now as a real world test and CSL by itself has slightly fallen behind. Still beading strong but slightly less then the others

 

[Cadfael]

I take them with a grain of salt, just like anything online. Also been following Chicago Auto pros and Pan’s long term tests. There always seems to be one ‘interesting’ result in these tests. This one, for me, was CSL. In the latest Chicago AP, it was the Optiseal (though not as much so).

 

[Oneheadlite]

I take them with a grain of salt, just like anything online. Also been following Chicago Auto pros and Pan’s long term tests. There always seems to be one ‘interesting’ result in these tests. This one, for me, was CSL. In the latest Chicago AP, it was the Optiseal (though not as much so).

Can I ask what the interesting results were with OptiSeal? Just curious.

 

[The Guz]

And yet some of the coating can`t even make it to a year, so what does that tell you?

In my experience using many coatings not a whole lot. We don’t always see the persons coating application so there is always the variable of improper install. And yes that happens to the best of us regardless of experience.

Using a particular product in ones own environment is a true test to tell if a coating is good or not.

But most take these testing videos as gospel as cost plays a factor for a particular person. Essentially what’s best bang for the buck.

In the end trying a coating or two is the best way for an individual to find what works for them.

 

[roscopervis]

I like the fact that the tests are consistent and he repeats them to check consistency. He presents what he gets, with no hype.

What I have found quite telling is how much more durable Exo V3 is compared to Exo v4 which continues to disappoint.

 

[sixsix]

In my experience using many coatings not a whole lot. We don’t always see the persons coating application so there is always the variable of improper install. And yes that happens to the best of us regardless of experience.

Using a particular product in ones own environment is a true test to tell if a coating is good or not.

But most take these testing videos as gospel as cost plays a factor for a particular person. Essentially what’s best bang for the buck.

In the end trying a coating or two is the best way for an individual to find what works for them.

That`s true with any online review. I still rather his method over the ones that just spray APC on the panel. That tells me nothing as I don`t wash my car with an APC, but it does sit outside in the hot sun all day. I know from my own testing that most 3 year coatings won`t make it to two years. I have cquarts lite on my truck and the doors were pretty much dead after 4 months.

 

[BudgetPlan1]

And yet some of the coating can`t even make it to a year, so what does that tell you?

It tells me what to use on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard if I lived in Texas (I believe that`s where he is located). Probably doesn`t tell me what would work best on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard in Buffalo, NY though.

 

[Cadfael]

Can I ask what the interesting results were with OptiSeal? Just curious.

That it was completely gone within two weeks. I know OOS is a product that has wide variation in what people claim to get out if it (1 month to 6 months) but that seems really short.

 

[Cadfael]

It tells me what to use on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard if I lived in Texas (I believe that`s where he is located). Probably doesn`t tell me what would work best on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard in Buffalo, NY though.

He lives near Tyler which is Far East Texas, Piney Woods region I believe.

 

[sixsix]

It tells me what to use on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard if I lived in Texas (I believe that`s where he is located). Probably doesn`t tell me what would work best on my `73 Nova sitting on jackstands in my backyard in Buffalo, NY though.

What I`m trying to say is that if a 3 year coating can`t make it to a year on a panel that just sits outside, then I would expect to last even less if it`s on a car that actually driven.

 

[BudgetPlan1]

What I`m trying to say is that if a 3 year coating can`t make it to a year on a panel that just sits outside, then I would expect to last even less if it`s on a car that actually driven.

In general, that would be my thought as well but given a more extreme example, is it possible that a particular coatings` formulation is more or less resistant to individual climate conditions? Say coating `A` had a makeup that was more resistant to extreme UV conditions like in Phoenix AZ but afforded less protection to things like non-UV related environmentally abusive conditions and coating `B` which had greater chemical resistance but lesser UV protection, something that would do better sitting under acid rain in another area that did not have nuclear sunshine?

Too many variables to definitively come to consistent conclusions.

 

[noorth]

Stopped paying attention to him after all his Pan jealousy and hate. Tunimg in more for [mention]The Guz [/mention] current coating tests.

Imitally though.... wasn’t excited about the products Scott used...


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Me too, i was turned off from all that....., whatever it was.

I think most know Pan is more bias then most youtubers, it was no secret. I still don`t know what the point of it all was. Destroy pan i guess, he has never sold me anything. After the video with him at TW i was out. lol I don`t need any protection from scottHD or urdog or something, people make their own choices on what to buy or not. I would never buy anything from undrdog personally.

Scott used a lot of products i never even heard of, not that its bad.

 

[Coatings=crack]

Me too, i was turned off from all that....., whatever it was.

I think most know Pan is more bias then most youtubers, it was no secret. I still don`t know what the point of it all was. Destroy pan i guess, he has never sold me anything. After the video with him at TW i was out. lol I don`t need any protection from scottHD or urdog or something, people make their own choices on what to buy or not. I would never buy anything from undrdog personally.

Scott used a lot of products i never even heard of, not that its bad.

Pan lost me at Bead Maker as I did not has the exuberance as him. My beef was Pan list on all his video that it is a paid endorsement when it is.

When someone sent him the Nova Lustre and Jet to try he admitted that and gave them credit. I watch his video’s as i would a commercial.

What Scott did was out him for getting paid which we all already knew if you paid attention to his video like pan or not he was honest.

For UndrDog and Scott to leak his financials pointless and just trying to start drama to increase views I feel. Bad form.

Don’t really watch either anymore....


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[noorth]

Pan lost me at Bead Maker as I did not has the exuberance as him. My beef was Pan list on all his video that it is a paid endorsement when it is.

When someone sent him the Nova Lustre and Jet to try he admitted that and gave them credit. I watch his video’s as i would a commercial.

What Scott did was out him for getting paid which we all already knew if you paid attention to his video like pan or not he was honest.

For UndrDog and Scott to leak his financials pointless and just trying to start drama to increase vues I feel. Bad form.

Don’t really watch either anymore....


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I actually just watched scotthd`s 2 mth update lol I guess i`m a sucker. Where he finds all these products is interesting. He must spend hours on amazon and ebay looking for these products or something.