A Detailer's Secrets On Applying A Ceramic Coating

In this video, you will get a step-by-step guide on how to apply a ceramic coating to your vehicle like a professional detailer. The video will cover all the necessary tools, products, and techniques required to achieve a long-lasting and high-quality ceramic coating on your vehicle.
The video will start by discussing the importance of proper surface preparation, including a thorough wash, decontamination, and polishing to ensure a clean and smooth surface. Next, you will learn about the different types of ceramic coatings available and the benefits of using them.
The video will then cover the application process in detail, including the proper technique and tools required to achieve an even and consistent coating. You will learn about the importance of applying the coating in a controlled environment and how to avoid common mistakes that can compromise the effectiveness of the coating.
Throughout the video, you will also get tips and tricks from experienced detailers on how to achieve the best results and maintain the coating for long-lasting protection. By the end of the video, you will have a clear understanding of the entire process and feel confident in applying a ceramic coating to your vehicle.
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[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

I have such respect for the actual concentrated, laborious work that goes into this line of business.

[@Twiztid_Metal]

Nothing short of amazing, you are a true inspiration to detailers, hobbyists and business owners alike!!!

[@jcard184]

These videos motivate me to up my own detailing game, thanks for the tips and how to's!

[@madwax1360]

Well done J-dogg....I wouldn't expect anything less than perfection from you.

[@Andy_Rew]

Thank you for this, no one ever can explain this well ❤️❤️

[@jasonhewett9858]

Came across this video while doing research about ceramic coating for a blog I'm writing. Incredible work. I live in NYC so I don't have a car anymore but I've used this channel a lot for information and I'm blown away by what you can do with the right skills and tools.

[@soapa4279]

Glad you pointed out that prep is most of the work. That’s why I shrug when I see people commenting on product reviews saying a product doesn’t last, and you see their picture of an old contaminated swirled up beater car. The same prep is even more critical before a true ceramic coating.

[@mannyharrington5347]

Great series Jason! Very informative, car looks awesome.

[@scoupemaster]

beautyful work at the end,very good series,lots of good info!!! keep it coming

[@VictorHernandez-nt3tw]

Love these series! Keep it up!

[@Kuku-et8hw]

Great series of videos. Each episode was very informative. Thank you

[@erichammond2466]

You found your calling in life - keep up the great work. Wow

[@antoniopappacoda5496]

Loved the series!!

[@aknaz47]

Fantastic attention to details, Awesome Job!!!

[@zekemedders2301]

I enjoy watching theses videos, great stuff to learn. I’m super picky about my truck and it’s cleanliness, always wanting to Know how to keep it clean. Thanks for these videos!:)

[@matirs342]

Great series guys. I have CSL on my car, great coating and very easy to use

[@socalsoilder1]

You guys make some of the best videos. I’m hooked

[@williamthomastaggart5080]

Jason, great series. This was one of the best blogs from start to finish. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, and the great staff at Chicago Auto Pros.

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Cheers, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well.

[@rondhole]

@@ChicagoAutoPros HOw much the cost to do all those?

[@MirandaDetailing]

I loved this series guys!!

[@GoebelsDetailshop78]

Awesome videos man !!! Good stuff 🔥🔥🔥

[@KyleFonrose]

Great straightforward series 👍👍👍

[@tonymattisson6158]

Awesome work and video series! Have watched them all. You have done them very thoroughly with a lot of information in them. The GTi looks beutieful! And where is the sun when you need it LOL! Follower from Sweden

[@goldn_srt9471]

Awesome series!👍🏼

[@3hungee]

Hey Jason, I used to own a red GTI like your's. I chipped the rear edge of the bonnet paint lifting up the wipers like you did. And then I found out about "VW wiper service position" which moves the wipers up to the top of their stroke allowing you to hinge them out away from the screen. Full access to the screen for cleaning and much easier to get to the cowl also. Your car looked awesome at the finish, great job mate.

[@reefdiver6573]

Awesome series Jason. Obviously, from the questions below, some people aren't listening to the great guidance/instruction you have given.

[@philpeacock9839]

Really great video as I'm really interested in the ceramic coating and now I know how much work goes into getting your car looking that good.

[@GallopingHill]

Great series and awesome technique. Wish you guys would open a shop in New York City!!!! We need you here!!

[@leedixon5007]

Love you guys. Very informative video . All the best from England.

[@shawngraham2946]

Loving your vidoes!

[@clintw02]

Great series and good info

[@brianowens2943]

Great job Jason thanks for showing us

[@bbuildingmarch7060]

Very good disclaimers and attention to detail! Thanks!

[@flakodetails6400]

Love your vids, keep up the good work, CA 😎✌

[@paulknights8506]

Fantastic video. I’ve got a car I really like and what to apply the coating professionally,

[@TheChaosHome]

Looks amazing👌🏻🔥🔥

[@FISTER_700]

Awesome video!

[@justingenio8584]

Excited to get my MK7 GTI put through the same process next week. Gonna get that fresh out the factory shine again

[@norcalspitshine9067]

Nice definitely learned some good stuff in the videos.

[@OgleBilly]

Jason, hats off to you on a job well done! White is super hard ( for me anyway) to coat because it’s hard to tell where you need to go or where you’ve been! I love Gtechniq products as well. Thanks for the super video!

[@rallyboy101]

great stuff and thanks for sharing knowledge

[@markperry5015]

Thanks guys great vlog as always love it cheers. 🇬🇧🇱🇷

[@philiphiggins4822]

Excellent job

[@geekfreak618]

That's about the only thing I've never used on my vehicles. Have to try it after seeing this video!

[@armandosautodetailingllcak4513]

Dude you did an awesome job I have learned a lot from this great video thanks for sharing 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@rcast1986]

As a fellow videographer, I gotta say this is a fantastic edit. Great work.

[@Humbo00]

Loved this 🤟🏽

[@Procrastinatorgarage]

Great informative videos. I appreciate it and hopefully I can start pushing myself to sell some coatings. Have you used SPS Graphene coating yet? I will be hopefully offering that too.

[@kennethflnes947]

The best detaling cannel !! Kenneth- Norway

[@tejael1]

Man your level of detail is amazing! Really wish you had a spot closer to Florida. I can maintain the car but I would love for your company to do first detail your approach is like surgery! FRANCHISE!

[@jonathanhaubrich6170]

Thanks a lot for the time and effort you put into your educational/informative videos. As a learner it’s really helpful. A couple questions: 1. How much paint correction would a new, factory-ordered vehicle require if you picked it up as soon as it hit the dealer? 2. I don’t have a garage at home and would love to get into detailing my vehicles. Is it a total waste to do paint correction / ceramic coating without a garage (and definitely no clean room)? Thanks again.

[@Rod-fy9dr]

hoping to see more of your videos

[@daniellerequa7191]

Dang, looks showroom new to me! Nice job and thanks for the details.

[@johnh4649]

Thank you. That was awesome Learned a bunch

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Glad it was helpful!

[@grinddetailing419]

Awesome series of video's...:)

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

👊

[@saifulhasyr6790]

Nice song u have there beside an awesome video!

[@scoupemaster]

in my experience with gtechniq CSL you can remove high spots reaplying the product but you have to wait 1-2 minutes before removing it!!! very good video

[@john-matthewgoodnow3900]

Loved the video quite informative and enjoyable Music!! I was hoping for a bright sunny day for the money shot but that’s how the cookie crumbles !! Will probably go your route on protecting my brand new truck paint job . It won’t ever be as clean as the first week off the lot..

[@AndysAutoCarePlus]

Nice job!

[@angelahyatt5141]

I love your channel! I really enjoy cleaning cars and I have learned so much watching you. I noticed it took you 4 days to do the paint correction and coating. I recently purchased and new escalade and I wanted to get it paint corrected and ceramic coated, I took it to a detailer in my town with good reviews. But my Escalade is a lot bigger than this car, and he only had my car for 24hrs. He did use a different brand than you OPTI-COAT. Car looks great, its been 3 months since the coating, and It's normally really easy to wash, I never use a brush or sponge, just rinse, use high pressure soap, and rinse again, and its clean. Once Spring comes I intend on washing my vehicle at home with the steps of the proper wash from your previous videos. I say all this to ask ..I noticed today, when I washed my car and came home it was as dirty as before I washed it. I don't drive this car often It stays in my garage most days.I have owned it since Oct. bought with 6miles and it just now was 1200 miles. Am I doing something wrong in my washing process or could it be the coating wasn't properly done? Thanks for the videos and any tips you may have! Watched your video when you came to Nashville wish you could do a detail class in Nashville!! We need more guys like you and Wilson Auto detailing!

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Hi Angela, Thanks for the kind words. My car was not brand new and needed extensive paint correction. If your car is new and didn't need any correction, it can be done in one day. If you are just pressure washing it and not actually using a mitt, I would say you probably just have a buildup and need to do a proper wash.

[@angelahyatt5141]

Chicago Auto Pros thank you so much for the information, I just ordered products to do a proper wash. You guys are the best!

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

@@angelahyatt5141 Please reach out if you have any more questions.

[@carlosperez2893]

Very nice job..

[@DHC8100]

Very well done and excellent information, just a few question though. I know that the towels you use to remove the coating are no longer good and need to be thrown away once your done. My question is, how many sections can you do with the same towel or particular section of towel? I assume once you remove a section of coating, that section of towel is also no longer available to use on the next section?

[@DavidBarrentinemusic]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@slobodanfuletic9465]

Beautiful job. Car looks better than new.

[@bretterry1347]

Thanks for the Jesse Lawrence "Out of Thin Air" on the Dandelion Album.

[@lixly8070]

The whole series was great - what did you end up using at the end for your exhaust tips?

[@erikwilliamson8722]

I am happy that you took the time.

[@1234Wilksey]

Brilliant series! Gotta say again though, steering wheel still looks shiny and oily, can you do a video on how you get a steering wheel back to factory? Just as I feel alot of people forget to go over that part properly. Keep up the great videos guys 😎

[@janapriyajanaranjana6885]

Woww nice video ,bro ,thanks

[@guitarplaya81]

I feel like I learned something..... I feel like we are best friends. You own a badass VW (I personally have always owned VW, but I don't anymore), we both have badass beards, and both love detailing! Keep up the great work. You inspire me to be better

[@freddieastacio4945]

Awesome! Video

[@presidentialautodetailing8075]

Great video. Only issue I noticed is that you're putting the coating towels onto the windshield which can leave product behind and leave high spots on the glass. CSL EXO is a combo we use often, love it.

[@JulietActual]

I'm a year late but thank you for this Jason. Very detailed & easy to follow. Ever since I got my supra I been loving the detail world even more. I made a slight mistake with my headlights & now there are scratches & swirls. Cant see them during the day but at night when the lights are on it's in your face. What would you recommend using to fix this problem?

[@OptimusBob119]

dam better than new, you deserve a six pack of beer. Great work !!

[@Mogsy28uk]

great video, lots of information, and agreed the RC clothes are good. But what do you do with the used Pearl clothes, some info online says to bin them??

[@williamebert6047]

Great info

[@patdienslake7477]

nicely done. no brainer for new car

[@richardburns9772]

Great vid, used it to help guide me ceramic coat my bawlsack. Never looked and felt better 👍

[@johndenver5029]

Same

[@rogerrichard551]

Great video!!! Wish there was a Montreal Auto Pros in my area... You said at the end of your video, that you did the inside... where can I see the video, please ???

[@ericksons2045]

That prep stage is so important. Had a Mercedes Benz come into the body shop I work at with a ceramic coating. The owner had the coating applied over terrible swirled and scratched paint, with a lot of over spray from previous body work. It was painful to look at...

[@philc8620]

Hi there, really love your videos and great work on all the info. Here's a little question that i can't seem to find an answer for: once the car is ceramic coated how would you wash it in the freezing winter temperature if i don't have a garage? Up in Canada where i live there's no diy wash stations, just contact and contactless car washes.

[@salvatorecerniglia696]

Great video! I learned one thing... I will initially pay someone to do it then I will take care of the upkeep. I know my limits! lol

[@ericp.9497]

Loved! Subscribed! Rookie question: Are the towels toast after you wipe off the ceramic? Or will they clean up just fine for re use? Thanks for a great vid. I’m inspired to try this on my wife’s Lexus.

[@sachinbhandari9375]

Hi, thank for great another great video, pls suggest there are 2 coats first is ceremic & 2nd is base coat which is hydrofobic, is 2coat applied before ceremic or after?

[@Firesun07]

WOW that is a lot of work!!! LOOKS Amazing!! What would that level of service cost typically? Thanks for showing us!!! :)

[@jasonhortin]

Loved the video (especially since I own a white GTI as well). Curious as to how much that entire process costs. Was there paint correction? (And if so, how much does typically run for Chicago-maintained-street-damaged-cars?... Asking for a friend... Or so I tell my wife, lol)

[@sameerdubal]

Nice video

[@pauloneely4641]

Awesome

[@brycedykes6406]

Song from 8:44-13:20! Great tips and beautiful GTI!

[@rayjenkins3694]

Bryce Dykes Jesse lawerence-out of thin air

[@MariaSilva-hq7fh]

My black model 3 really needs this kind of treatment!

[@casperhudson7728]

Hey Jason great work! Have u ever heard of liquid armor 9h ceramic coating? I help detail and I don’t hear a lot about liquid armor.

[@Yorkiepoocharlie]

Good stuff. Why didn’t you use Gtechniq Ultra?

[@rondhole]

Thank you for the great tips of this American company ceramic coating. Do you have an update for the engine of this GTI? I am very curious about it. It is really clan and good looking car. Probably worth to get rebuilt engine.

[@dc4vato715]

So I have seen a few different techniques while applying cermic coatings. Does it matter how its applied? Or is it dependent on the coating or does it not matter at all? Ive seen how you dod some in circles and ive seen strait lines with a cross hatch pattern and then ive seen a cross hatch strait pattern with a wide spread between the forst then close on second pass to get good coverage. Just a noob question for someone who is taking a lot of time for research to be able to give great quality details. Thanks in advance!

[@Dan-ly7ut]

Hi thank you for your time to explain all topics. How many towers you need for the removing Gtechniq from start to finish

[@jaimcr]

Dan4666 2 first one to wipe off initial coating. The second to wipe off any remaining residue left. You can use a third towel when inspecting the area you coated.

[@ajvlogs2814]

Big fan of ur work, can you help me, I want to ask you can ceramic coating is sustainable and applicable on chrome tank of bike(Royal Enfield Interceptor Limited Edition). Is it useful or successful.

[@jakesta11]

Simple G1 to G100.... Nice👍

[@timmysdetailing]

Hey bud great video. The gtechniq supplier in Australia told us not to waste our time applying C5 on non painted surfaces like metal exhaust and wheel surfaces. Apparently it does not bond. What are your experiences and your thoughts? Thanks and regards, Adem

[@chetlunderpants5595]

Do you have a list of the products you used posted?

[@MyGuyKirby]

So many more questions but looks are great! Now let the snow fall! What was glass product? I do not see it listed. And for the glass you said 3-coats but how much time between the coats? EXO dries to touch and any tackiness while it cures? Thanks Jason for doing this on a WHITE car, so many of them on the road!

[@ademtemel6897]

The wheel armour I believe doesn’t work unpainted surface on wheels. I saw you you coat it but I think the Modesta bco6 would work better on the unpainted section. What’s your thoughts James?