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No, the only tire coatings I've used are the old Turtle Wax Jet Black Endura Shine, and the Optimum Tire Protection & Coating (well, actually I use the Optimum Gelcoat Restorer that I bought for something else, but from what I can tell it's the same thing, or virtually so). I have the ADS Ghost...

Eh...I'm not giving up on acrylic coatings...I have too much. But the Cerakote Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat sound interesting...I put it in my Amazon cart...of course I have "saved for later" stuff in my cart that's been there since...2016? You haven't missed much, but the newest version is...

Dan, is that tire coating (Cerakote Rapid Ceramic Tire Coat and Protectant? that's a mouthful) an acrylic like Tuf Shine, or is it more of a dressing? PS About the sprayer on the paint sealant, that's the same fancy-schmancy one they have on OPT Hyper Seal...the rep on the OPT forum says he...

I would use a coating, no worry about that turning brown if can get the prep to come out right. I don't think there is much difference between coatings, Tuf Shine, McKee's, Optimum, Armour Detail Supply, they should all give you pretty similar results. If you are looking for something local...

My thought is I'm not going to waste 5 minutes watching that.

Dan, thanks for doing that side-by-side, should be interesting, particularly if that TEC580 performs well, as you say the TEC582 does, as the price point on the TEC580 is super-low. The price point on the Cerakote is also pretty good, relative to other big-name coatings, but the TEC580 is 1/3...

Dan--you are talking about the TEC582 Ceramic Detail Spray, right? I see (at Amazon) they also have a ceramic coating for $33, as well as the G-Max graphene coating and spray detailer. EDIT--oh, sorry, I see the 582 IS the detail spray, I thought that was part of the name, the other products I...

Yeah Lonnie...I thought he gave up too easy, too.

Oh, we had the Mercury version, the Colony Park. Ours was blue, with the blue vinyl interior. I don't remember the fiberglass, but the faux-wood vinyl wrap on the sides/back.

Not me.

I've got some cars that could use some love! If only I had the time and/or gumption.

I'm trying to remember if I still have any VM--I think I still have a bit of QuikShine, that stuff was great for cleaning the windshield in the winter.

I can't find anything here https://detailsupplywhse.com/ that resembles a Clearkote product--is that the place? I don't think there is any similarity there--Prep-All is a petroleum distillate product, while the Optimum Paint Prep is propanol-based (IPA & propyl alcohol).

I don't think Lonnie meant Prep-Sol, which is/was a DuPont product, he was referring to Klean-Strip Prep-All that Dr. G formulated when he worked at Klean-Strip briefly between PPG and starting OPT.