Chemical Guys C9 Coating

Has anyone here used it? I'm in the process of putting it on my Tundra.

 

I never used it but would love before and after pics.

 

For 1/3 of the price I would go with carpro cquartz ceramic. Proven coating for many many years, easy to apply once you get your paint correction done. I'm not a big CG fan, I think a lot of their stuff is over hyped and overpriced

 

Perhaps I could have picked another coating but I have this one. The shine is good (I didn't get it for that, got it for it's durability - time will tell..). The application is a bit tough. I did a full correction before hand. CG's directions aren't the best. One vid says cure time of 20 minutes, another says a few is fine. Which is it?

My issue was streaking. I let it sit for 20 minutes, then wiped it off. In full sun it looks great, can't seeing anything wrong. With bright light (but not full sun - bright cloudy days) I can see streaks. So much so that I re-polished/corrected and reapplied to some areas, this time only leaving it for a minute or so. That fixed that the streaking issue. My truck is cement, perhaps it wouldn't be noticeable on a darker vehicle. But on mine, you can definitely see it. It's fairly annoying.

I will certainly take some blame here. I'm not a pro at detailing but I think I am more than capable and fairly experienced for your typical guy.

Generally, I like their products. The things that I have used in the past have worked well for me.

PS - the bottle and applicator, giant pain in the ass.

 

There hasn't been a lot of interest with this but I'm going to add a little more in case some one is looking...

Don't use this stuff. The more that I looked, the more streaks I found. So much so, that I re-did the hood (another correction). I think the main issue is their directions. The vid says 20 minutes - far too long for this to sit. Subsequent directions say 30-60 seconds. I did re-apply at that time frame, working a small section at a time. It looks ok. There are some remaining streaks from the first application but I'm not going any further to fix it. To the average eye it is hardly noticeable.

I would certainly look elsewhere for a carbon/ceramic coating.

 

Thanks for the write up and update. I'm sorry it didnt work out for you. That really sucks, especially all that hard labor and money you put into it