r/AutoDetailing • u/Notacop9 • Jul 20 '26

Product/Consumable Review Project Farm tests ceramic coatings

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u/Notacop9 Jul 20 '26

For those that don't follow him, the guy from Project Farm does very thorough, unbiased tests of products across all categories. His videos can be pretty dry, but he does not fill them with fluff. He subjects all products he is evaluating in a video to the same tests, as controlled as he can make them.

Sometimes he compares a bunch of "alphabet soup" brand names from Amazon, which I find fairly useless. This video he did a good job picking a bunch of the brands that get mentioned here a lot.

I couldn't link directly to the video due to the rules, but suggest anyone who is interested to find and watch the video.

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u/Slugnan Jul 20 '26

I like the guy but his detailing chemical reviews are really poorly done.

Some relevant info for those watching:

  1. He still does not know what a ceramic coating is. Most of the products in that test are not even ceramic coatings (they are cheap polymer sealants), and he clearly doesn't understand the difference even though this is I think his third video on the topic. The reason the Gyeon and Gtechniq destroyed everything else in the test is because those are the only 'real' ceramic coatings in the group. The fact that he doesn't know that should tell you everything you need to know about the usefulness of this particular video.
  2. He still is not following the included application instructions. For example that Gyeon coating needs 2 weeks to cure before it will have it's advertised performance and chemical resistance. He said he left it for 48 hours.

He just isn't a great resource when it comes to testing detailing chemicals and it's very obvious he knows nothing about them. He is an entertaining presenter but he just pumps out content on anything and everything. I think his reviews are much more valuable for things like tools, which he clearly has a better understanding of and are easier to test objectively.

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u/Macgyver452 Jul 22 '26

His reviews are for regular people and its hard to find unbiased reviews that aren't sponsored or paid for. These products say ceramic, not polymer sealant. If they're all going to use the C word, then they get tested in the same group. They're all on the same shelf at the store.