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Do ceramic coatings fill scratches?

No, ceramic coatings do not fill in scratches. Ceramic coatings are very thin and optically clear, so they do nothing at all to hide scratches.

How a ceramic coating works
The surface of your car's paint (seen in blue) is rough and porous, seen under a microscope. The Ceramic particles fill in any holes and unevenness and forms a hard ceramic barrier over your paintwork. However, they don't have enough body to fill even micro scratches, which must be polished out prior to application.

This is why it is essential to prepare the car before application, polishing away any wash marks and buffing out scratches with paintwork correction. A ceramic coating will seal in the condition of the paintwork as it is, which why we spend so much time making your car's paintwork perfect before application.

Other coatings are thicker, and many waxes contain fillers and diffusers to hide micro-scratches, by diffusing the light, so they aren't so easy to see. But ceramic coatings aren't like waxes, they soak into the porous  surface of the paintwork and coat it with a layer which is only molecules thick. This is extremely tough and\ will help reduce the risk of scratching in the future, so once your car is polished, within reason, it will help it stay looking polished.

Written by . Last updated 13/02/2023 14:26