Videos: #matrix-black

Matrix Black on two vans from the same customer -- 6 years and 250,000 miles apart. The first coat still doing its job when the second van came in.

Skoda Superb machine-polished and coated with Matrix Black 8-year ceramic, with Helios Shield over the front to protect against stone chips and road rash.

Porsche Carrera 4S with a poor-quality respray leaving orange peel on the roof. Wet sanded flat, polished, then sealed with Matrix Black 8-year ceramic coating.

A Porsche with Matrix Black ceramic coating returns 26 months after application. Gary walks the near side: no hedge scratches despite country driving. A few fine wash marks, otherwise immaculate. Back for a wash and top-up recoat.

This is Gary's own daily driver -- not a show car, not coddled. He bought it in 2020, applied Matrix Black the same month, and has cleaned it at a jet wash ever since. This is what that looks like.

A demonstration of the self-cleaning effect of ceramic coating. The biggest customer benefit is not shine -- it is washing the car half as often. Less washing means fewer scratches means paint that looks newer for longer.

Gary checks the result of Matrix Recharge on his own car -- a top-up coating over existing Matrix Black ceramic that left the paint noticeably shinier.

Matrix Blue on a newer VW Golf (2-stage polish, alloy and fabric protection added) and Matrix Black on an older Mercedes (4-stage polish + headlight polish). Comparison of when to choose which coating.

A Kia ProCeed coated with Matrix Black -- eight years of protection. Gary explains the self-cleaning effect honestly, the football analogy for what half as much washing means in practice, and his own evidence on resale: six consecutive cars with ceramic coating, all sold within three days.

Sarah's Volvo XC40 -- a few months old, in for Matrix Black. Gary explains the "pop" that brings out metallic depth, the new-car feeling a coating preserves, and why bird muck is one of those things people only notice when it's already too late.

A compilation of ceramic coating results from the New Again workshop -- from a Mazda MX-5 to a Morgan, a Porsche Boxster to an Aston Martin DB9. Includes a two-year resale value check on a coated car and the neighbour who came back after two years for a top-up.

April 2020 -- Gary uses lockdown time to apply Matrix Black to his own VW Golf, one month after buying it. First application, first wash, and the hydrophobic result. Updated with a two-and-a-half-year review.