Here’s another great product from the nice people at Tenzi.

I’ve always been a bit scared of ceramic coatings. I am happy to use spray-on versions, but the coatings, they are a different kettle of fish. Get some of them wrong and it’ll be like trying to remove concrete from your car’s body.

So, when Wojtek from Tenzi UK suggested I might like to try their new Quartz Coat Paint Protection kit, I was both curious and a bit apprehensive at the same time. However, I followed the instructions and ended up with a gleaming car.

The box contains everything you need but assumes that you have a freshly washed and very clean car to start with. The package contains an IPA cleaner to help further decontaminate the car’s surface and to degrease the paint.

You then follow this with an application of the Quartz Coat itself but went on easily enough. I used the ‘a few drops on the cloth and applicator’ (supplied) method. You can also apply directly to the car’s paintwork and work in.

You need to diligently spread the coating over the panel – one at a time – with long, straight sweeps in one direction. You don’t need any pressure on the applicator. You’ll be able to see when the product has ‘flashed’ as it will leave long narrow streaks.

Leave for five to fifteen minutes and remove with a clean microfibre in the opposite direction to application. Buffing to a mirror shine is simplicity itself.

Tenzi advises that you leave the car in a dry environment for about three hours before applying a second coat. They recommend three coats and then to leave the product to properly harden for twelve hours before driving (certainly before it gets wet) and to leave it for two weeks before washing.

I’m pleased with this result!

Some of these ceramic kits can cost well over three figures, but as is usual with Tenzi’s products this one is an affordable alternative. £49.99 is the price of the Quartz Coat kit. More from www.tenziuk.co.uk ENDS.