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title: "Motorcycle Ceramic Coating"
description: "Shop Glidecoat's motorcycle ceramic top coating for easy, lasting protection. Keep contours and hard-to-reach surfaces clean, glossy, and guarded from grime."
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### The Ultimate in Surface Protection

Keeping your motorcycle clean and shiny is a point of pride for many owners. But motorcycles have a unique set of challenges for even the most accomplished detailers – the variety of surfaces, the contours and hard to reach areas, high temperature surfaces, not to mention bugs, grease, road grime and other environmental contaminants. Glidecoat has developed our Motorcycle Ceramic Coating with the DIY enthusiast in mind – one coating that can be used on all hard surfaces, is easy to apply and maintain, and offers unmatched protection against UV, corrosion, staining, road contaminants and more.

Glidecoat has had extensive field testing under extreme usage by accredited independent laboratories and has been proven to provide at least 3 years of protection under even the harshest conditions. Furthermore, under “average conditions” and through proper maintenance and aftercare, the results from our ceramic coating, in some cases, have exceeded this 3 year minimum.

**Easy to apply:**
 Our motorcycle ceramic coating is designed for the DIY user. It doesn’t require any specialized equipment to apply such as sprayers, machine applicators, or heat/UV lamps to cure. Simply wipe on with the included application sponge and then immediately buff with a clean microfiber cloth. Allow 24-48 hours to cure before getting wet and your bike will be protected for 3 years.

**Glidecoat ceramic vs wax:**
 While wax is the traditional method of surface protection, the truth of the matter is that wax loses its surface functionality in a matter of weeks. Wax simply sits on the surface and is easily removed through abrasion. This means that every time you wash your bike or take it for a ride, some of the wax is removed. Most manufacturers recommend waxing 3-5 times a year under average conditions. Most bikers don’t wax this often, either because of the effort involved, or because they think the wax is still working.

In addition, wax melts away at little over 100°F. If you live in an area with higher temperatures (90°F or above) or have a darker colored motorcycle, your bike is barely being protected against the heat from the sun, so it is certainly no match for high temperature surfaces, such as your bike’s exhaust. Functions such as UV blocking and stain resistance are the first to fail and then continue to diminish sharply. This means your bike is being left exposed to the elements and the surface is slowly deteriorating, fading and corroding.

Glidecoat Motorcycle Ceramic Coating protects and preserve the integrity of your bike’s surface, far outperforming traditional wax products. Once the motorcycle top coating is applied, it bonds directly with the surface of your bike to create a long-lasting hard coating. This allows the coating to protect your bike for up to 3 years (longer depending on storage, usage and aftercare). Our ceramic coating is also resistant to temperatures up to 1100°F. This allows you to coat high temperature surfaces such as exposed engine parts and exhaust pipes protecting them from stains, UV damage and corrosion.

**Apply to all surfaces:**
 Compared to a car, which is largely painted surfaces with clear coat, a motorcycle has a larger variety of surfaces that need to be protected – painted panels, tanks, plastic trim, glass, chrome forks, rims, and metal frames. You need a coating that is versatile enough to meet the challenges of each of these surfaces.

In addition, many of these surfaces, such as exposed engine components or exhaust pipes, are high temperature surfaces. Glidecoat Motorcycle Ceramic Coating is designed to withstand high temperatures (1100°F/600°C) and can be used to protect even the hottest surfaces.

**Maintenance:**
 One of the most common misinterpretations of a ceramic coating is that they are maintenance free, or your motorcycle will not get dirty if it has a ceramic coating. That is simply not the case. That being said, the main benefit of having a ceramic coating is that your ongoing maintenance is much easier and more effective (with less effort) than using a traditional wax or sealant. We can all agree, less time cleaning and more time riding is a win.

Because the ceramic coating creates an extremely hydrophobic and super slick surface, most stains and contaminants are easily cleaned from the surface with a quick rinse. You will no longer need harsh chemicals and soaps to clean your bike. Simply wash with a gentle pH neutral soap, like our [Glidecoat Nano Wash](https://www.glidecoat.com/product/nano-wash/) or [Glidecoat Ceraglo](https://www.glidecoat.com/product/ceraglo-polymer-infused-soap/) and a microfiber wash mitt or soft bristled brush.

In addition to ease of cleaning, the coating will last 3 years (longer depending on storage and aftercare) which is 10-15x longer than wax. That means much less time spent buffing and applying wax.

**IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS SUPPLIED WITH ALL GLIDECOAT PRODUCTS.**