Adam's Graphene Ceramic Coating vs CarPro CQUARTZ UK 3.0

Side by side, on published figures only

Where CQUARTZ wins

On checkability, comprehensively. CarPro tells you what is in the bottle, how much of it a coat uses, and the temperature range in which it will behave. Those three numbers let you answer the questions people actually have before buying a coating: is this the same chemistry as the cheaper one, how many cars will it do, and can I apply it in my garage in November.

The consumption figure in particular does real work. Ten milliliters per coat means the 30ml bottle is three coats, which is one car with a spare or a small car twice. That is a purchase you can plan. Adam’s 60ml bottle might do four cars or one; the product page does not say, and the accompanying claim of seven-plus years makes the omission more conspicuous rather than less.

The price comparison is closer than it looks

$59.99 for 30ml against $119.99 for 60ml is the same price per milliliter. The Adam’s kit includes surface prep and a booster that CarPro does not, and the CarPro kit includes more applicators and a proper suede leveling towel. Neither is obviously better value; they are the same money packaged differently.

Where Adam's wins

Three genuine things. The kit is more complete: 4oz of Surface Prep in the box means the panel wipe step, which is the one people skip and the one that causes early failures, is not a separate purchase. The Graphene Boost extends the coating without a second trip to the store. And the optional UV flashlight makes high spots visible while they are still fixable, which on dark paint is worth more than most specifications on this page.

There is also the plain matter of the claim. Seven-plus years is an enormous number and it is not impossible; the honest position is that neither we nor any reader can verify it inside the timeframe it describes, and Adam’s has not published data supporting it. Treat it as a marketing position rather than a specification, and buy the product for the kit rather than for the number.

Who should buy which

• First coating, dark paint, want as much help as possible: Adam's, for the surface prep in the box and the UV tracing option.
• Have coated before, want to know what you are buying: CarPro, for the published silica figure and consumption rate.
• Coating a car in a cold garage: CarPro, because it is the only one of the two that publishes an application temperature window.
• Coating more than one vehicle: CarPro, because you can work out how far a bottle goes before you buy it.
• Want the biggest number on the label: Adam's, with the caveat above.

What neither one tells you

Neither publishes a coverage figure in square feet. Neither publishes an independent test result. Neither publishes what happens at year three, which is the year that decides whether either claim was worth paying for. That is not unique to these two — it is the state of the whole category, documented across the main coating roundup.

What decides your result more than either bottle is the preparation underneath it. Both coatings bond to bare, decontaminated, oil-free clear coat and to nothing else. If you have not done chemical decontamination and a panel wipe, the difference between these two products is irrelevant, because neither will reach its claim.