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Triphene vs Graphene vs Ceramic Coatings – What's Real and What's Hype?

July 23, 2025·22 min·2 clips
Graphene coatings flopped because they're virtually identical to ceramics, with no real added benefits.
This episode demystifies the hype around auto detailing coatings like ceramic, graphene, and triphene, explaining that triphene is a trademarked marketing term with no scientific basis. The host emphasizes that product formulation matters more than buzzwords and recommends sticking with proven ceramic-based products for reliable results.

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A blunt look at coating claims, ceramic sprays, graphene, and triphene, focused on what is real and what is marketing.

The episode keeps its eye on the chemistry instead of the marketing, and that is where it works best. It moves through ceramic coatings, ceramic sprays, graphene, and triphene as a story about how product labels catch on, then drift away from what they actually do.

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Want the hype stripped off ceramic, graphene, and triphene claims?

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