Crystal Lacquer (C1) forms a hard crystalline film over your car's paint that has been shown to reduce swirl marks by 50% C1 performs better and longer than high-end carnauba waxes and polymer sealants on the market EXOv5 is Gtechniq's ultimate hydrophobic coating, ensuring your car stays cleaner and glossier for much longer. EXOv5 makes maintenance washes easier and can last up to 24 months. GTECHNIQ - Since 2001, our goal has been to engineer the world’s most beautiful, perfectly finished, smartest, and most intelligent surfaces using nanochemistry and rigorous real-world testing. We hit the sweet spot of performance, ease of application, and price. C1 Crystal Lacquer has been independently proven in the world's most respected weathering facility. It offers the best gloss retention of any other product tested. Over a simulated run of 3 years in Arizona sunlight, a C1-coated panel lost half the amount of gloss than its next-best competitor, and a third less gloss than the average score for all other products tested. As well as gloss retention C1 Crystal Lacquer is extremely durable, as it actually becomes the functional surface of a car’s paintwork. Also scratch resistant, C1 forms a crystalline film which is extremely hard, this characteristic makes it effective at preventing minor scratching from poor wash technique on relatively soft automotive paint. C1-coated panels have been tested against uncoated panels, as well as high-end carnauba waxes and polymer sealants. On average, panels coated with Gtechniq C1 exhibited 50 percent fewer swirl marks than those coated with waxes or left uncoated. EXOv5 is Gtechniq’s ultimate hydrophobic coating – it simply out-beads any other products on the market, providing a lotus leaf effect that repels dirt and water ensuring the surface of your vehicle stays cleaner and glossier for much longer. Based on the next generation of organic materials EXO embodies Gtechniq’s goal to offer products that work harder, and smarter, meaning more time enjoying your car and less time maintaining it. Simple to apply EXO offers the ultimate dirt and water repellency (it has a contact angle of 110 degrees), and is resistant to regular wash chemicals with applications typically lasting as long as 24 months.