In simple terms, traditional or organic coatings (polyurethanes, latex coatings, oil-based coatings, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, and powder coatings) are composed of carbon-based molecules that are the same basic building blocks of all living organisms.
Just as all living things die and decompose, carbon-based coatings experience faults in their structure, as well as faults in the adhesion that they share with the substrates or surfaces to which they are applied. Inorganic coatings (INFINIGUARD glass/ceramic coating) are composed of silicon-based molecules that are the same basic building blocks of the rocks and minerals that make up our planet, and like our planet that is billions of years old, silicon-based coatings are almost impossible to break except by physical force and almost impossible to remove from the substrate or surface to which they are applied.