Materials are precious resources. Different methods are employed to protect the material from degradation. Thermal spraying is one of the most effective method to protect the material from wear, high temperature corrosion, stresses and erosion, thus increasing the life of material in use. Detonation gun spraying is one of the thermal spraying techniques known for providing hard, wear resistant and dense microstructured coatings. This paper summarizes the results of previous research done by various authors on different coatings done by detonation gun spraying technique.