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The Best Way To Prepare Your Car for a Ceramic Coating- (CLAY BAR DETAILING)

When it comes to overall quality and appearance, maintaining your car's paint in excellent condition will take effort and money. Over the past few years, many products have hit industry that claim to be the best and that will maintain the paint of your car or truck in great condition.

Lately, ceramic coating has really grown in popularity. We will discuss ceramic coatings and when they are worth it. The ceramic coating industry has increased in popularity over the last ten years, providing the very best paint and clear coat protection available.

The technology is now being promoted almost everywhere, from your neighborhood detailing shop to automotive YouTube channels, as well as everywhere in between. Most detailers swear by it. A lot of people get a little turned off once they get a good look at the price tag the first time. First let's figure out what ceramic coating is. It's also called a nano coating, and silicon dioxide, or silicon carbide, is the main ingredient.

The fact that it comes in a liquid form allows it to be applied to a car or truck and adhere to the vehicle's finish like no other product on the market.

After it hardens, the silicon dioxide and other coating characteristics form an additional protective shell that repels water and protects against UV radiation. The paint protection and auto detailing industry was dominated by waxes for a long, long time. It used to be that when old horse carriages needed a good shine, they used animal fats. But that quickly changed, thankfully, into more cruelty-free solutions using plant-based products. As early as the 1900s, different waxes were used to detail vehicles and give them that shiny, glamorous appearance that their owners desired.

If you wanted to keep your paint looking good, repel water and add just that good little bit of layer of protection, adding a good layer of wax was your solution.

One of 360 Products' (available at ADSO stores) products was developed with nano-ceramic technology in order to protect and enhance the paint finish of vehicles. Due to this, everything changed. But like, why?

Why was this new product such a game changer? Why is a ceramic coating so expensive compared to car wax? What are the factors that distinguish ceramic coatings from car wax? The biggest key differentiator between a wax and a ceramic coating is the longevity of the application. Generally, a wax will last between three and six weeks before a reapplication is necessary. Ceramic coatings, on the other hand, can last anywhere from two to five years, depending on the application and product quality.

Furthermore, ceramic coatings protect against UV rays and other natural things.

It works fine, you've seen the videos of people throwing mud on their own car or truck and it just falls off and they can just rinse it off. In the end, though, from time to time people just like to over-hype things. In other words, a lot of detailers and people who are promoting ceramic coating like to slightly overstate the check here truth. I'm saying there are some myths out there about ceramic coatings.

It does not completely eliminate water spots. Unfortunately, that's the truth, although it does help. As a result of the hydrophobic properties of the ceramic coating, it allows water and droplets to run off easier, which explains why you see it in the videos. In the videos you'll see that the ceramic coating is extremely hydrophobic, so the water sticks to the surface of the coating, not the surface itself, so it runs off much, much more easily, hence reducing the likelihood of water spots. Ceramic coatings don't protect your car from rocks chips and scratches.

In spite of its ability to protect against light scratches, I wouldn't think it is an all-in-one scratch proof solution. A protective film or Clear Bra would be an appropriate choice for something like that. Finally, it isn't as expensive as it seems.

Ceramic coatings were quite expensive when they first appeared, reaching upwards of $1500 You can now have your car professionally ceramic coated by a professional detailer for around $700.

Many times, if you intend to have your car coated, you first need to have the paint of your car corrected (remove light scratches), which is where a lot of the extra cost comes from. That said, if you wanna just get a bottle of the stuff and do it yourself, learn the process, maybe screw it up a few times, that's cool.

Everything costs more when it's new, and eventually that price goes down, that's just how things are. It is important to note that part of the cost of ceramic coating your car is paying someone to do the application for you. When it comes down to it, it has to be worth it for you and your vehicle.

A nice paintjob on your car is something you ought to protect. If you want to make sure that your cars painyjob lasts longer, it is a good idea to go ahead and have it ceramic coated. It is not only your car that can be coated. Ceramic coatings for your wheels for instance, is extremely popular. As a result, we've begun offering it as an add-on option when you check out. This way, we can coat your tires before you head out of the door. ( you will see how much easier it is to clean them afterwards)

Additionally, people have ceramic coated seats and other interior parts, a bunch of things that they don't like to have to scrub down to really remove all the dirt, so it makes the whole process very easy.

And if that's something that's worth it to you, then by all means, there you go. Honestly, the technology of ceramic coating has helped a ton of people and I know a ton of people here have it done to their vehicle because they just absolutely swear by it. The cost of putting this on a car or part of your car that you want to protect must be worth it to you.

This is an investment, so it is best to protect it. Let us know what you think about ceramic coating and if you've ever had it done.