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(CLAY BAR DETAILING) Tips for Ceramic Coating Prep

In terms of overall quality and appearance, keeping your car's paint in great condition requires effort and money. Numerous products have hit the market in the last few years that claim to help keep the paint of your vehicle in excellent condition, and some are saying to be the greatest.

I'd say for the past decade or so, ceramic coating continues to be one of the most important technologies in all of this. We will talk about ceramic coatings and if they are worth the money. It's not a secret that ceramic coatings have exploded in popularity over the past few years, and they guarantee to offer some of the best paint protection you could apply to your car or truck.

There are usually offers for it, from your neighborhood detailing shop to automotive social media content creators, to pretty much everywhere else. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. People get turned off by the cost the 1st time they look at it. Here's a fast breakdown of what ceramic coating is about. Ceramic coatings are often called nano coatings, and so they contain silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

This product is liquid, so it can be applied to a vehicle and adhere to the finish of the car.

After it hardens, the silicon dioxide and other coating characteristics form an additional protective shell that repels water and protects against UV radiation. For the longest time, wax dominated the automotive detailing and paint protection industries. 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. Different waxes were used for detailing cars in the 1900s to ensure they had that nice glamorous shine 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.

360 Products (available at ADSO stores) have a series of products that protect painted surfaces with nano-ceramic technology. This was a game changer. But like, why?

Why was this new product such a game changer? How did car wax differ from ceramic coatings and why did it cost so much? The biggest key differentiator between a wax and a ceramic coating is the longevity of the application. You'll need a reapplication after about three or six weeks with a good wax. In contrast, ceramic coatings last for anywhere from two to five years depending on the application and the quality.

It's better to use ceramic coating because it protects against UV rays and other things that can damage your paint.

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. It is quite common for those who promote ceramic coating to stretch the truth just a tad. Meaning that there are some common misconceptions about the product and about ceramic coating out there.

It doesn't get rid of water spots. Unfortunately, that's the truth, although it does help. Since the ceramic coating has water-repelling properties, the water and water droplets run off much, much easier than a regular paint, which is why you see it in the videos. That reduces the possibility of water spots. Thanks to the hydrophobic properties of the ceramic coating, water and water droplets easily run off the surface, which is why it appears on the videos, which lowers the chance of water spots appearing. Number two, a ceramic coating will not prevent rock chips and scratches.

While it might prevent light scratches here and there, I wouldn't consider it more than a 60-70% scratch proof solution. If you are looking for something like that, then probably you should consider having a protective film or a clear bra installed. The cost is lower than you may expect.

It was pretty expensive when ceramic coating first came out, costing upwards of $1500 Having said that, now you can have your vehicle professionally ceramic coated for only under $700 by a good detailer.

In many cases, when you get a quote for having your car coated, you'll need the paint of the car corrected first(paint correction). That's 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.

Just like everything, when something new like ceramic coating hits the market it's likely to cost quite a bit and then over time that price will eventually come down, that's just how it goes. Getting your car ceramic coated is a lot of work, so you'll have to pay someone to do it for you. When it comes down to it, it has to be worth it for you and your vehicle.

A car's paintjob has a really nice look, so I would definitely advise you to protect it. Spend a few hundred dollars on a ceramic coating for your car. It is read more possible to coat more than just your car. It is extremely popular to coat your wheels with ceramic coatings. 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)

But that's not all either, we've seen people get things like their seats and other interior parts ceramic coated, a bunch of things that they just don't wanna have to worry about scrubbing down to really get all the dirt off, it just makes the whole process so much easier.

If you think that's something worth it to you, then go for it. There has been a lot of progress in ceramic coating technology, and a lot of people here have had their vehicles coated because they swear by the results. All in all, it's gotta be worth it to you, it's gotta be worth it to be putting on your car or part of your car.

You want to protect your investment. Let us know what you think about ceramic coating and if you've ever had it done.