The Best Way To Prepare Your Car for a Ceramic Coating- (CLAY BAR DETAILING)
A car's paint needs to be kept in excellent condition to maintain its quality and appearance. Several products have hit the marketplace in recent years that claim to be the best and can keep the paint of your car in tip-top shape.
And one that has really been in the forefront of all of this and I would say the last ten years or so, has been ceramic coating. We will discuss whether ceramic coatings are worth the expense and whether they will be worth the time and effort. In the last ten years, ceramic coatings have gained enormous popularity, offering some of the best paint protection offered.
You can find it promoted almost everywhere, from detailing shops to car content creators. There are plenty of people who recommend this stuff. A lot of people get a little turned off once they get a good look at the price tag the first time. Let me first explain what ceramic coating is. A ceramic coating is generally known as a nano coating and contains the key ingredient silicon dioxide, or usually, silicon carbide.
It will come in liquid form which allows it to be put on to a vehicle and adhere to the finish.
Once it's hardened, the Silicon dioxide properties and other properties of the coating form an extra protective shell, I guess you could call it, that repels the water and provide some protection from the sun's UV rays and all that good stuff. For the longest time and I mean a long, long time, waxes ruled the paint protection and auto detailing industry. 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?
How did this new product change the game? 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. A good wax will last anywhere between like three or six weeks, before you're gonna have to do a re-application. A ceramic coating will, on the other hand, typically last for about two to five years, depending on the quality and application.
In addition, ceramic paint protects better against UV rays and other things that harm your paint.
People have shown that they can just rinse off their vehicles after pouring mud on them, and this has been demonstrated time and time again, so I'm not going to tell you how great it is. In the end, though, sometimes people just like to over-hype things. Some people who promote ceramic coatings stretch the truth just a little bit because ceramic coating has become so popular. The product and ceramic coating in general are subject to a few common misconceptions.
It doesn't get rid of water spots. Unfortunately, it is the truth, even though it does help. Its hydrophobic characteristics allow water and water droplets to flow off the surface more easily, as seen in the videos, reducing the amount of possible water spots. Thanks to the hydrophobic properties of the ceramic coating, water and click here water droplets easily run off the surface, which is why it appears on the videos, which lowers the chance of water spots appearing. Ceramic coatings don't protect your car from rocks chips and scratches.
The solution may protect against some light scratches here and there, but I wouldn't say it is scratch-proof. A protective film or Clear Bra would be an appropriate choice for something like that. Finally, it's not costly as you might think.
When ceramic coatings first came out, it cost nearly $1500 to have them done. You can now have your car professionally ceramic coated by a professional detailer for around $700.
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.
Ceramic coating is likely to be quite expensive when it first hits the market, but it will eventually come down in price over time, that is just how it works. However, a lot of the cost that is involved in getting your car ceramic coated is paying for that application process and paying someone to do it for you. It has to be worth it for you and your car.
If you own a nice paint job on your car, you should protect it. Spend a couple hundred dollars, go get your car ceramic coated. And your car isn't the only thing that can be coated either. 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. Ceramic coating technology has helped lots of people; many of the people here have it applied to their vehicles because they swear by it. You've got to think about it from all sides, and it's gotta be worth it for you to be protecting your car or part of your car with it.
This is an investment, so it is best to protect it. So please tell us what you think about ceramic coating and whether it is something you've done to your car, wheels, or seats.