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

It's tricky to maintain your car's paint in great shape and it can be expensive to do this, however it's a worthwhile investment with regards to the overall look and appearance of your car. Many products have hit the market in recent years that claim to be the best and will keep the paint of your car in tip-top shape.

Then one that has really been in the forefront of all of this and I would say the last 10 years or so, has been ceramic coating. We will discuss ceramic coatings and whether or not they are worth the cost. In the last ten years, ceramic coatings have gained enormous popularity, offering among the best paint protection offered.

There are almost always offers for it, from your neighborhood detailing store to automotive social media content creators, to practically everywhere else. There are a lot of people that swear by this stuff. A lot of people get a little turned off once they get a good look at the cost the first time. Let's start with understanding what ceramic coating actually is. A ceramic coating is generally known as a nano coating and contains the main ingredient silicon dioxide, or in most cases, silicon carbide.

It is available in a liquid form, allowing it to be applied to a vehicle and adhere to the vehicle's finish.

Once solidified, the Silicon dioxide and other characteristics of the coating combine to produce an additional protective layer that repels water and provides some protection from the sun's UV rays and other harmful rays. For the longest time, wax ruled the car 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. A variety of waxes were used to detail automobiles and give them the beautiful, glossy sheen that their owners desired during the 1900s.

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.

Using nano-ceramic technology, 360 Products (found at ADSO stores) has a series of products that help protect your vehicle's painted surface. And this literally changed everything. 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 difference between wax and ceramic coatings is their longevity. A good wax will last anywhere between like three or six weeks, before you're gonna have to do a re-application. For ceramics, the lifespan is usually two to five years depending on the quality of the product and the application.

In addition, ceramic paint protects better against UV rays and other things that harm your paint.

In general, it works excellently, and I don't have to sit here and tell you, you've seen mud fall off here cars and trucks and then they can rinse it out with a hose. In the end, though, sometimes 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, it is the truth, even though 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. In addition, a ceramic coating cannot prevent rock chips and scratches.

Even though it may protect against light scratches here and there, I wouldn't really rely on it too much. Always combine it with some common sense. If something like that happens, maybe you should invest in some protective film or Clear Bra. The third thing is that it's really not that expensive.

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 professional detailer.

If you're getting a quote to have your car coated, you might have to get the paint corrected first, which adds to the cost. 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. The cost of ceramic coating your car is primarily covering the application process and having someone else 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. Ceramic coatings for your wheels for instance, is extremely popular. Having this done is so popular that we have started offering packages as an add-on when you're checking out. We can literally do it for you before you leave and it makes cleaning your tires so much easier.

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. 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. If you've had ceramic coating applied to your car, or wheels, or seats, please let us know how you liked it.