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(CLAY BAR DETAILING) Tips for Ceramic Coating Prep

A car's paint must be kept in excellent condition to keep its quality and appearance. Lately, many products have showed up in the marketplace that claim to be the best and that will protect the paint on your car or truck.

Ceramic coating has really been at the forefront of everything over the past decade or so. We will talk about ceramic coatings and whether or not they are worth the cost. During the last few years, ceramic coatings have grown in popularity, providing among the best paint protection available.

There are almost always offers for it, from your neighborhood detailing store to automotive social media content creators, to pretty much everywhere else. Most detailers swear by it. People get turned off by the price the 1st time they look at it. Let's begin by understanding what ceramic coating actually is. The main ingredient of a ceramic coating is silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

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

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. The paint protection and auto detailing industry was dominated by waxes for a long, long time. What started out as using fats from animals in the late 1800s and early 1900s to give those old horse carriages a good spit shine, quickly and thankfully evolved into some 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.

360 Products (available at ADSO stores) make a line of products created with nano-ceramic technology. And this literally changed everything. But like, why?

What made this product so revolutionary? How did car wax differ from ceramic coatings and why did it cost so much? Ceramic coatings offer much longer lifespan than wax coatings. You'll need a reapplication after about three or 6 weeks with a good wax. Ceramic coatings, on the other hand, can last anywhere from two to five years, depending on the application and product quality.

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 cars and then they can rinse it out with a hose. In the end, though, sometimes people just like to over-hype things. And what I mean by that is that, because ceramic coating has become so popular, some detailers and people who promote ceramic coating like to stretch the truth just a tad. I'm saying there are many myths out there about ceramic coatings.

It doesn't get rid of water spots. I'm sorry, it'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. 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. 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. Think about getting some protective film or a Clear Bra for something like that. The cost is lower than you may expect.

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 most cases, when you receive a quote to have your car coated, you might have to have your car's paint corrected first. This is where the extra cost comes from. If you don't mind getting a bottle of the stuff and trying it yourself, learning the process, maybe messing it up once or twice, go for it.

Every new thing costs a bit at first, and over time, it'll eventually come down. That's just how it goes. Getting your car ceramic coated however involves paying someone to apply the coating. Let's face it, it has to be worth it for you and your car.

I would recommend protecting those paint jobs if your vehicle is really nice. Spend a few hundred dollars on a ceramic coating for your car. Your car isn't the only thing you can apply a coating to. 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)

We've also seen people get their seats and other interior parts ceramic coated, stuff that they don't want to have to worry about scrubbing off, and that makes cleaning 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. The cost of putting this on a car or part of your car that you want to protect must be worth it to you.

In the event that your car is your second biggest purchase, you may want to consider something like a coating to help maintain its value. If you've had ceramic coating applied to your here car, or wheels, or seats, please let us know how you liked it.