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How to Prepare Your Car or Truck for a Ceramic Coating- (CLAY BAR DETAILING)

When it comes down to all round quality and appearance of your car, maintaining the paint on it is a time-consuming and, at times, pricey process. However, keeping the paint on your car is very important. Lately, many products have showed up that you can buy that claim to be the best and that will protect the paint on your car.

I'd say for the past decade or so, ceramic coating has become one of the most important technologies in all this. We are going to go over ceramic coatings and whether they are worth the cost. It's not a mystery that ceramic coatings have increased in popularity over the last several years, and they guarantee to offer some of the best paint protection you can apply to the car.

You will find it advertised almost everywhere, from detailing shops to automotive content creators. There are plenty of people who swear by this stuff. A lot of people get a little turned off when they get a good look at the cost for the first time. I want to first reveal what ceramic coating is. Ceramic coatings are also called nano coatings, and so they contain silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

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 has hardened, the silicon dioxide properties of the coating form an extra layer of protection that repels water and provides some protection from the sun's UV rays. Waxes have long been the industry standard for paint protection and auto cleaning. From using animal fats in the late 1800s and early 1900s to spruce up those old horse carriages, the industry experimented with plant-based alternatives that quickly became more widely accepted. Throughout the 1900s, several waxes were used to detail cars and give them that beautiful glossy sheen 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. This was a game changer. But like, why?

Why was this new product such a game changer? What were the key differences between car wax as well as ceramic coatings, and why did ceramic coatings cost so much? 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. In contrast, ceramic coatings last for anywhere from two to five years depending on the application and the quality.

A ceramic coating also protects your paint from UV rays and natural things.

It does an amazing job and I don't need to sit here and tell you that, you've seen the videos of people throwing mud on their cars and just falls off and they can just rinse it off with a hose and it's been proven time and time again. However, sometimes people just like to over-hype it just a little bit. And what I mean by that is that, because ceramic coating has become so popular, some detailers and people who website promote ceramic coating like to stretch the truth just a tad. I'm saying there are some misconceptions out there about ceramic coatings.

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. 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. Number two, ceramic coating does not help protect your car against 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. Think about getting some protective film or a Clear Bra for something like that. And number three, it's really not as expensive as you might think.

The ceramic coating was initially quite costly, ranging from $1500 to $2000 An expert detailer can now professionally ceramic coat your car or truck for right around $700.

A lot of times when you're going to get a quote for having your car coated, you might need to have your car paint corrected first which is where a lot of that extra cost comes in. You could also just get yourself a package from the information and give it a try on your own, understand the process, possibly wreck it up once or twice.

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 however involves paying someone to apply the coating. Ultimately, it has to be worth it for you and your vehicle.

I would recommend protecting those paint jobs if your vehicle is really nice. You can ceramic coat your car for a couple hundred dollars. It is not only your car that can be coated. It is extremely popular to coat your wheels with ceramic coatings. It's so popular that we've started offering Whip Our Wheel And Tire packages as an add-on when you're checking out, we can literally ceramic coat them for you before they head out the door and honestly it makes cleaning them 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.

And if that's something that's worth it to you, then by all means, there you go. There are a bunch of people who swear by ceramic coating. Most of them here have it done to their vehicles because they love the results. So, in all sense, it's gotta be worth it to you, it's gotta be worth it to be putting on a car or part of your car that you want to protect.

If your car is your second most expensive purchase, you should invest in something like a coating to keep it in good condition. Let us know what you think about ceramic coating and if you've ever had it done.