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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, quite expensive procedure. Nonetheless, keeping the paint on your car is very important. Numerous products have hit the market in recent decades that claim to be the best and will keep the paint of your vehicle in tip-top shape.

Nowadays, ceramic coating has really grown in popularity. We will talk about ceramic coatings and if they're worth it. In the last decade, ceramic coatings have gained tremendous popularity, offering some of the best paint protection offered.

The technology is now being endorsed just about everywhere, from your local detailing shop to automotive YouTube channels, as well as everywhere in between. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. A lot of people get a little turned off once they get a good look at the price tag for the first time. Here's an easy breakdown of what ceramic coating is all about. A ceramic coating is generally known as a nano coating and has the key component silicon dioxide, or in most cases, silicon carbide.

It will come in a liquid form allowing it to be applied to a car and adhere to the vehicle's finish.

When the coating hardens, 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 such things. Waxes dominated the paint protection and auto detailing world for a long, long time. 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. Due to this, everything changed in a big way. 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? Ceramic coatings offer much longer lifespan than wax coatings. Generally, a wax will last between three and six weeks before a reapplication is necessary. 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 a fantastic job and I don't need to sit here and let you know that, you've watched the videos of people throwing mud on their cars and trucks and just slides off and they can just rinse it off with a garden hose and it's been proven time and time again. Many times people overhype things a little bit. In other words, a lot of detailers and people who are promoting ceramic coating like to slightly overstate the truth. I'm saying there are a few misconceptions out there about ceramic coatings.

First and foremost, it does not eliminate 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 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, ceramic coating does not help protect your car against rock chips and scratches.

Even though it may protect against light scratches here and there, I wouldn't see it as a 100 proof solution. 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 read more $1500 to have them done. You can now have your car professionally ceramic coated by a professional detailer for around $700.

Many times, if you intend to have your car coated, you first need to have the paint of your car corrected (remove light scratches), which is where a lot of 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.

In general, when something new like ceramic coating is introduced it costs quite a bit initially, and then eventually the price will come down over time, that's how it is. Getting your car ceramic coated is a lot of work, so you'll have to pay someone to do it for you. It has to be worth it for you and your car.

A car's paintjob has a really nice look, so I would definitely advise you to protect it. Spend a couple hundred dollars, go get your car ceramic coated. It is not only your car that can be coated. It is extremely popular to have ceramic coatings on your wheels. There's so much demand that we've started offering packages as an add-on when you check out. We'll ceramic coat them for you before you head out the door, and it makes cleaning so much easier.

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.

So, if that is something that you find valuable, then by all means, go for it. 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. The protection you are putting on your car or part of your car needs to be worth it for you.

It's an investment and you wanna protect your investment. So let us know your thoughts on ceramic coating down below and whether or not you've had it done to any of your cars or your wheels or seats, cause that's a thing apparently.