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

When it comes down to overall quality and presence of your car, preserving the paint on it is a time-consuming and, at times, pricey process. Nonetheless, keeping the paint on your car is very important. Many detailing supplies have hit the market over the past few decades that claim to help keep the paint of your vehicle in good shape, and some are proclaiming to be the best.

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 are going to go over ceramic coatings and whether they are worth the cost. Over the past decade, ceramic coatings have grown in popularity, providing among the best paint protection available.

There are usually offers for it, from your neighborhood detailing store to automotive social media content creators, to pretty much everywhere else. There are plenty of people that swear by this stuff. People get turned off by the cost the first time they look at it. 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.

This product is liquid, so it can be put on a car or truck 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. Waxes have long been the industry standard for paint protection and car or truck cleaning. 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. 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.

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? 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. Ceramic coating on the other hand will typically last anywhere from two to five years depending on the application and the quality of the product.

Furthermore, ceramic coatings protect against UV rays and other natural things.

It will a fantastic job and I don't have to sit here and let you know that, you've seen the videos of people throwing mud on their cars and trucks and just falls off and they can just rinse it off with a hose and it's been proven time and time again. In the end, though, sometimes people just like to over-hype things. It is my understanding that some detailers and people who promote ceramic coating tend to stretch the truth just a bit because it is so popular. Meaning there are some common misconceptions about the product and ceramic coating.

First and foremost, it does not eliminate water spots. Unfortunately, it is the truth, even though it does help. With the hydrophobic properties that the ceramic coating has, it allows water and water droplets to run off the surface much, much easier, that's why you see it in the videos, which reduces the number of potential 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. Ceramic coatings don't protect your car from rocks chips and scratches.

In spite of its ability to protect against light scratches, I wouldn't think it is an all-in-one scratch proof solution. Think about getting some protective film or a Clear Bra for something like that. Finally, it's not costly 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 vehicle 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. 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.

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 however involves paying someone to apply the coating. It has to be worth it for you and your car.

If your car has a nice paint job, read more you should protect it. You can ceramic coat your car for a couple hundred dollars. The coating process is not restricted to just your car. It is extremely popular to have ceramic coatings on your wheels. 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.

In addition, we've seen people get things like their seats and other interior parts ceramic coated, a bunch of things they don't want to worry about scrubbing down to get all the dirt off, and it makes the process so much easier.

And if that's something that's worth it to you, then by all means, there you go. Honestly, the technology of ceramic coating has helped a ton of people and I know a ton of people here have it done to their vehicle because they just absolutely swear by it. All in all, it's gotta be worth it to you, it's gotta be worth it to be putting on your car or part of your car.

It's an investment and you wanna protect your investment. Tell us how you feel about ceramic coating and if you have had it applied to any of your cars, wheels, or seats.