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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. Nevertheless, maintaining the paint on your car is extremely important. Lately, several products have showed up on the market that claim to be the best which will protect the paint on your car or truck.

Ceramic coating has really been at the forefront of everything over the past ten years or so. We will discuss ceramic coatings and whether they are really worth the the cost. Over the past decade, ceramic coatings have grown in popularity, providing the very best paint protection on the market.

The technology is now being marketed almost everywhere, from your neighborhood detailing shop to car YouTube channels, as well as everywhere in between. Most detailers swear by it. People get turned off by the price tag the 1st time they look at it. First let's figure out what ceramic coating is. It's also called a nano coating, and silicon dioxide, or silicon carbide, is the main ingredient.

The fact that it comes in a liquid form allows it to be applied to a car 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. The paint protection and auto detailing industry was dominated by waxes for a long, long time. 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. 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. This was a game changer. 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.

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

It works fine, you've seen the videos of people throwing mud on their own car and it just falls off and they can just rinse it off. However, sometimes people usually tend to overhype 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. The product and ceramic coating in general are subject to a few common misconceptions.

It does not completely eliminate water spots. Unfortunately, that's the truth, although it does help. Since the ceramic coating has water-repelling properties, the water and water droplets run off much, much easier than a regular paint, which is why you see it in the videos. That reduces the possibility of water spots. Thanks to the hydrophobic properties of the here 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, a ceramic coating will not prevent 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. For something like that, you're gonna wanna look at investing in some protective film or Clear Bra or something like that. Finally, it isn't as expensive as it seems.

Ceramic coatings were quite expensive when they first appeared, reaching upwards of $1500 But now you can have your car professionally ceramic coated by the inventors of the stuff itself, for right 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. Then you can do it yourself, learn the process, maybe mess it up once or twice.

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. However, a lot of the cost that is involved in getting your car ceramic coated is paying for that application process and paying someone to do it for you. It has to be worth it for you and your car.

The paint on your car should absolutely be protected if it has a really nice paint job. Spend a few hundred dollars on a ceramic coating for your car. It is possible to coat more than just your car. It is extremely popular to coat your wheels with ceramic coatings. 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)

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.

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. 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.

You want to protect your investment. So please tell us what you think about ceramic coating and whether it is something you've done to your car, wheels, or seats.