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When it comes to overall quality and appearance, preserving your trucks, car paint in great condition will take effort and money. Numerous products have hit the marketplace in the last several decades that claim to keep the paint of your vehicle in good shape, and some are claiming to be the best.

Lately, ceramic coating has truly grown in popularity. We will talk about whether ceramic coatings are actually worth the cost and whether they will be worth the time and effort. Over the last 10 years, ceramic coatings have grown in popularity, providing among the best paint protection offered.

You can find it endorsed almost everywhere, from detailing shops to car content creators. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. People get turned off by the price tag the 1st time they look at it. Let me first talk about what ceramic coating is. Ceramic coatings are also referred to as nano coatings, and they contain silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

Ceramic coatings is liquid, so it can be put on a car or truck and adhere to the finish of the car.

Once it's hardened, the Silicon dioxide properties and other properties of the coating form an extra protective shell, I guess you could call it, that repels the water and provide some protection from the sun's UV rays and all that good stuff. 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.

One of 360 Products' (available at ADSO stores) products was developed with nano-ceramic technology in order to protect and enhance the paint finish of vehicles. Due to this, everything changed. But like, why?

How did this new product change the game? Why is a ceramic coating so expensive compared to car wax? What are the factors that distinguish ceramic coatings from car wax? Ceramic coatings are distinguished from wax coatings by their longer lifetime. 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.

Ceramic coating also does a better job of protecting against UV rays and other natural things that can harm your paint.

I'm not going to tell you this, but it does do a great job, you've probably seen people throwing mud on their cars and trucks and it just falls off, and they just rinse it off with a hose. However, sometimes people have a tendency to overhype things. In other words, a lot of detailers and people who are promoting ceramic coating like to slightly overstate the truth. Meaning that there are some common myths about the product and about ceramic coating out there.

First and foremost, it does not eliminate water spots. Unfortunately, it is the truth, even though 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 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.

I would not consider it a scratch-proof solution, Near Central Valley even though it may provide some protection from light scratches. If you are looking for something like that, then probably you should consider having a protective film or a clear bra installed. The cost is lower than you may expect.

Ceramic coatings were pricey when they first came out, possibly up to $1500 a pop But now you can have your car professionally ceramic coated by the inventors of the stuff itself, for right 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. 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.

Ceramic coating is likely to be quite expensive when it first hits the market, but it will eventually come down in price over time, that is just how it works. Getting your car ceramic coated is a lot of work, so you'll have to pay someone to do it for you. In the end, you have to decide if it is worth it for you and your vehicle.

If you own a nice paint job on your car, you should protect it. You can ceramic coat your car for a couple hundred dollars. 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)

Additionally, people have ceramic coated seats and other interior parts, a bunch of things that they don't like to have to scrub down to really remove all the dirt, so it makes the whole process very easy.

It's up to you if it's something worth it to you. 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. 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.

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.