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Keeping your trucks and cars paint in outstanding condition takes money and time, but it makes a huge difference in the overall quality and appearance of your car or truck. Lately, many products have showed up that you can buy that claim to be the very best which will protect the paint on your car.

I'd say for the past 10 years or so, ceramic coating has been one of the more important technologies in all of this. We will talk about ceramic coatings and when they're worth it. It's not a mystery that ceramic coatings have exploded in popularity during the last few years, and they guarantee to offer the best paint protection you can apply to your car.

The technology is being endorsed almost everywhere, from your neighborhood detailing shop to automotive YouTube channels, as well as everywhere in between. People swear by it. People get turned off by the cost the first time they look at it. Let me first make clear what ceramic coating is. The key ingredient of a ceramic coating is silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

It is available in liquid form which allows it to be applied to a vehicle and adhere to the finish.

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. Traditionally, waxes have ruled the paint protection and auto detailing industries. 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. Throughout the 1900s different waxes were used to detail vehicles and bring that nice glamorous shine that their owners sought after.

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.

Using nano-ceramic technology, 360 Products (found at ADSO stores) has a series of products that help protect your vehicle's painted surface. And this literally changed everything. But like, why?

How did this new product change the game? What were the key differences between car wax as well as ceramic coatings, and why did ceramic coatings cost so much? Ceramic coatings are distinguished from wax coatings by their longer lifetime. Generally, a wax will last between three and six weeks before a reapplication is necessary. A ceramic coating will, on the other hand, typically last for about two to five years, depending on the quality and application.

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

It does an incredible 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 falls off and they can just rinse it off with a garden hose and it's been proven time and time again. Occasionally people overhype things a little bit. It is quite common for those who promote ceramic coating to stretch the truth just a tad. 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, that's the truth, although it does help. Using a ceramic coating that has hydrophobic characteristics, water and moisture droplets may flow off the surface much more easily, which is why water spots are less likely to appear. But if you let those drops or spots dry on the surface, you're gonna get the water spots, that's just how it goes. 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. Think about getting some protective film or a Clear Bra for something like that. Finally, it's not costly as you might think.

When ceramic coatings first came out, it cost nearly $1500 to have them done. You can now have your car professionally ceramic coated by a professional detailer for around $700.

If you're getting a quote to have your car coated, you might have to get the paint corrected first, which adds to the cost. You may also just get a jar of your items and give it a try for yourself, understand the approach, probably chaos it one or two times.

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. It is important to note that part of the cost of ceramic coating your car is paying someone to do the application for you. Ultimately, it has to be worth it for you and your vehicle.

The paint on your car should absolutely be protected if it has a really nice paint job. Spend a couple hundred dollars, go get your car ceramic coated. Your car isn't the only thing you can apply a coating to. It is extremely popular to coat your wheels with more info 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.

If you think that's something worth it to you, then go for it. 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. Therefore, it has to be worth it to you to put on a car or part of your car that you want to protect.

It's an investment and you wanna protect your investment. If you've had ceramic coating applied to your car, or wheels, or seats, please let us know how you liked it.