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It's challenging to keep your car's paint in good shape and it can be expensive to do this, however it's a worthwhile investment when it comes to the overall look and appearance of the car. In the last couple of years, many products have hit industry that claim to be the very best which will maintain the paint of your car in excellent condition.

Nowadays, ceramic coating has truly grown in popularity. We are going to go over ceramic coatings and if they are worth the the cost. The ceramic coating industry has exploded in popularity during the last ten years, offering some of the best paint and clear coat protection available.

There are almost always offers for it, from your neighborhood detailing shop to automotive social media content creators, to pretty much everywhere else. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. A lot of people get a little turned off when they get a good look at the price tag the first time. Let's start by understanding what ceramic coating actually is. The main ingredient of a ceramic coating is silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

It will come in a liquid form which allows it to be applied to a vehicle and protect vehicle's finish.

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. Waxes have always been the industry standard for paint protection and auto cleaning. 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. 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.

The 360 Products line of products (found within ADSO stores) uses nano-ceramic technology to help protect the painted surfaces of your car against scratches and other damage. Due to this, everything changed in a big way. 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? The biggest difference between wax and ceramic coatings is their longevity. The wax will last anywhere from three to six weeks, before you'll need to reapply it. 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.

People have shown that they can just rinse off their vehicles after pouring mud on them, and this has been demonstrated time and time again, so I'm not going to tell you how great here it is. There are times when people overhype things a little bit. 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. The reason is there are some common misconceptions about the product and about ceramic coating.

It doesn't get rid of water spots. Unfortunately, it is the truth, even though 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. Ceramic coatings don't protect your car from rocks chips and scratches.

Even though it may protect against light scratches here and there, I wouldn't see it as a 100 proof solution. A protective film or Clear Bra would be an appropriate choice for something like that. Finally, it isn't as expensive as it seems.

When ceramic coatings first came out, it cost nearly $1500 to have them done. Having said that, now you can have your car professionally ceramic coated for only under $700 by a good detailer.

In many cases, when you get a quote for having your car coated, you'll need the paint of the car corrected first(paint correction). That's 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.

Every new thing costs a bit at first, and over time, it'll 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. When it comes down to it, it has to be worth it for you and your vehicle.

If you own a nice paint job on your car, you should protect it. Spend a couple hundred dollars, go get your car ceramic coated. It is not only your car that can be coated. One of the most popular types of wheel coatings today is 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.

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. Ceramic coating technology has helped lots of people; many of the people here have it applied to their vehicles because they 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.

You want to protect your investment. Would you mind sharing your thoughts on ceramic coating and whether you've had it done in regards to any of your cars, wheels or seats.