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It's tricky to maintain your car's paint in good shape and it can get expensive to do so, but it's a worthwhile investment with regards to the overall look and appearance of your car. Many products have hit the market in recent decades that claim to be the most effective and will keep the paint of your vehicle in tip-top shape.

I'd say for the last ten years or so, ceramic coating continues to be one of the more important technologies in all this. We will talk about ceramic coatings and when they are worth the cost. Over the last decade, ceramic coatings have grown in popularity, providing the very best paint protection available.

The technology is now being marketed just about everywhere, from your local detailing shop to car YouTube channels, as well as everywhere in between. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. Lots of people get a little turned off when they get a good look at the cost for the first time. First let's figure out what ceramic coating is. The key ingredient of a ceramic coating is silicon dioxide or 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 dominated the paint protection and auto detailing world 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. 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.

360 Products (available at ADSO stores) have a series of products that protect painted surfaces with nano-ceramic technology. Due to this, everything changed in a big way. 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 key differentiator between a wax and a ceramic coating is the longevity of the application. 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.

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

In general, it works excellently, and I don't have to sit here and tell you, you've seen mud fall off cars and trucks and then they can rinse it out with a hose. There are, however, instances when people seem to overhype it. 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. I'm saying there are a few myths out there about ceramic coatings.

It does not eliminate or prevent water spots. I'm sorry, it'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. In the videos you'll see that the ceramic coating is extremely hydrophobic, so the water sticks to the surface of the coating, not the surface itself, so it runs off much, much more easily, hence reducing the likelihood of water spots. Number two, a ceramic coating will not prevent rock chips and scratches.

Even though it may protect against light scratches here and there, I wouldn't see it as a 100 proof solution. 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.

When ceramic coatings first came out, it cost nearly $1500 to have them done. But now you can have your car professionally ceramic coated by the inventors of the stuff itself, for right around $700.

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. You might also just have a container from the information and do-it-yourself, learn the approach, possibly clutter it 1-2 times.

Whenever a new technology like ceramic coating launches on the market, it will likely be quite expensive at first and then over time, the price will reduce, that's just how it works. Getting your car ceramic coated however involves paying someone to apply the coating. Let's face it, it has to be worth it for you and your car.

I would recommend protecting those paint jobs if your vehicle is really nice. Spend a few hundred dollars on a ceramic coating for your car. Your car isn't the only thing you can apply a coating to. The ceramic coating of wheels, for instance, has become extremely popular. There's so much demand that we've started offering packages as an add-on when you check out. We'll ceramic coat them for you before you head out the door, and it makes cleaning so much easier.

We've also seen people get their seats and other interior parts ceramic coated, stuff that they don't want to have to worry about scrubbing off, and that makes website cleaning so much easier.

And if that's something that's worth it to you, then by all means, there you go. There has been a lot of progress in ceramic coating technology, and a lot of people here have had their vehicles coated because they swear by the results. The protection you are putting on your car or part of your car needs to be worth it for you.

You want to 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.