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In terms of overall quality and appearance, trying to keep your trucks, car paint in great condition takes effort and money. Numerous products have hit the market in recent years that claim to be the best and will keep the paint of your car or truck in tip-top shape.

I'd say for the last 10 years or so, ceramic coating has been one of the more essential technologies in all this. We will go over ceramic coatings and when they're worth the money. It's not a secret that ceramic coatings have skyrocketed in popularity within the last ten years, and they promise to offer some of the best paint protection you could apply to your car or truck.

You can find it promoted almost everywhere, from detailing stores to car content creators. Almost everyone swears by this stuff. People get turned off by the price tag the first time they look at it. First let's figure out what ceramic coating is. It's also known as 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. Traditionally, waxes have taken over 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. Different waxes were used for detailing cars in the 1900s to ensure they had that nice glamorous shine 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.

360 Products (available at ADSO stores) have a series of products that protect painted surfaces with nano-ceramic technology. This was a game changer. But like, why?

What made this product so revolutionary? What were the key differences between car wax and ceramic coatings, and why did ceramic coatings cost so much? Ceramic coatings are distinguished from wax coatings by their longer lifetime. A good wax will last you like three to six weeks before you have 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 it is. Many times people overhype things a little bit. 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. Meaning there are some common misconceptions about the product and ceramic coating.

It doesn't get rid of water spots. Unfortunately, that's the truth, although it does help. Because of the hydrophobic properties of the ceramic coating, water and water droplets will run off the surface much faster, that is why you see it so clearly in the videos, so that water spots are reduced. 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.

In spite of its ability to protect against light scratches, I wouldn't think it is an all-in-one scratch proof solution. Think about getting some protective film or a Clear Bra for something like that. The third thing is that it's really not that expensive.

When ceramic coatings first came out, it cost nearly $1500 to have them done. A professional detailer can now professionally ceramic coat your vehicle 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. Also you can just purchase a bottle of the things and do-it-yourself, learn the procedure, possibly wreck 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. Getting your car ceramic coated is a lot of work, so you'll have to pay someone to do it for you. 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 couple hundred dollars, go get your car ceramic coated. The coating process is not restricted to just your car. One of the most popular types of wheel coatings today is ceramic coatings. Having this done is so popular that we have started offering packages as an add-on when you're checking out. We can literally do it for you before you leave and it makes cleaning your tires 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 cleaning so much easier.

If you think that's something website 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. The cost of putting this on a car or part of your car that you want to protect must be worth it to you.

In the event that your car is your second biggest purchase, you may want to consider something like a coating to help maintain its value. Tell us how you feel about ceramic coating and if you have had it applied to any of your cars, wheels, or seats.