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It's tricky to maintain your car's paint in great shape and it can get expensive to do this, but it's a worthwhile investment when it comes to the overall look and appearance of the car. Lately, several products have showed up on the market that claim to be the best and that will protect the paint on your car.

Lately, ceramic coating has really grown in popularity. We will talk about ceramic coatings and when they're worth it. During the last 10 years, ceramic coatings have gained tremendous popularity, offering among the best paint protection on the market.

The technology is now being marketed just about everywhere, from your local detailing shop to car YouTube channels, in addition to everywhere in between. There are a lot of people who recommend this stuff. People get turned off by the cost the first time they look at it. I want to first make clear what ceramic coating is. It's also known as a nano coating, and silicon dioxide, or silicon carbide, is the main ingredient.

Ceramic coatings comes in a liquid form so that it may be applied to a car and protect surface of the vehicle.

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. For the longest time and I mean a long, long time, waxes ruled the paint protection and automotive detailing industry. 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.

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. This was a game changer. But like, why?

How did this new product change the game? How did car wax differ from ceramic coatings and why did it cost so much? Ceramic coatings are distinguished from wax coatings by their longer lifetime. The wax will last anywhere from three to six weeks, before you'll need to reapply it. 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.

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 usually tend to overhype things. It is quite common for those who promote ceramic coating to stretch the truth just a tad. The product and ceramic coating in general are subject to a few common misconceptions.

It doesn't get rid of water spots. I'm sorry, it's the truth, although it does help. Its hydrophobic characteristics allow water and water droplets to flow off the surface more easily, as seen in the videos, reducing the amount of possible water spots. 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 against rock chips or scratches.

Even though it may protect against light scratches here and there, I wouldn't really rely on it too much. Always combine it with some common sense. A protective film or Clear Bra would be an appropriate choice for something like that. 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.

If you're getting a quote to have your car here coated, you might have to get the paint corrected first, which adds to the cost. Then you can do it yourself, learn the process, maybe mess it up once or twice.

Everything costs more when it's new, and eventually that price goes down, that's just how things are. 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.

I would recommend protecting those paint jobs if your vehicle is really nice. 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 have ceramic coatings on your wheels. 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.

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.

And if that's something that's worth it to you, then by all means, there you go. A lot of people here have ceramic coating done to their cars because they swear by it. The protection you are putting on your car or part of your car needs to be worth it for you.

If your car is your second most expensive purchase, you should invest in something like a coating to keep it in good condition. 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.