Why Choose a Professional Ceramic Coating Installation
Why Choose a Professional Ceramic Coating Installer
American Dent Specialists is proud to be an Authorized Ceramic Pro coating installer. We understand that choosing the right ceramic coating for your vehicle can be an overwhelming process and we are here to help walk you through the information so you completely understand how ceramic coating works and which ceramic coating package is the right choice for your budget and your vehicle.
Our friends at Ceramic Pro have a wonderful blog that discusses the different ceramic coating on the market. See exerts from this blog below or read the blog in its entirety here.
What Are the Types of Ceramic Coatings for Cars?
Before we get going – it’s time for a bit of a disclaimer. We’re going to get a little harsh in the information below. Mainly because we’re tired of seeing so many people manipulated by less-than-ethical business owners peddling watered down painted surface protection products. However, NOTHING we say below is OPINION. Every argument we make is backed by science and facts.
As we stated in the intro above, there is a plethora of paint protection products that are called ceramic coatings. They are applied to the car’s paint and are supposed to provide a protective layer to block UV rays, bird droppings, reduce swirl marks, and harden as a glass coating.
A genuine ceramic coating – such as Ceramic Pro products will accomplish three important tasks:
Will penetrate and infuse in microscopic imperfections: All vehicle surfaces are porous in nature. This means that the top layer is not perfectly flat. In fact, if you use a powerful microscope, you can see peaks and valleys in the substrate. A genuine car ceramic coating uses nanotechnology to seep into the microscopic imperfections – filling those gaps, hardening, and essentially creating roots that create a covalent bond.
Will cure to 9H hardness: Once the ceramic car coating fills those imperfections and hardens on the vehicle’s paintwork, it should be as hard as quartz – or a grade of 9H on the pencil scale. This is possible when the formulation of the coating includes silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide (SiO2 and TiO2) – at percentages higher than 50%.
Has carrier solvents that enable multiple layers: While 9H is hard the best ceramic coatings will have the chemical ability to layer on top of each coat. This is accomplished by adding carrier solvents to the formulation. However, the tradeoff to adding carrier solvents is difficulty in application on the car’s paintwork. The margin of error of applying ceramic coating is narrowed, which is why professional-grade coatings are applied by highly-trained experts, in a controlled environment.
Will Spray Coatings Wear Out?
YES. The maximum longevity of these spray-coatings is about 3 to 6 months. They can be layered on top of each coat with every application. So, if you enjoy constantly adding spray-wax on your vehicle every month or two, and simply want the water sheeting and some hydrophobic properties of nano coatings, this type of product might be good for you. If you’re looking for scratch resistance, this is not the product for you.
Just don’t expect significant paint protection, as they simply are not designed for maximum effectiveness.
American Dent Specialists is happy to discuss all the different option on the market with you and explain how we chose Ceramic Pro as our preferred ceramic coating product. If you know American Dent, you know that we take the quality of our work and our customer's experience very seriously. Ceramic Pro is a product we proudly endorse and install as it stands up to the American Dent standard.
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