23/08/2026
CERAMIC COATINGS - Part 3
What does it do?
It is a paint protection so the obvious answer is: It protects your cars paint.
But what does it protect against?
Protects against, bird lime, tree sap, offers UV protection, also protects against chemicals and oils found on the reads, more so on a rainy day.
But remember! It doesn’t protect agains scratches. Well it does, but its effectiveness against scratches is minimal, don’t think you’ll scrape your bumper against the wall and somehow the coating will magically protect the bumper, definitely not the case, it will protect from the micro-scratches inflicted by a clean plush microfibre cloth during the drying process, but that’s about it. Remember, it’s just a very-very thin layer of hardened polymer.
Very, very effective against bug splatter, and those “radioactive” bird p**ps that left on the car for long periods of time, will permanently etch in the paint.
I saw a test being done on a car panel: a big nasty, disgusting 🤮 bird p**p was left for 9 days on the car. On the 9th day, it was cleaned, obviously it left behind a big ugly mark.
Because the car had a ceramic coating installed, the etching was inflicted to the coating and not the cars paint. It still needed machine polish and local reapplication of the coating, but definitely cheaper to fix than a permanent damage to the clear coat. Yes, you can polish the clearcoat too, however, sometimes it has its limitations, if the clearcoat started to crack, then no amount of polishing can fix that, and even if you catch it sooner, the less machine polishing the car gets the better.
Bug splatter? The aftermath of a more … spirited drive during the summer is a lot of bugs splattered on the front bumpers, mirrors, bonnet and roof, left for a few days those will etch in the paint, and the machine polisher will have to be deployed, which will result in extra cost.
Tree sap? 10 times easier to clean off of a ceramic coating protected car. Tree sap eft for too long it will also etch in the cars paint.
UV protection? Protects against that too, which translates too less oxidation of the clearcoat, and that ultimately results in shinier car for longer.
Oils and other nasty stuff like tar found on the roads? Yes, it protects against that too.
In many cases the tar comes off during the contact wash or even the pre-wash stage.
Simple answer to “what does it do?” is: the ceramic coating protects your paint better and longer than other products or traditional waxes.
We still need to answer: How does it work? Where to get it? Who is it for? Can you DIY? How much it costs? Is it better than regular wax? Should I get it?
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