Ceramikker Car Detailing Kit - Complete Ceramic Wax Car Kit - 250 ML Car Wax, Applicator, Gloves, Microfibre Cloth - Professional Detailing Car Care Kit For Own Garage Usage (1 Complete KIT)

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Add a few drops of wax to a microfibre cloth or pad and apply it to your car by working your way over the body panels in small, overlapping circular motions. That way, you get an even and full coating on your car.

Spray wax is more of a top-up product and won't last anywhere near as long as the others but it's still useful if you're in a rush. The dedicated ceramic coatings are more time consuming. They need to be applied by hand to a clean, dry panels before buffing. They usually require curing time too, but the benefit is best protection and longevity. Which ceramic coating product is right for you? Shake the bottle and spray a small amount of the ceramic coating product on the surface. We mean it. Less is really more. Use a clean microfiber cloth to spread out the coating and work it into the surface. You simply spray it on your vehicle and wipe it off with a microfiber cloth, making it extremely easy to apply to your vehicle. However, in addition to the shorter 12 months of protection, the overall protection and shine you’re getting don’t match what you get from the premium choices.In the end, it’s easiest to think about wax and ceramic coatings as two different roads that lead to the same destination. They are different materials that perform the same task: protect your vehicle's exterior surfaces. Both provide a sacrificial layer that is intended to shield your car’s surface from sun exposure, moisture and environmental pollution. Wax is the old, winding 2-lane road that leads into town and ceramic is the new, 6-lane wide expressway that gets you there in half the time. Just don’t expect the advanced protection to completely eliminate everyday scratches and chips that happen while you’re driving. Disadvantages of Ceramic Coatings

The ceramic waxes are also formulated to allow you to build layers over time. That’s one of the nice features of these products. With traditional car wax, you need to remove the old coatings before you apply a new layer. That’s a thing of the past with ceramic car waxes. There are two types of carnauba wax you can get; pure and a blend. Pure carnauba wax is yellow in colour and will give a really nice deep shine to your paintwork as well as protecting it. It’s also the more expensive and can be quite hard to apply. Blended carnauba wax makes use of additives including beeswax to make it easier to apply but it won’t give the same deep shine. It’s white in colour and cheaper to buy. Titanium dioxide or TiO2 is the main contributor to the hardness of a ceramic coating product. SiO2 helps maintain a flat surface, which makes the top coat slippery. That’s the attribute most people associate with ceramic paint protection products. But, regardless, the percentage of SiO2 and TiO2 in a ceramic wax pales in comparison with their nano-technology infused older and more mature cousins.A more recent development in detailing technology has been ceramic-based paint protection. (You’ve probably heard numerous terms/names, most commonly ceramic coating, silica, quartz, silicone-dioxide or even SiO2). This new ceramic material acts very differently from a wax in the sense that it will actually generate a curing property once applied to a surface. This curing creates a chemical bond with the surface on which it’s being applied, in this case our car’s paint. Once they’re applied & cured, ceramic-based protectants are extremely resistant to water, soaps, and of course environmental pollutants. Ceramic coatings add a new wrinkle to that formula. Sometimes referred to as nano-ceramic coating, ceramic coatings are a chemical compound solution primarily composed of silica and titanium dioxide. The two substances form a bond at the atomic level and the combined result has extremely hydrophobic properties, meaning water cannot penetrate it. Though it does not bond chemically with the paint, it doesn’t wash away like a wax.

data-src="https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/washford/haluk-car-cleaning-spot1-step3-process-winter21-1382x867" You can get yourself kitted out with a complete polishing kit, and for the enthusiasts, you can apply it with an oscillating polishing tool if you wish. Which car wax is best? A ceramic coating is like wax because it is an effective protectant. A good ceramic coating can offer better durability than wax with no real trade-off in return. However, it still won’t protect against stone chips, significant scratches, or eliminate the need for washing your car. Even better, you have choices in the application of both. You can wax first and seal in that shine with ceramics. You can apply the ceramic coating directly to the clear coat and then wax over the top. Or you can use an integrated 2-in-1 DIY product that contains wax and ceramic polymers all in one easy-to-use, spray-on and wipe-off formula.

What’s the Difference Between Waxes and Ceramic Coatings?

While applying the CarPro CQuartz protective coating is more involved than other products, the process isn’t overly difficult. We found the instructions easy to follow, and the kit includes everything you’ll need for application. The last group is the paste waxes. We’ve found that they take more elbow grease to apply. Despite that, they don’t outperform the liquid car waxes in all attributes. As a group, they do have a reputation for slightly better durability; the shine lasts a little longer. A good rule of thumb is that protection provided by most waxes starts to wane after about five weeks. And most should be reapplied after two to three months. Moreover, Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions is easy to apply and provides tons of water-beading properties to help protect your vehicle and keep it looking great between washes. Turtle Wax Hybrid works on all the hard surface your vehicle has so you don’t need to worry about fenders, bumpers, or even windows – it works on it all! If you’re looking for a more complete kit than a single product but don’t want to spend a ton of cash for a complete kit, the Sonax 236941 Ceramic Coating kit is the way to go. It’s slightly more expensive than just a single product, but it will also give you superior results.