Professional Ceramic Coating Installers in Waxahachie, TX
What Is A Ceramic Coating?
Because we are detailers, we’re tempted to get into the nitty gritty of what a ceramic coating is, why it’s the 9th wonder of our Waxahachie auto detailing business, but we don’t want to bore you! A ceramic coating is like a thick winter coat you put on your kids before they go sledding! It’s a hyper durable, and extremely hard layer of Silicon Dioxide (glass) that cures to the entire exterior of your vehicle’s paint, glass, and other surfaces. Not only do ceramic coatings give a rich, glossy appearance to the car paint that is absolutely unmatched, but a nano ceramic coating is designed to last somewhere between 3 and 7+ years depending on the coating you choose. Ceramic coatings have 3 jobs:
1. Long term paint protection
2. Beautiful gloss and shine (and we mean BEAUTIFUL)
3. Make maintaining your vehicle’s appearance much easier
Why Are Ceramic Coatings So Expensive?
Well there are 3 reasons:
1. First and foremost, ceramic coating application takes TIME. The average ceramic coating installation takes about 10 hours… Crazy right?
2. Automotive ceramic coatings are the hardest, most durable, and advanced form of paint protection that exists! We’re talking YEARS of protection… not months!
3. And finally, in order to install ceramic coatings properly we put ourselves through some serious training. In fact, we spent about 90 days going through the most reputable online paint correction and ceramic coating training there is! Not to mention all of the practice that followed… So, at the end of the day, we are also charging for our expertise (and we think we’re pretty good :)
How Does A Ceramic Coating Work?
After the ceramic coating is applied to the paint, it is as if your vehicle has an extra layer of ultra durable, micro scratch resistant, and hydrophobic skin. Ceramics are designed to protect against everything that touches the paint from the outside world: bird droppings, bugs, rain, pollen, surface scratches, and much more. While normal auto detailing services can help clean and protect the paint temporarily, ceramic coatings form a sort of shield that protect your investment until the day it’s traded in which means more money in your pocket!
Washing and maintaining your car is inconvenient and tiresome… So after we spend $50,000 on a vehicle we slowly watch it degrade more and more over time because we just don’t want to keep up with it. We think it’s crazy to pay thousands of dollars for a car, drive it unprotected, and trade it in for pennies years later.
After the paint has been completely cleaned, decontaminated, and we’ve created a smooth surface through paint correction, a thin layer of the liquid ceramic coating is applied to the paint, left to cure, then carefully buffed off until all that remains is a thin ceramic layer that is left for 6-12 hours in order to cure. It’s that simple.
How Much Does A Ceramic Coating Cost?
Price is based on the size of vehicle. General prices are shown below. Please contact us for a more accurate quote.
$500 to $800
Ceramic Coating FAQs
Do you have a shop? Yes! We offer all of our auto detailing and ceramic coating services at the T.B.’s Auto Detailing shop location (located in downtown Waxahachie, TX). Depending on the level of work, it can take 1-2 days to complete the requested service.
Can I wash my car after the coating is installed? Once the coating is applied, you should not get your vehicle wet for the first 48 hours so that it can fully cure to the paint. After that, we advise that our customers do not wash the vehicle for about two weeks. The first wash after we apply the ceramic coating is free to you so we can check how the coating is holding up.
Can the ceramic coating replace my clear coat? If your vehicle’s paint is chipping and fading due to clear coat failure, the only way to fix that would be to repaint the car. A ceramic coating will not be able to help.
Can I get the ceramic coating installed without any prep work or paint correction? Proper preparation before the coating is applied is key to getting the most longevity and durability from the coating. While we can sometimes skip out on the paint correction stage, we strongly recommend against it as you will reap the most benefit from the coating if the prep work is done correctly.