#ceramiccoatingforcar

Are you a car enthusiast?

I understand you are aware of everything about car care. You are even sure that irrespective of how hard you try, there will always be something hurting your car. Your vehicle external surface, undoubtedly faces the maximum torture like stone chips, bird dropping, children pen marks and others. Besides all safety measures, what can you do actually? Definitely, ceramic car coating is a wise option, but you can give yourself better idea of love protection. You can invest bit more and get your car wrapped in paint protection film. This is a sacrificial barrier for the car’s paint protection. Without a doubt it will protect your car but let me tell you that these clear films aren’t perfect. It should be noted that, these films might take brunt of damage, they have their own restrictions like-tear and wear, yellowing, scratch marks and holes.

How can you ensure your paint protection film stays ultimate while protecting the car? using 9H ceramic coating over the film is something you can use to protect it. In this Opti Coat India blog, we’ll have a look at the various kinds of car ppf. Along with this, you need to consider various car coatings that you should consider for film.

Paint Protection Film Types:

Let’s have a look first at different types of films. All the car ppfs uses thermoplastics for its crafting. These thermoplastics turns less or more flexible depending on temperature. It should be noted that the types of film vary from their extent of flexibility.

·         Paint Protection Film:

In general, the composition of car paint protection film is polyurethane. They are transparent and especially designed for one purpose; acting as barrier. Barrier between car’s painted surface and environmental hazards. Surely, if you roam around in car detailing market, you will listen variable names for this.  Some detailers prefer to call it clear bra, other name as car ppfs. These are trademark and not unlike generic terms. The installation of car ppf is especially done by authorized professionals. However, there are companies focusing on branding and advertising ppf which can be easily installed at home.

Vinyl Wrap :

After car ppf, the other type of car film is vinyl wrap. On the other hand, vinyl wrap is mainly made of polyvinyl. Due to its crafting material, this is known as vinyl wrap. The main application of this wrap is altering aesthetics, be it new look, new pattern, a logo or complete picture. As they tend to be a product for aesthetics, they lack durability. In comparison to car ppf, vinyl wraps are less durable and thinner. However, still they will provide some defined level of paint protection. If you have bit of experience in detailing industry, you can install this vinyl wrap by yourself at home. Moreover, going through manual and guidelines, is essential to get perfect result.

Points to Consider Before Installation:

Paint protection film needs few special care and attention, beyond just coating it. Firstly, you require to avoid high pressure wash of the paint protection film at very high pressure. High pressure can damage the car ppf as it can start to peel back. Secondly, don’t use solvent-based cleaning products over the clear film. These cleaning products can directly damage the car’s surface.

Need to Coat the Car PPF :

There are people who get clear coating over the car surface and think they don’t need to maintain the coating. So, they obviously forget to take care of shield. With every passing year, the technology improves itself. Car paint protection film are susceptible to endless problems which requires professional attention. Using ceramic car coating over the film, you can add life to the film. This will double up the paints protection and add an extra shine to the exterior surface of the car.

·         Abrasion:

Abrasions on film is seen generally in the form of micro-marring and scratches left over from wash pads. On the exterior paint these swirl marks are quite visible. This visibility finally damages the look and feel of the vehicle. With installation of paint protection film, you can surely prevent the surface but what about film’s protection. Along with your car paint, film too demands protection. Using right coating (ceramic coating), you can take care of the film’s protection. After coating application, the film will be completely safe from any minuscule abrasions. Along with shielding, these coatings make the surface glossier.

·         Protecting Self-Healing Properties:

Again, car ppf posses a self-healing property and this is the strongest base of ppf demand. If anyone ask about abrasion, you simply say, “who care when I have paint protection film.” At this time, uttering this is fair enough. But application of car coating inhibits actually the car ppf’s ability to self-heal. Yes, you heard right. Many car coatings are specially formulated to work with self-healing feature of car paint protection film.  

·         Fading/ Yellowing:

These days many car paint protection film brands tout their capacity to protect against ultraviolet radiation, bird dropping and paint-damaging. This is because, any car PPF, after they absorb UV rays, they start to turn a yellow or pale. This yellowing of film leads to dull look your love. To prevent the yellowing of shield, you need to get it a perfect coating matching its requirement. As you know that, an extra thing is always good so an add-on protection is very important to retain the resale value of your car.

·         Browning of Film:

Browning refers to a rust-like environmental contaminants that directly affect your film. If you are hiring professionals for car ppf installation, they can’t even protect your car. The small particles can still act under the car paint protection and eventually turn surface to unappealing brown. Step ahead with the film coating, however, and your car surface will be contaminant-free. 

·         Easy Cleaning:

After ceramic coating, the car paint protection gets ultimate shine and glossiness. Along with this, it brings ease in car cleaning and maintenance process. You can easily wipe of dust and dirt from the film. Above all, car care turns easy with car coating over the clear bra.

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