Ceramic Coating

Your vehicle will be ready for its first wash 7 days after application. We advise all of our customers not to wash their car on their own on the first wash, we recommend letting us perform the first wash to make sure the coating was installed and cured correctly.

It is not recommended to use these car washes. This type of car wash scratches the car, and can degrade your coating over time, due to, most if not all, of those car washes do not use pH balanced soaps or deionized water.

Removing a ceramic coating requires labor intensive cutting and polishing with a machine polisher, pads, and abrasive compounds. You must be very careful to not go past the clear coat. Only a trained surface specialist should perform this.

1. Wax simply doesn’t last as long and does not hold up like a proper ceramic coat. Common waxes used such as bee, mineral, paraffin, synthetic and carnauba are not nearly as effective at water repellency as ceramic. 2. Car wax can further agitate the finish of your vehicle. It can actually grind in microscopic particles that you may have missed during the prepping process; meaning that everything has to be just perfect. 3. Ceramic coatings are much stronger, because they literally bond with your vehicle’s paint and are capable of becoming liquified or solidified; meaning that a ceramic coat becomes “one with your car”. 4. Ceramic coating vs wax is also stronger against UV exposure and even though a car wax can make your vehicle look like it just rolled off the lot; this appearance will not last. Whereas a ceramic coating will last many years, with minimal upkeep. 5. Ceramic coating products are also extremely hydrophobic, meaning that your vehicle will clean up nicer. Forget water spots! Wax is not nearly this advantageous

Wheels-Off Service includes the removal of wheels. Suspension components, brake calipers and wheel wells will receive thorough steam cleaning and decontamination. The wheels will be deep cleaned inside and out. This package also includes a second layer of ceramic coating for enhanced protection and durability.

An acid-free, pH-balanced iron remover process that decontaminates exterior paint work and wheels while preventing the spread of iron related damage to protect against paint system failure. The paints pores are opened to exfoliate airborne elements and iron particles.

This is the most crucial step prior to a multi-stage paint correction. Without proper techniques while using high speed tools, one can easily cause harm to parts of the vehicle. While this commonly happens at most dealerships and inexperienced detail shops, here at Chavez & Sons Auto Detailing, it is our number one priority to produce the most striking result without creating further damage by incorporating next generation equipment. The vehicle is thoroughly inspected using multiple light sources including high powered LEDs, direct sunlight to reveal all imperfections. The next step is to measure the paint’s clear coat using an ultrasonic paint depth meter to make sure there is enough clear coat to work with. This is a very important process and commonly overlooked by most detailing shops. It determines the thickness of the paint and the possibility of burning through the clear coat. All panel edges, plastics and sensitive areas will be protected using body safe masking tapes. Another step most detailing shops will ignore. Masking these areas will prevent the buffer from burning through the clear coat, since the paint is always the thinnest towards the edge of the panels.

Car ceramic coating chemically bonds with the paint, creating a long-lasting protective layer. A ceramic coating protects the clear coat layer beneath it. The clear coat layer protects the color layer of your car, but your clear coat can become damaged and scratched pretty easily. Even light abrasion with the clear coat can cause visible damage, therefore having a protective layer on top of it is very important. Ceramic coatings protect against UV rays from the sun. Without protection, UV rays can eat away at your car’s paint, causing oxidation and fade.