Glass coating for Cars

Glass coating has been around for some time, but only recently had increase in interest by both auto detailers and car enthusiasts. Glass coating can also be found by other names like liquid glass, nano-glass, ceramic glass, and quartz coating. There area two basic types of glass coating, one made from quartz silane and other from silica, usually silicon dioxide. Ones made from quartz silane are more expensive due to being very durable and provide extra shiny finish. Both of them form hard, durable semi-permanent shield once applied on the car’s paint. Some of the glass coating products can also be applied on glass and wheels and not only on paint, but there are some that are only for glass like Detailer’s Pro Glass Coating, or like Aladdin’s Double Shield only for glass.

Once applied, glass coating becomes protective paint coating. It provides paint protection from scratches, oxidation, dirt, dust, acid rain, road debris and so on. Besides protection coating will give the paint new high gloss, mirror-like look. Glass coating, and other types of coating, have gotten popular a lot because they shield the paint from the UV rays which cause ever growing problems. Another benefit of coating is repelling water and dirt, resulting in easier car cleaning. Durability of glass coating is usually around 2 years, but some newer products are showing longer life span with right treatment and maintenance. This type of coating also eliminates the need to the wax the paint once the car is coated, though some products and car detailers will advice on applying car wax or car sealant on to for extra shiny layer. Looking at this, glass coating is definitely worth getting. For a bit more time, money and effort, car owners will be safer for longer period that they would be with maybe waxes wearing off after shorter time. 

To apply a glass coating, car’s surface needs to undergo some diligent preparation. Surface needs to be completely free from dirt, dust and rest of contaminants, swirls and scratches, since if not they will get stuck between surface and added layer. So, due to this, part of the surface getting coated should be washed with car wash soap and then dried very well. Some detailers prefer steam cleaning over traditional one. Once the surface is free from everything and smooth, abrasive polishing compound should be used for getting rid of paint swirls and scratches. After this comes applying of the glass coating. There is two ways to do this. First one is taking car to the car detailing shop and leaving it there for few days to be coated. Other way is doing by yourself, using DIY kits. In case of DIY kits, they come with micro fiver towel and applicators. It is advised to do smaller pieces of surface one by one since products hardens as soon as it comes into contact with air. In the end, with micro fiber towel, the surface should be buffed and then left for minimum 24 hours.