Ceramic Coatings Leander
What Do They Cost?
How much money should you spend on a ceramic coating, and how much do ceramic coatings cost? I like simple answers, so here are our average paint correction and ceramic coating prices:
Small Cars: $1300
Small SUV/Large Sedan: $1500
Large Vehicles: $1700+
Now let’s answer the burning question: Why are ceramic coatings so expensive? Well, there are 3 reasons:
First and foremost, ceramic coating applications take TIME. The average ceramic coating installation takes about 10+ hours to polish/prepare the surface and apply the coating.
Automotive ceramic coatings are the hardest, most durable, and advanced form of paint protection that currently exists! We’re talking YEARS of protection… not months!
And finally, in order to understand and install ceramic coatings properly it takes years of experience and some serious training. Which, luckily you can find here at Murph Details! We are certified with SystemX’s professional Ceramic Coatings and know the in’s and out’s of ceramic coatings and their application processes. So at the end of the day, we are also charging for our expertise (and we think we’re pretty good. 🙂)
Are Ceramic Coatings Worth it?
In our biased opinion, every car should be protected by a ceramic coating. Without a ceramic coating, even with a wax or sealant, all it takes is one bird dropping on a hot day and your paint can have permanent damage. Coatings have chemical resistance to things like bug guts and bird droppings, and they will protect your paint for YEARS!! The Even the best waxes or sealants can only last months. And if you are one to go to a touchless car wash, these will actually damage and oxidize your bare paint, where professional ceramic coatings are untouched by them.
Ceramic coatings also have self-cleaning properties. To many, a heavy rain could leave your paint spotless. It will also take longer for the dirt to build-up! Who doesn’t enjoy having a clean car. And on top of that coatings will make your paint shine more than any other form of paint protection that exists!
What Is A Ceramic Coating?
Protecting your new car’s paint at the start of your ownership is the absolute best time. This is before any bug guts or bird bombs are able to cause permanent damage that a coating is designed to prevent! Whether you plan on keeping it for a few years or a lifetime, we can provide professional ceramic coatings that fit your needs.
How Does A Ceramic Coating Work?
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 Leander 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 (SiO2) that cures to your vehicle’s paint, glass, tires, trim, and other surfaces. Even interior surfaces! Not only do ceramic coatings give a rich, glossy appearance to the car paint that is absolutely unmatched, but we provide ceramic coatings designed to last somewhere between 1 and 10+ years depending on the coating you choose. At the end of the day, ceramic coatings have 3 main jobs:
Long term paint protection from the elements
Ease of Cleaning & slows dirt build-up
Insane slickness, gloss, and shine.
Should you get a Ceramic Coating on a new car?
After the ceramic coating is applied to the paint, it is as if your vehicle has an extra layer of ultra durable, chemical-resistant, and hydrophobic skin. Ceramics are designed to protect the paint against the outside world — including bird droppings, bugs, rain, pollen, scratches from washing, and much more. While normal auto detailing services can clean and protect the paint for a few months, ceramic coatings form a sort of glass shield that can protect your investment until the day it’s traded/sold — 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 tens of 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 24 hours in order to cure. It’s that simple.