Category Archives: Tips

Tips for everything car care.

Touchless car wash
16
Feb
Behind the Detail, Featured, Guides & Tips, Tips

The Different Types Of Car Washes: Which Is Best For Your Finish?

Posted on by Mike Phillips

The most common thing any of us do to maintain the appearance of our cars is to wash them. Car washes are the foundation of detailing and are arguably the most important part of keeping a vehicle looking as good as possible for as long as possible.  But just like there’s more than one way […]

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Whether your coating creates harmful, static beads is a big part of how to choose a ceramic coating.
23
Feb
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, Tips

How Water Beads Can Kill Your Coating

Posted on by Victor Espeland

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Beads Are Bad. Static water beads, that is. We know, they look cool, and they help you know how to choose a ceramic coating. But if beads aren’t rolling off your car, your coating will end up looking pretty terrible, which means you’ll need to have […]

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Learn how to stop water spots on a car and avoid having this happen to you.
27
Feb
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, How To, Tips

Saving Your Finish: 5 Ways How To Prevent Water Spots On A Car

Posted on by Victor Espeland

As we’ve explained in past articles, static water beads can dry into water spots that can permanently stain and even etch through your finish. At that point you’ll need some machine buffing to get them off, which often means you’re either shaving off precious clear coat or wearing down your coating to the point where […]

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07
Mar
Behind the Detail, Featured, Guides & Tips, Tips

How Water Spots Get Etched Into Paint

Posted on by Victor Espeland

We’ve outlined to a great extent just how water beads resting on your finish dry into water spots that stain and etch your paint. But etching isn’t caused by water spots alone—insect remains, bird droppings and acid rain can all etch your finish as well. So how exactly does an etch occur? We’re going to […]

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A ceramic coating scratch
15
Mar
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, Tips

Your Ceramic Coating Is Making Scratches Worse

Posted on by Victor Espeland

When a hydrophobic ceramic coating can’t shed the beads of water it forms, all sorts of damage can arise. Beads can dry into water spots that stain or etch. Acid rain beads can etch and contaminate your coating. Static water beads can even make your ceramic coating scratch! Or get scratched, to be more specific. […]

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Water beading on a ceramic coating
30
Mar
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Guides & Tips, Tips

Why You Need To Maintain Ceramic Coatings

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Ceramic coatings are some of the best protection you can get for a vehicle’s paint short of paint protection film. Offering unparalleled durability and shine in comparison to wax or sealants, these coatings provide a long-lasting shield against environmental contaminants, UV rays, and minor scratches.  However, while ceramic coatings are known for their durability, they’re […]

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Glass Serum Repels Water
18
May
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, The Detail, The Future of Detailing, Tips

Why You Need A Ceramic Coating For Your Car’s Glass

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Now that we’re in the thick of spring storm season and summer showers are coming up, it’s important to remember just how essential having a ceramic coating for vehicle glass is.  A quick refresher on this technology: ceramic coatings are nanostructured barriers with protective properties, ranging from hydrophobicity to UV resistance. One example would be Dr. Beasley’s […]

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Masking tape for cars
06
Jul
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Guides & Tips, How To, Paint Correction, Tips

How To Mask A Car When Detailing

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Half of what makes a skilled detailer is being prepared for the task at hand, and part of that preparation means knowing how to mask a car with tape.  Skip this step and you could end up wasting your time, or worse, damaging the vehicle. So in this blog, we’ll go over why you should tape off sensitive features, when it’s appropriate, […]

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Elastomers compress rather than breaking when lightly abraded
28
Sep
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, Tips

Your Ceramic Coating Should Be Flexible, Not Hard

Posted on by Victor Espeland

9H, 10H – these numbers are thrown around constantly in the ceramic coating world. You might assume they’re numbers on the Mohs hardness scale. Actually, they correspond to ratings on the Pencil Hardness scale. So if a ceramic coating advertises a 9H hardness, it would (supposedly) resist scratching from a 9H pencil.  It makes sense that this metric is the most talked-about when comparing coatings. People looking for […]

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Cleaning a Glass Serum Pro coating to restore hydrophobicity
04
Oct
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Featured, How To, Tips

Ceramic Coating Not Beading? You May Just Need To Clean It

Posted on by Victor Espeland

A ceramic coating not beading is frustrating, to say the least. But it doesn’t always mean you need a re-application.  Years ago we put Dr. Beasley’s Glass Serum Pro on a beater Land Cruiser’s windshield, and the coating was never properly maintained after. Unsurprisingly, we saw zero hydrophobicity when we blasted it with water. We called it a […]

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