As a vehicle owner, you know maintaining the auto paint job keeps your car looking great and improves its resale value. What you may not know is the wide variety of factors causing premature paint deterioration. Here, the experts at Premier Island Auto Detail in Honolulu, HI, explain which factors are the most damaging and how high-quality ceramic coating provides the protection your car paint needs.

5 Ways Ceramic Coating Protects Your Vehicle’s Paint

1. Salt Air & Sand

Living in Honolulu or another coastal environment exposes your vehicle to humid salt air and sand. Both are extremely abrasive and scratch your vehicle, especially under the hot sun. Sunlight increases paint porosity to promote salt air absorption, resulting in accelerated corrosion without routine maintenance.

2. Insects

Insects are highly acidic creatures. If their remains are not removed from your vehicle quickly, they create small etches in the paint. The longer you wait to remove them, the more damage they inflict.

3. Bird Excrement

Birds regularly consume acidic berries and often ingest gravel while eating food on the ground. The acidity and gravel in their droppings corrode, stain, scratch, and dull vehicle paint without regular maintenance and ceramic coating application.

4. Ash

Ash and soot from the air or tobacco use near your vehicle create a coating on your paint job. When washed off with water, they create damaging alkalis, which will eat away at your paint. If you live somewhere that has frequent soot in the air, cover your car between drives, and schedule ceramic coating.

5. Dirty Accessories

Dirty car washing cloths frequently contain microscopic bits of dirt and debris that scratch vehicle paint. Even dropping a clean microfiber cloth on the ground and continuing to use it is detrimental because it instantly picks up dirt. Be sure to only use clean instruments, and use professional detailers to pick up any dirt you may miss.

Protect your car from Hawaii’s tropical elements by scheduling an appointment for ceramic coating. Premier Island Auto Detail is an accredited center for System X Ceramic Protection and one of the only shops offering this top-quality coating. The product lasts a lifetime on new to one-year-old vehicles and comes with an eight-year warranty on cars two years and older. Call (808) 234-9789 or visit the website. Like their Facebook page for the latest reviews and examples of their auto detail work.