Maintaining and protecting your body paint

For the private user, as for the professional, there are, among the types of paints, some solutions, varied and more or less simple or expensive to implement, to ensure the maintenance and protection of the paint of a vehicle.

The finishing of a car has a reason for being both aesthetic, but also preventive against wear and corrosion of the metal. By protecting and taking care of the clearcoat, the appearance and value of the vehicle are therefore preserved, and premature wear is avoided.

Painting maintenance and protection methods

What can harm and damage the clearcoat ? Today, the finishes no longer peel off and are able to remain brilliant for more than 15 years, not in the bush of course, but under normal urban use. Despite this, friction, gravel, aggressive washing, products, or even exposure to the sun and high temperatures alter the gloss and thickness of the clearcoat.

Maintaining and protecting your paint consists of ensuring maintenance : first, washing your car without attacking its clearcoat with hard sponges or corrosive products. Second, there are a few ways to protect the body surface. Unfortunately there is no ultimate protection, at least not yet !

Buffing and polishing

Consisting of a few car and bodywork polishing and buffing actions, the various techniques, manual or using a polisher, make it possible to modify the microscopic surface condition of the varnish, by removing a part, and by restoring it to a smooth and shiny state, under the effect of the heat of friction. In a second phase, a protective wax can be applied to provide temporary protection, as it erodes with washing.

Covering

Radical, because the paint underneath is indeed very well protected under a thickness of half a millimeter of scratch-resistant PVC. But for once, this paint is completely covered and the car is completely revamped. The car and motorcycle wrap film can be removed more or less easily, which will leave only a few traces of glue on the original paint.

Nano ceramic coating

Here is the most promising solution, particularly to prevent discoloration, but also to create a real bulwark against micro-scratches, the nano ceramic coating is developing rapidly and is presented as the indestructible solution of the future. Note : it does not protect against screwdriver blows !

How to maintain and protect your car paint ?

Paint maintenance, protection against fuel, stone chips and chips, scratches and micro-scratches... Here is an article that teaches you how to maintain and protect your car paint.

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