CERAMIC COATING

THE BEST-PERFORMANCE CERAMIC COATINGS IN MELBOURNE, NEVER SKIP ANY STEPs

FINEST CERAMIC COATING SERVICE

Shining Car is Melbourne’s experienced expert offering premium ceramic coating service and products to protect your car’s paint detailing by creating a protective coating layer. The ceramic coatings liquid acts as the shield to defend your car paint against scratches, dirt, bird droppings, glue and water. They typically form a thin layer of resin or quartz base that uses nanotechnology to spread across your car’s surface and fill in all the minuscule pores within the paint. Its liquid evaporates quickly to leave a sheer outer layer that gives your car better protection with long-lasting shine.

HOW CERAMIC COATING WORKS

When the ceramic coating is applied to the car’s body, a polymer is formed through the chemical bonding with the factory paint. Once it is coated, it can only be removed by abrasion, but not by any other chemicals. If the procedures are done properly, the ceramic coating can last longer than the car’s lifetime. The body panels of a ceramic-coated car will be smooth and abrasions-free. Ceramic coating will make your car stay cleaner for longer as it is easier to clean. Even if it does get some dirt on it, a simple swipe with a clean cloth brings the car back to its former and luscious gloss.

When it comes to applying ceramic coating to your car, it is crucial to follow the correct preparation processes to ensure the coating is applied properly. At ShiningCar, most of the cars that come to inspection usually require at least a single stage paint correction or, in some cases, multiple stages of machine polish before proceeding with the ceramic coating applications.

CERAMIC COATING FEATURES

As the most popular car paint protection project in the car beauty industry. Ceramic Coating boasts in its ability to be resistant to chemical substances. In the daily use of vehicles, the main causes of paint surface aging and loss of light comes mainly from the sun’s ultra violet rays, acidic substances in rainwater, and corrosiveness in bird droppings. These factors can quickly pass through the varnish layer of the colored paint, causing irreparable damage to the surface. The hardness and density of the Ceramic Coating layer is far greater than that of the varnish itself, which can effectively prevent the penetration of chemicals and keep your car paint inside a layer of invisible shield for a long time.

Compared with the varnish layer, the crystal-plated layer is flatter, a higher density, and has fewer pores. These features makes the car body more water-repellent. When the car body is being washed or subjected to rain, the water will quickly slide off the car’s surface, which can greatly relieve the acidic substances in the rain and the stains remaining on the car’s surface. When you clean your vehicle, you do not need a lot of force to wipe your car body, which also reduces the appearance of scratches and swirls.

After the ceramic coating process you no longer need to dry your car after washing, and you do not need to repeatedly wipe the car body to keep a pristine look.

The plated crystal layer of the ceramic coating thickens the varnish layer of the factory paint, and the high gloss of the plated crystal itself can even increase the gloss of the car paint from 20% to 30%.

Compared to waxing or sealants, ceramic coating’s crystal plating has several times the durability. The correct construction process and steps can prolong the effectiveness of the crystal plating, which can last several years. With the correct maintenance methods and habits, the continuity of the ceramic coating’s crystal plating will also be greatly increased.

how we work

CLAY BAY FOR Body stubborn stain removal

cut and polish for fining the paint surface

Degreasing for remove the oil layer

choose the ceramic coating products

applying the ceramic coating on paint

applying the ceramic coating on details

waiting for crystalization process

Wiping off excess ceramic coating with check

Baking to cure the coating layer

interior coating available

wheel coating available

protection coating PODUCTS

carpro cquartz uk 3.0

CQuartz UK excels in its application in cooler environments and stands up incredibly well to harsh or salty environments. CQuartz UK outperforms a wide array of competitive products all across the world! With an extremely high 70% SiO2 content it offers to provide a dense, highly resistant protective coating. All of our licensed installers are trained to add a layer of CarPro Reload to assist in protecting the surface.

Durability: 3+ Years with Proper Maintenance

Thickness: 0.3 Micron

Hardness: 9H

GTECHNIQ CRYSTAL SERUM ULTRA

Crystal Serum Ultra represents a major leap forward in the performance of ultra-durable paint protection, offering matchless levels of gloss, surface slickness, swirl, and chemical resistances.
The key to this performance gain is the introduction of a revolutionary new 7nm nanoparticle alongside an existing 20nm nanoparticle and increasing the ratio of crosslinkers which reinforces and thickens the top layer of the coating.

Durability: 9 Years with Proper Maintenance

Thickness: 0.55 Micron

Hardness: 10H / 7H

ONYX GRAPHENE PRO

The combination of Nano-technology and the properties of Graphene, creates a flexible, transparent, highly conductive, and high impermeability product. UNYX Graphene Pro is the perfect material for protecting an exterior. It is the product for a lifetime of protection against exterior contaminants, scratches, and more that can be applied to paint, metal and wheels.

Results that provide an exceptionally irresistible deep and glossy shine and has a chemical resistance of Grade 3, 10H hardness which is the highest grade in the market. Graphene Pro also boasts of N1 smoothness, and a layer of protection up to 1000nm.

Durability: Lifetime with Proper Maintenance

Thickness: 1 Micron

Hardness: 10H

OTHER PROTECTION PRODUCTS

window coating (flyby forte)

FlyBy Forte by CarPro is a brand new technologically advanced windshield coating and will protect your car’s glass areas for up to a year.

Unlike traditional windscreen coatings, which attach to the surface, Forte fully bonds by penetrating the top surface of the glass, merging and transforming it into a hydrophobic smooth surface. This means that you will see more water repelling effects and a much longer durability. Flyby Forte was tested with over 40,000 real-time wiper cleaning cycles, is UV stable, highly chemically resistant, and is also resistant to scratches or minor chips.

interior coating (leather 2.0)

Built from the ground up, CQuartz Leather 2.0 has a new high-tech water-based formulation, Utilizing high-end ingredients to create a ‘better than new’ look with no added gloss, This formula will aid in preventing repeated exposure to body oils/fats absorbed through the surface. It also negates any cracking or material warping which can occur due to prolonged exposure to UV. No fading or yellowing will occur, and CQuartz Leather 2.0 will resist the mechanical wear of passengers climbing in, and out. CQuartz Leather 2.0 won’t just transform and protect your leather, but also gives the same benefits to vinyl surfaces. It prevents fading and helps keep them clean all year round.

CQuartz Leather 2.0 has been tested against a variety of chemicals and conditions including mud, grease, dye transfer, crayons, and even super glue, and is proven to resist stains better than other traditional leather products.

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HOW LONG CAN THE FUNCTION OF CERAMIC COATING LAST?

There are three main functions of ceramic coating:
Self-Cleaning Ability (water repellent), Protection Ability and Gloss Enhancement.

The duration of the function largely depends on your daily driving and parking environment. While ceramic coating resists heavier damage, it will also be consumed, but the basic protection can be maintained for several years. The gloss and self-cleaning ability will decrease overtime due to corrosion and sandstone resistance all year round. We highly recommend that you regularly maintain the ceramic coating layer. You can do a new activation in the store every year to ensure the duration and function of the ceramic coating.

Does the ceramic coating mean that I can clean the vehicle in any way and place the vehicle anywhere?

The main function of ceramic coating is to protect the factory paint of your car.

Compared with the original varnish layer, the ceramic coating layer has higher hardness and higher density, which can effectively prevent chemical substances from entering your car paint quickly, but the ceramic coating layer itself will be damaged.

Any erroneous methods of washing your car, or any scratches, swirls or corrosion caused by chemicals will stay on the ceramic coating layer. Due to the ceramic coating layer’s protectino you will only need to repair the ceramic coating layer and not the your car’s paint. If your car parking environment is relatively bad, you can choose the Paint Protection Film project.

WHAT SHOULD BE PAID ATTENTION TO IN THE DAILY CAR WASH AFTER CERAMIC COATING？

After the ceramic coating try to use car wash liquid with neutral pH value and non-corrosive chemicals. Avoid using sponges and other tools that are easily mixed with sand during the car wash. Minimize cars parked under trees and outdoors where there is usually a lot of sand and dust. These are important factors to extend the cermaic coating’s durability.

Is THE PREPARATION WORK BEFORE CERAMIC COATING IS WORTH IT and is it necessary?

We highly recommend that you perform paint pretreatment before ceramic coating. This work includes deep cleaning of the car body, iron dust removal, glue removal, asphalt removal, and most importantly degreasing work. These impurities can greatly affect the duration of your ceramic coating. If the ceramic coating is directly covered by the untreated car paint, due to the presence of oil layer and impurities, the ceramic coating will easily fall off in a shorter period of time. If you do not plan to hold the vehicle for a long time, you can also choose express ceramic coating for a cheaper option.

IF MY CAR HAS BEEN USED FOR A LONG TIME, HOW SHOULD I APPLY CERAMIC COATING?

Regardless of a car’s duration and its use we still highly recommend that you do paint correction before ceramic coating. We have developed different packages for different aged vehicles and different paint correction stages. We will provide the most suitable and economical paint correction suggestions for different car paint conditions. Under normal circumstances, cars with 1-2 years belong to the first stage, cars with 2-4 years require the second stage, and older cars may require a three-stage paint correction.