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Ceramic coating locks in the shine of a freshly painted vehicle.
Ceramic coating is the new craze in car care and has formed the basis of a new business for Matakana Mobile Valet.
The coating makes use of ceramic nanoparticles that bond with and fill in microscopic pores in the surface of a car.
It makes the surface hydrophobic, which means that it repels water and dirt, and it protects against the type of fine scratches that mysteriously appear in supermarket carparks.
Matakana Mobile Valet’s Bree Bacher says it is particularly useful for those that live on unsealed roads as it stops road dust caking on to a car body.
“It’s like waxing your car but instead of lasting a couple of months, it lasts years.”
Matakana Mobile Valet buffs out the scratches on a car body as much as possible before the condition is “locked in” by coating it.
“You want it looking as good as possible before applying the coat.”
Bree warns against automated car washes commonly found at petrol stations because they create micro-scratches on a car’s surface.
Matakana Mobile Valet charges up to $1000 to coat a brand-new car off the lot or up to $1200 for a used car.
Bree says the coating is popular for company vehicles, because it allows employees to more easily keep vehicles clean and in top condition.
She says a coated vehicle can be easily washed with any “wash and wax” product, plus water and a soft hand mitt.
The business coated the Leigh Volunteer Brigade’s fire engine, which has to be continually washed because of toxic chemicals in fire fumes.
The ceramic coating has proven so popular that Matakana Mobile Valet is set to rebrand and concentrate its efforts on the coating service, rather than valet cleaning.
It also applies the coating to bathrooms and kitchens.
Bree says it is particularly useful for those with hard water as lime build-up will easily wipe off coated surfaces, instead of requiring a scrub.
