Ceramic coating
Chemistry that changes the rules.
Ceramic isn't a wax with marketing. It's a cross-linked SiO₂ layer, bonded to corrected paint at molecular scale — and it changes how water, dirt and time treat your car for years, not weeks.
- Pencil hardness
- 9H
- Water contact angle
- 110°+
- Rated durability
- 5 yrs
- Body + top coat
- 2 layers
What it means
Six months vs six years.
Water
It leaves
High contact angle means rain beads and runs, carrying road film with it. Drying after a wash is a microfibre, not a chamois marathon.
Dirt
It doesn't bond
Traffic film, bird lime and tree sap sit on the ceramic rather than etching into clearcoat — provided they're rinsed within days, not weeks.
Chemicals
They're resisted
pH-neutral washes stay the rule, but accidental contamination has a sacrificial layer to attack before your paint.
Gloss
It deepens
The coating optically couples to corrected paint — reflections gain the wet-depth look sealants imitate for a month.
The fine print
What ceramic isn't.
It isn't invulnerable armour, and it isn't a substitute for washing — it's freedom from waxing with dramatically easier cleaning. It also demands corrected paint: sealing swirls preserves them beautifully. Wheels, glass and fabric each get their own formulated system. A body-and-trim application over full correction starts from NZ$1,950.