A ceramic coating is a much stronger alternative for adding protection and shine to your vehicle’s paint finish than traditional waxes are. Once applied, the coating will harden into a “shell” which in turn helps to reduce the risk of swirling or scratches harming your finish. Additionally, it makes washing your car much easier as there is no need to apply wax after the washing process is done.
One way we like to ensure that our coating applications come out smooth and clean is by using an Infrared Curing Lamp. This tool helps to expedite the curing process by adding heat to concentrated areas of the vehicle’s surfaces for a predetermined amount of time, allowing the coating to harden quicker. This is an important part of our coating process, as we know that the less time a coating needs to cure, the less chance there will be for the curing environment to allow stray particles to settle as it cures.
Key benefits to why Auto Ceramic Pros uses infrared curing on ceramic coatings:
Enhanced durability: IR curing can help to improve the overall durability of ceramic coating, making it denser, compact and ultimately more resistant to wear and tear over time. By that we mean, IR Curing/drying of coatings will offer a dense harder, wearing material. Which will also reduce any physical abrasion. And offer a higher scratch resistance in terms of wash marring on the paintwork.
Increased corrosion resistance: Ceramic coatings can provide excellent corrosion protection to the substrate they are applied to, and infrared curing can help to enhance this property.
Faster curing times: The fast-curing times of infrared curing can help us to speed up the production process when applying ceramic coatings enabling the customer to get their vehicle sooner.
Smooth finish: Infrared curing can help to produce a smooth, high-quality finish on ceramic coatings.