How do you protect a vehicle if it’s parked outside? Are there any proven techniques for protecting paint from the effects of UV rays, acid rain?
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON ELEMENTS THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR CAR’S PAINT?
Protecting your vehicle from exposure to harsh weather conditions and unpleasant contaminants is possible without a garage.
It just takes a little ingenuity on the car owner’s end, and understanding that no matter what you do, your vehicle is eventually going to get damaged.
The exterior of the average daily driven vehicle comes into contact with an immeasurable amount of contaminants on a daily basis. For example, natural contaminants like bird shit and bug splatter.
These, and many more environmental factors have been linked to everything from stains and discoloration, to clear coat oxidation, corrosion, and rust.
For many vehicles, these contaminants and a multitude of others can impact painted, glass, plastic, and rubberized components at an alarming rate.
Below are the most common culprits.
When it comes to paint damage, the sun is one of the first offenders. Our solar system’s star not only generates extreme levels of heat and light, but it also emits radiation, which over time can cause clear coat deterioration.
Throw in some road debris, exhaust soot, and a pinch of acid rain, and the sun’s ability to “nuke” whatever its UV rays touch turns an automotive clear coat into a hazy hot mess.
Man-made materials aren’t the only clear coat and paint destroyer either. Mother Nature can be quite the nefarious bitch as well.
Birds don’t give a squawk about where they dump their fecal matter, and bugs.
Speaking of insects, bug guts are also highly acidic, and once allowed to cure upon a surface can eat into a clear coat at an alarming rate.
But wait, there’s more! Bird dropping, tree sap, pollen, acid rain, hail, and wind-blown debris all want to shit on your car, even when you are asleep inside your house.
PRODUCTS TO PROTECT YOUR CAR WHILE PARKING OUTSIDE
CAR COVER
But the daily removal and replacement of a car cover is both time consuming and tedious, This is precisely why more and more garage-less individuals have turned toward paint protection products like nano ceramic coatings.
COATING
Car coatings are without question the most cost effective and potent paint protection product out of the lot. Blending concentrated amounts of silica dioxide (SiO2) with liquid polymers, high-end ceramic coatings rely upon a form of nano-technology to penetrate the invisible imperfections found on hard, porous materials. The result? One hell of a hard, water-shedding transparent exoskeleton.
Not only does this stuff reject UV rays, dirt, debris, bird droppings, and smog, but it also resists scuffs, clear coat scratches.
PAINT PROTECTION FILM
At one level (or ten) above everything else on this list, paint protection film is just as hardcore as it is extravagant. Do these super tough clear coat covers do an outstanding job of protecting a vehicle from the elements? Without a doubt.
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