DIY Ceramic Coating Your Mercedes Can Save You Lots of Dough
Avalon King’s easy-to-apply coating can give your Benz years of protection, saving you hundreds or even thousands in the long run.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year or two, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the latest and greatest thing in car care – ceramic coating. This magical substance is reportedly as easy to apply as a coat of wax, yet protects your vehicle’s paint for years, not months. And if you’ve spent any time claying, polishing, and waxing your Mercedes, you know how laborious it is.
There’s just one tiny problem – paying someone to ceramic coat your ride will cost you somewhere between $500-$2,000.
Like everything else in life, ceramic coating your Mercedes yourself can save you a ton of dough. For example, a complete DIY kit from AvalonKing runs just $69.99 for a compact car, $104.99 for a bigger car, or $139.98 for full-size SUVs or trucks. It includes everything you need: from gloves and a microfiber towel to an applicator sponge and suedes to the bottle(s) of ceramic coating itself. Even better, they’re designed to be way easier to apply than professional coatings.
The beauty of ceramic coating is that it forms a layer between outside contaminants and your paint. Things like brake dust, dirt, mud, and water glide off the surface, almost like magic. Water is repelled instantly, beading up and rolling off the surface effortlessly as you can see in the video below. Obviously, ceramic coatings won’t protect your Mercedes from rock chips, scratches, or keep you from having to wash it. But it does make the latter task much easier.
So the only question left to ask is, how hard is it to apply a ceramic coating to your Mercedes? Thankfully, the top video from YouTuber Normal Guy Supercar does a nice job of breaking the job down. And the answer is, well, it depends.
If your car has relatively clean or newer paint it’ll be much easier to prep. The key, as is true with regular waxes, is to remove all the contaminants from your paint’s surface before applying the coating. If you don’t take the time to properly wash, clay, and buff the car first, the coating won’t adhere as well or last as long.
Ceramic coating certainly isn’t a bulletproof option, but honestly, nothing is. But ceramic coatings are most certainly worth the cost and effort. Saving you many hours of detailing labor and money over the long run. And in our book, that makes a few hours of work up front well worth it. So if you’re thinking about taking the plunge, be sure and check out the many informative how-to videos over at AvalonKing’s site.
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