How Water Beads Can Damage your paint and Kill Your ceramic Coating
Water beads on your car can be a problem. They might look nice and can help you choose a special coating for your car. But if these beads don't roll off your car, they can make your car look not so good. Fixing it can be expensive. But why are these beads bad for your car's look?
There are some big problems with these water beads. They can make stains and marks on your car's special covering. Even rain can be a problem if it stays in bead form, it can make your car look bad. Sometimes, tiny pieces of metal from the rain can get stuck in your car's shiny part. Having lots of these beads means more drying, and when you dry a lot, you can accidentally make scratches on your car's surface. This is like when you draw on paper and then rub it too much, and it gets messed up. We'll explain it more in detail.
From Beads to Spots
When water dries on a car, it can make a mark because it has some minerals in it. These minerals stay on the car when the water disappears. At first, it's not too hard to clean these marks with a special spray and wipe. But if you wait too long, the sun can make these marks really tough to remove, and you'll need a special cleaner and extra hard work to get rid of them.
If these marks keep happening, they can make the car's special coating look bad. To fix it, you might need to use a machine to make the coating thinner, and sometimes, you might even have to put a new coating on the car, which can be expensive. It's all because the car couldn't get rid of those water marks.
Acid Rain + Beads = Etching
Acid rain is not good, especially when it turns into tiny drops on your car. Acid rain happens when the rain is not clean because of pollution from factories and stuff. It can be like the rain is a little bit like acid. This kind of rain can harm your car and make it look not nice.
If your car has a coating that makes the raindrops roll away, then it's okay. But if your car has these drops just sitting there, and it rains all night, your car can get marks that are hard to remove. To fix it, you might need to use a machine and put a new coating on the car, which can be expensive. So, it's better if your car can get rid of these raindrops.
Industrial Fallout & Beading
Those of us in the detailing community know that heavy stuff like iron can get stuck on your car's surface and make it weaker. This happens because there is dirty stuff in the rainwater, including heavy things from factories.
If there are water beads on your car and they stay there, the heavy stuff from the rainwater can stick to your car really fast. This can damage your car's paint and make it hard for the car to stay dry when it rains. It's funny because the water beads that were supposed to help actually caused this problem in the first place!
More Beads, More Drying, More Scratching
Having water beads on your car might seem helpful for drying, but they can cause a problem. Imagine you're trying to dry your car after washing it. You keep using lots of towels to get rid of all the water beads that the car's special covering made. But each time you use a towel, it's like rubbing the car's surface, and this can make tiny scratches. If you keep doing this many times, the car's special covering can get so many tiny scratches that it looks bad.
This happens even if you use soft towels or something like a leaf blower that doesn't touch the car directly. So, even if you try to be gentle, the car's surface can still get scratched because of these water beads.
Choosing The Right Coating
If you have a coating that doesn't make water beads go away or let water slide off easily, bad things can happen to your car's paint. It can get etching marks from water spots or acid rain, and bits of metal from the rain can also stick to it. Even drying your car after it rains can scratch it.
The best way to avoid all these problems and the hard work of fixing them, is to book a ceramic coating that will make sure the water beads that lead to water spots go away easily.
