What's the difference between waxing, polishing, coating and electroplating?

Many drivers don't understand the advantages and disadvantages and differences of polishing, waxing, glaze sealing, coating and crystal plating. The following small series has compiled some knowledge for your reference.

Polishing: car polishing is to polish the car before waxing, sealing or coating. Because the glaze coating must be polished first, and it is a finely polished car to make a mirror.

This is a necessary operation for sealing glaze. Without polishing, the car paint is uneven, and the sealing time is very short, which can not achieve the effect of long-term adhesion at all, and it is no different from waxing. Of course, according to the situation of car paint, polishing does not have to be divided into three steps, and new cars are often repaired in one step. But the car with coarse wax must be polished with medium wax, and the car with medium wax must be polished with fine wax.

Waxing: Waxing is relatively simple, of course you are familiar with it. It is a traditional first-generation paint beauty scheme to coat the car body with a protective wax and then throw the wax out of luster. The main ingredient is oil. Car wax can effectively isolate car paint from harmful gases and dust, prevent static electricity and prevent dust from sticking to car paint, thus improving the brightness of paint surface.

Waxing usually takes 20 to 30 minutes. Generally, waxing can only last about 15 days, glaze sealing can last up to 3 months, coating can last almost six months to one year, and crystal plating can last for 3 years. There are three free maintenance in these three years, and it will take longer if there is an underground garage. Advantages: low price and simple construction. Disadvantages:

The molecular structure of wax is larger than that of car paint, so it is difficult to penetrate car paint, with poor protection performance and short protection time. Generally, it only stays in the car body for about 15 days, which requires many times of construction and waxing for nearly 20 times a year.

Waxing is a beautiful way to polish tiny scratches on paint surface by grinding. The main component of car wax is polyethylene emulsion or silicone polymer compound, and it contains grease. Therefore, it will be oxidized in a short time, and the action time is short, ranging from one or two weeks to one or two months, and it will basically lose its effect, but the price is favorable.

Glaze sealing: Soft wool or sponge is used to make glaze molecules penetrate into the cracks of automobile surface paint through the high-speed vibration and friction of vibration polishing machine, making use of the unique permeability and adhesion of glaze. In terms of curing time, it can generally last for about half a year.

Glaze sealing is the second generation of lacquer beauty project, the main component of which also comes from petroleum, and it is a sub-nano lacquer surface maintenance product. The molecular structure is generally smaller than the pores, and it is easy to fill and penetrate into the inner surface of car paint. Glaze sealing is to press the glaze into the interior of the car paint by a special vibration polishing machine to form a mesh protective film. (Note: Glaze sealing must be provided by a professional beauty shop, and the price is generally around 800 1000 yuan). Glaze sealing usually takes about 2 hours.

Advantages: it can improve the hardness of paint surface, resist high temperature, acid rain and ultraviolet rays. Disadvantages: because its main component is organic matter or acidified matter, it is easy to be acidified and oxidized, and its durability is average. Generally, it will gradually collapse in two to three months and need to be rebuilt. After glazing, the car can't be waxed or beautified in other ways, so it can only be glazed.

Coating: the inorganic film is adsorbed on the automobile paint surface by the electrophoresis technology of mutual adsorption of positive and negative electrons, forming a comprehensive protective layer with acid resistance, ultraviolet resistance and corrosion resistance. Retention time is relatively long, generally speaking, it can last for one or two years.

Painting is the core technology of the third generation of paint beauty technology. Non-petroleum environmental protection materials such as glass cellulose, silicone polymer, fluoropolymer and high-purity water are used, and the combination with car paint is closer and more lasting, lasting about half a year.

On the basis of traditional polishing process, painting is to spray coating polymer evenly on the automobile paint surface with a spray gun, and the paint surface forms a protective film. Good quality coating products can significantly improve the gloss of paint surface, and improve the durability and aging resistance of paint surface. Automobile painting tools include wool disc, adhesive tape, polishing machine, glaze sealing machine, automobile mud, coating agent, spray gun, towel and so on. The coating construction time is 3-3.5 hours.

Electroplating: It forms a layer of powerful protective crystals and ultraviolet filter layer on the surface of automobile, which can improve the brightness and hardness of paint surface, prevent scratches, ultraviolet rays and corrosion, completely isolate tiny particles such as dust, oil stains, mold and water molecules, resist ultraviolet rays, oxidation, friction and any corrosion to automobile paint itself, and quickly form a smooth, translucent and lasting protective layer after use.

Crystal plating technology is to form a variety of powerful protective crystals and ultraviolet filter layers on the surface of automobiles, which can improve the brightness and hardness of paint surface, prevent scratches, prevent ultraviolet rays and corrosion, completely isolate dust, oil stains, mold, water molecules and other particles, and has the functions of resisting ultraviolet rays, oxidation, friction fading and increasing the hardness of paint surface.

Make the paint surface keep its original bright color for a long time. It is composed of a polymer inorganic substance, which is dense and stable, and will not change the biomass under the condition of drastic temperature change.

After use, it can quickly form a smooth, translucent and durable hard protective layer, which is the world's leading automobile paint maintenance technology. The construction time of crystal plating is generally about 5 hours.

Theoretically, the thickness of polished car paint will be almost the same as that of plain car paint, but it is not absolute. But you think on the other hand, the paint will naturally age and the thickness will naturally decrease. In this way, coating and crystal polishing can be ignored to remove the painted surface.

However, once you use this kind of project, I suggest you keep using it. After all, after removing the bright oil layer of car paint, there is no support for brightness and aperture. If you don't continue to use the coated crystalline products, the oxidation speed of car paint will be faster and the brightness will decrease.

In fact, in the final analysis, even if you don't care about paint, it's not impossible. After all, before these maintenance products came out, I didn't see any car paint streaking after using them for several years. Rational choice of appropriate maintenance methods, go to a regular maintenance shop maintenance is king.