CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Part 10 — The Smart Florida Vehicle Protection Plan Over the previous nine chapters, we’ve looked at just about everything nasty thing that Florida can throw at your vehicle. Relentless sunshine. Intense ultraviolet radiation. Heat. Humidity. Salt air. Sand. Bugs. Bird droppings. Tree sap. Pollen. Road debris. Heavy rain. Standing water. And, depending on where […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Part 9 — Pickup Truck Bed Protection: Why a Bedliner Is More Than Cosmetic Even if you use your pickup truck mostly as a commuter vehicle, there are going to be times when it gets pressed into service as a work truck. After all, that’s what it was designed to do. Even if you don’t […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Part 8 — Undercoating in Florida: Does Your Vehicle Really Need It? What do you envision when you hear the word “undercoating?” Many people might say they picture a car somewhere in Michigan, Maine or upstate New York, pushing through a February snowstorm while highway crews dump salt on the roadway. Very few people would […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
PART 7 — Tree Sap, Pollen & Organic Contaminants: The Hidden Enemies of Your Car’s Finish There’s no doubt about it, Florida is hard on cars. There are some pretty obvious culprits: intense sunshine, ultraviolet radiation, heat, salt air, road debris, insects and the occasional defecating bird. But there are other […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
PART 6 — Protecting the Parts Everyone Else Forgets: Wheels, Trim, Glass, and Interiors When most people look over a car or truck they find interesting, the first thing that draws their attention is usually the paint. Whether it’s new and shiny or old and worn, it’s the paint that catches one’s attention. […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
PART 5: Keeping Your Vehicle Looking New: Washing, Drying, and Maintenance Protection Is a Process, Not a Product Many people believe that once they’ve applied a ceramic coating or installed Paint Protection Film (PPF), their work is done. But reality is a bit more complicated than that. Protecting your vehicle is a bit […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Chapter 4 — Ceramic Coating vs. Paint Protection Film Choosing the Right Protection for Your Florida Vehicle Modern automotive paint may look good, but it’s also thinner and more environmentally friendly than the finishes applied decades ago. Fortunately, today’s vehicle owners have protection options that didn’t exist twenty years ago. The two most popular […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Part 3: Florida’s Biggest Enemies – The Everyday Hazards That Destroy Your Vehicle Florida has one of the harshest environments in America when it comes to automobiles. Every day, your car comes under attack from a combination of ultraviolet radiation, intense heat, salt air, corrosive contaminants, insects, tree sap, bird droppings, torrential rain, […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
Part 2: Water Spots — The Florida Paint Problem Hiding in Plain Sight You wash your car on Saturday morning, and it looks fabulous – until your lawn sprinkler comes on. A few hours later, you notice little white rings scattered across the hood, roof, windows and trunk. Those water spots […]
CoaterZ Ultimate Florida Vehicle Protection Guide
PART 1: What Florida Sun Really Does to Your Car’s Paint — And How to Protect It If you live in Florida, you already know what the sun can do to people. Leave the house without sunscreen on the wrong July afternoon and you may regret it before dinner. Your car […]