Conventional wisdom holds that you should always wax your car after washing it to protect its clear-coat layer of paint. But just because it’s conventional wisdom doesn’t mean you should use ...

Ceramic coating adds an extra layer between your car's paint and the elements. While it's popular, it does have limitations. Here's what to know.

Ceramic coatings promise a deep gloss and years of protection, but applied or maintained the wrong way they can etch, haze or ...

Of all the miracle car-care products out there, ceramic paint coatings seem to get maximum hype: Never clean your car, never worry about paint chips, shine those scratches right out. The hype might ...

Auto detailing continues to evolve, and one of the newer tools in the detailer’s arsenal is ceramic coating. Like wax products, ceramic coatings add a protective layer between a car’s clear coat and ...

Shipping container housing has gone so mainstream that USA Today covers it; on seeing the picture of Peter DeMaria's Redondo Beach house I was reminded of a question that I had when I first learned ...

Industrial pollution contributes to acid rain, which corrodes paint and accelerates wear. Abrasive particles like sand, metal fragments, and road debris gradually penetrate the paintwork, causing ...