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The Best Ways to Protect Your Car from Rain

The Best Ways to Protect Your Car from Rain

Rain-proof your ride with our short and to-the-point guide.

Rain can damage car paint by leaving behind hard water spots and depositing minerals, grime, and other pollutants onto the surface of your vehicle. With wet weather comes muddy puddles and dirty splashes that coat your car from the bottom up! Learn how you can protect your vehicle from rain and the elements below.

1. Ceramic Paintwork Coatings

Applying a hydrophobic protective coating to your vehicle is the ultimate way to defend paintwork from the elements. Sealants offer you an outstanding barrier to repel contaminants such as acid rain, road grime, and dirt.

CARPRO DQUARTZ Go topped with CQUARTZ SiC is the best way for a consumer and car enthusiast to coat their vehicle, giving you the closest results to a professional grade sealant. The layers combined offer exceptional hardness, protection, durability, and hydrophobicity

 

Koch-Chemie 1k Nano permanently adheres to paintwork due to covalent bonds making it an extremely strong protective coating. Provide your vehicle with a barrier that resists dirt, rain, and other contaminants for an extended period of time.

2. Spray Coatings

Spray sealants are a great alternative to professional sealants. Easy to apply but with great results!

Koch-Chemie WetGloss creates a particularly smooth, glossy, and highly hydrophobic surface after just a simple spray and rinse! Ready to use, easy to apply, providing long-lasting protection for several weeks.

 

Gtechniq Ceramic Sealant (previously Liquid Crystal) provides instant, effective protection from rain, dirt, and road grime for low price and minimal effort. With two easy application techniques for your convenience.


3. Drying Aids

It's all in the name - a drying aid is designed to make it as easy as possible for you to dry your vehicle. Quickly and easily provide a temporary hydrophobic layer to paintwork as part of your regular wash.

Koch-Chemie ProtectorWax is one of our most popular products and for good reason! Contains polyfunctional reactive components which bond with the surface to guarantee a long-lasting, high-gloss protection for paintwork and improved visibility on glass during rain.

 

CARPRO Hydro2 Foam was formulated with hydrophilic glass fibres, fluoropolymers and can be applied to all vehicle surfaces. Hydroelectric bonding allows the pressure from spraying with water to accelerate bonding to the surface creating a unique glossy coat resistant to nearly all contaminants.

 

4. Glass Coatings

Hydrophobic coatings on glass surfaces are incredibly useful but especially during the wettest months of the year making driving safer for you. Repel rain and other liquids from windscreens and windows at speeds as low at 30mph.

CARPRO DQUARTZ GForce is designed to promote extreme hydrophobicity on glass surfaces while increasing durability. Get superior protection and crystal clear vision all year round.

Soft 99 Glaco promises unobstructed visibility, providing road safety and driving comfort, regardless of the conditions. The easy-to-use Glaco DX & Glaco Glass Compound Roll On kit guarantees durability for up to 4 months with an ultra-smooth hydrophobic film. 

5. Fabric Protection

Look after your fabric interior surfaces by keeping them clean and coat carpet fibres in a protective, hydrophobic layer with a fabric coating. Rainy weather means shoes tracking dirt and rain into your vehicle so make sure those surfaces are appropriately treated!

Koch-Chemie Allround Textile Sealant protects all types of textiles against water, dirt, and stains without impairing the look and feel. Depending on the fibre, application purpose, wear, and care, the durability is up to 24 months.

 

Protect all kinds of fabrics from water-based stains with Gtechniq Smart Fabric. The nano particles of Smart Fabric coat individual carpet fibres leaving the breathability and feel unaffected.

 

6. Waxes

Regular use of vehicle wax can help to maintain and preserve the clearcoat, strengthening the barrier against corrosive elements such as snow, rain, street salt, and other contaminants.

Bilt Hamber Double Speed-Wax contains T1 carnauba wax and hydrophobic polymers. The easy to use paste wax provides outstanding durability even after regular washing. 

Malco Blueberry Nanocare Paste Wax provides up to 12 months of superior surface protection to all automotive finishes. The wax holds on strong, demonstrating excellent water beading!

Stay safe and protect your vehicle as much as you can! We're in for some heavy rain.

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