Do NOT wash a vehicle for at least two-weeks after receiving delivery of your ceramic coated vehicle. Avoid Parking Under Trees: Tree Sap, leaves, and branches can cause etching and scratching on a ceramic coating. Avoid allowing bird droppings, bug splatter, sap, pollen to sit on the car for more than a few days.

Still, here's a simple way to comprehend detailing: while valeting is concerned with removing dirt from the surface of paint, detailing focuses on correcting defects underneath that surface, too. Hence, while valeting is largely just about cleaning, detailing is about both that and carrying out aesthetic repairs, too.

A ceramic-coated car repels water and sheds dirt and debris more easily than an uncoated car, helping it look cleaner for longer, but it will still get dirty, and it still needs to be washed. Washing a car with a ceramic coating is a little different than washing the bare clear coat or a waxed surface.