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08

May

A Picture Of A Vehicle Being Undercoated

Undercoating is a thick water tight sealant mixed with rust inhibitors which is sprayed to the frame and floor boards of a vehicle. We are careful not to undercoat the exhaust, drive train and other mechanical items as the undercoat can interfere with their operation.

Undercoat usually takes a few hours to become tacky allowing the vehicle to leave our shop and be driven for light use. Within 24 to 48 hours the undercoat will be fully cured allowing the vehicle to be used in rain, salt, sand and gravel. Undercoating not only protects the underside of your vehicle from road debris, salt, rust and corrosion. But it also reduces road noise by up to 50%.

Undercoating can be purchased with a Life Time Warranty which means you'll never have to worry about corrosion. And if any undercoating peels off we'll repair if free of charge.

Posted on: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
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20

Apr

X-Kote 1967 Mustang. Paint Restoration, Protection and Scratch Repair

X-Kote is a revolutionary product that is not a wax or polish, but a coating applied to your vehicles finish after it has been prepped, wet sanded and polished. The X-Kote paint restoration coating cures and bonds permanently to the factory finish leaving a smooth, clear and deep coating. The result is an incredibly vivid colour with depth and shine. As Kote bonds to the factory finish it also fills in any scratches and causes them to all but disappear. But most importantly as X-Kote restores your factory finish and is not a wax that will wash off, that brand new shine will last as long as if it were a new.

Check out these vehicles we have recently X-Kote'd

 

Posted on: Friday, April 20, 2012
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03

Apr

Armaguard Spray On Protective Coatings

Armaguard protective coatings are able to take the abuse of protecting a truck box and therefore its also the strongest, most flexible and longest lasting protective coating for just about anything else you could possibly want to protect.

Posted on: Tuesday, April 03, 2012
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22

Mar

Red Mustang X-Kote Paint Restoration

Click here to check some pictures of this late 80's red Mustang that we brought back to life with our X-Kote Paint Restoration. 

Normally if you tried this on an old oxidized red paint job the color would fade back to it's original dull, faded look within weeks. After cut polishing and wet sanding this Mustang we applied the X-kote Paint Restoration which brought back it's original shine, filled in any scratches. As X-Kote reactivates and chemically bonds to the factory clear coat this cars paint job will looks this good for years!

So this classic has a new lease on life with it's beautifully shinny red paint job.

Best part is, that it's still the original paint!

 

 

Posted on: Thursday, March 22, 2012
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22

Feb

Armaguard Spray On Bed Liner Video By Splashes

Here is a link to a few hours of work condensed into just over 10 minutes. This is all the of the preperation, sanding, masking and spraying that goes into an Armaguard Spray In Truck Liner.

http://youtu.be/LaZz0N5NJ4I

At Splahes all of our Spray On Truck Box Liners come with the Life Time Armaguard Total Care Warranty. 

We stand behind our product and instalation.

Posted on: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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18

Jan

New X-Kote Paint Restoration Center

Check Out Our Photo Gallery. We have posted some photos of the newest X-Kote Center in China.

7H is the name of this elite membership shop in the center of Xi'an city. They cater to the affluent, specializing in high end, luxury and exotic cars. 7H chose X-kote as it's flagship service, and designed the center to specialize in the X-kote service. This place is unbelievable!

I could only dream of having a shop like this!   

 

Posted on: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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11

Jan

Spray-On Truck Liners, how strong are they? REALLY!

At Splashes we claim Armaguard spray-on liners are the strongest protection not only for trucks, but for anything you could possible think of. We have used Armaguard coating to protect everything from trailers to baggage carriers, pilings and boats.

But even we would have never thought of coating a jacket in Spray On Truck Bed Liner. The MythBusters gave it a go as part of their tests to see how strong truck bedliners really are.

A dog bite can produce up to 500 PSI of pressure and that is focused to several sharply pointed teeth. Then a dog twists and wipes to make their attack even more violent. No matter, because even that is no match for Spray On Truck Bed Liners.

Check out the video here.   

Posted on: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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08

Dec

A question about Touch-Less washes

I had a customer ask me this question;

Ryan...is the drive through wash hard on the paint with the chemicals?

So I thought I would post my response, just in case anyone else is curious;

There are two thoughts on this.
Yes, touch-less wash cleaning soaps can be strong, but there is no friction to damage the clear coat.
Hand washing is good, but it does wear the clear coat and often when a vehicle is dirty you are essentially rubbing the grit over your vehicles paint as you hand wash it.
In my experience the cars that look the worst over time are the ones that get hand washed often and rarely waxed.
The very best thing you can do for your vehicle is to wash it via a touch-less wash 2 to 4 times per month.
Then once a month hand wash it, as a touch-less wash does tend to leave a film over time and finally be sure to wax your vehicle at least twice a year.
A well waxed vehicle will have a barrier between the grit and the paint to help protect it when hand washing, plus a touch-less wash will work much better on a well waxed car.
Hope that helps!
Ryan.
Posted on: Thursday, December 08, 2011
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28

Jun

New Pics Added To Our Unique Rides Page

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Posted on: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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27

Jun

Splashes Gets a Make Over

Posted on: Monday, June 27, 2011
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