Paint Protection Film
Designed to protect automotive paint and other vulnerable surfaces of the vehicle from stone chips, scratches, bug damage, road tar, stains, automotive fluid stains and punishing outdoor weathering including harsh ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Don’t let your paint, exterior & interior surfaces take a beating. Explore a variety of protective films perfect for any application available only from SW Auto Customs. Call us today for full pricing!
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Self Healing
This self healing film can be fixed with a simple heat gun.
True Protection
Protects from rocks, tar, bugs, road objects and more!
Drive with Confidence
Protect your paint today with SW Auto Customs in San Antonio, Texas! We offer a wide range of PPF products for all New Model Vehicles post 2007.
How does PPF Work?
Paint protection film comes in rolls of ready-to-use material. It consists of several different layers, each with a different function.
On the bottom is a release liner that protects the other layers and keeps them clean up until installation. When it’s time to apply the film, the liner is removed and discarded.
In the middle is a layer of acrylic adhesive about 1.6 mils thick (0.040mm). The adhesive binds the PPF to the clear coat, but is designed to stick to remain attached to the film, making it 100% removable without damaging or permanently altering the paint.
The real work is done by the urethane layer, the thickest portion of the film at about 6 mils (0.152mm).
When a rock flies into the car, it will make contact with a jagged edge or point, focusing all of the impact energy into a very small area. Automotive paint is thin and not very flexible, so it will crack and eventually chip away. A couple of years of driving will put dozens of these on anything exposed to the airstream – front bumper, fenders, hood, rocker panels, etc.
Once this happens, the paint is never going to be perfect again. You can touch up the chipped areas and reapply the clear coat, and with enough polishing, the paint will look great from any reasonable distance. However, after a certain amount, it’s more economical to repaint the entire panel, and that’s already expensive.
When you have PPF applied, the urethane layer will flex when impacted, absorbing some of the force and spreading out the rest onto a much wider area, thereby saving the paint.
Finally, modern PPF products feature a thin clear coat layer about 0.5 mils thick (0.013mm), which seals and protects the urethane layer from contaminants.
Urethane is porous on its own and, if exposed to the environment, will trap microscopic particles from the road, which will discolor the film over time. That’s why older or cheaper PPF products turn yellow after some years.
The top coat is resistant to UV, oxidation, and a variety of airborne chemicals and pollutants.