Who gives the warranty on PPF and coatings?
The manufacturer does. It’s a limited product warranty: the product won’t fail in specific ways for a set period, provided it’s fitted and looked after as the maker asks. The term depends on the grade you choose. We explain the manufacturer’s terms for your film or coating before we start.
Two things catch people out. A product warranty covers defects such as cracking or yellowing, not a stone that tears the film, a scrape or an accident. And it usually covers replacement material only: Garware’s terms exclude the labour of fitting the replacement.
What do Garware’s published PPF warranties say?
We work with Garware films. These are the terms Garware publishes on its e-warranty cards, as of October 2026:
| Garware film | Term | Covers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | 5 years | Cracking (headline); the card’s coverage clause also names yellowing | Non-transferable |
| Matte | 5 years | Cracking and yellowing | Non-transferable |
| Premium | 8 years | Cracking and yellowing | Non-transferable |
| Titanium | Lifetime, first owner | Cracking and yellowing | Sold through Garware Application Studios; fitting and maintenance at the same studio |
Garware’s product pages also list Protect (3 years), Aura (4), Glaze (6) and Pinnacle (12). Full terms are on Garware’s PPF pages and in the Premium e-warranty card. The cards share these conditions:
- No washing for at least 48 hours after installation, while the adhesive cures.
- Maintenance every six months is mandatory to keep the warranty. The card’s schedule starts with a check at 15 days.
- Cover starts on the invoice date and doesn’t pass to the next owner.
- The film must go on factory (OEM) paint, fitted to Garware’s procedure by an authorised installer.
Wherever you get film fitted, ask for the e-warranty to be registered in your name with the film’s roll number. A claim depends on it.
What voids a PPF or coating warranty?
Garware’s cards list these exclusions:
- Skipping the six-monthly maintenance.
- Film laid over a ceramic, Teflon or wax coating. Film goes on bare paint; a coating can go on top afterwards.
- Film applied on a repainted car.
- Accidents, heavy impacts and misuse.
- Harsh cleaning: solvents, rubbing compound, abrasive powders, clay-type cleaners, degreasers, rough sponges and paper towels.
- A pressure washer aimed at film edges, or picking at an edge.
Garware also treats a slight loss of clarity, or slight lifting at edges and around rivets, as normal ageing rather than a defect.
Coating warranties work the same way: the maker sets the term for each grade, usually conditional on registration, periodic inspections and approved wash products.
What’s the aftercare schedule?
| When | PPF | Ceramic or graphene coating |
|---|---|---|
| First 48 hours | No washing (Garware’s rule). Small water specks under the film are normal and usually clear within a couple of weeks. | Keep it dry for as long as the product needs, typically a few hours to a day or two. |
| First week | Gentle hand washes only. Keep pressure washers off the edges. | Typically no shampoo or chemicals while it cures. A plain water rinse is usually fine. |
| Every 1–2 weeks | Hand wash and dry (see below). Lift bird droppings off the same day. | Same. |
| Day 15 | First check on Garware’s maintenance card. | As the coating maker asks. |
| Every 6 months | Garware maintenance, needed for the warranty. | Inspection or top-up, as the maker asks. |
How should I wash a protected car in Pune?
- Use two buckets: one with pH-neutral shampoo, one with clean water to rinse the mitt, so grit stays out of the wash.
- Dry it. Borewell and tanker water leave hard-water spots, even on a coating.
- Skip brush washes and the daily dry duster. Both drag grit across the surface. Ask your society cleaner for a damp microfibre wipe instead.
- Bird droppings and tree sap: lay a wet microfibre cloth over the spot for a minute, then lift it away; don’t scrub. Summer sun bakes them on fast, and peth lanes have plenty of both.
- Monsoon: rinse mud off the sills, lower doors and wheel arches before it dries at the film edges. Cover the car only when it’s clean and dry; a body cover over a wet, gritty car rubs the dirt in.
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