From swirl removal to a multi-year graphene coating, Gladysdale cars are looked after two ways: mobile, at your place, or at our Berwick studio roughly 34 km up the road.
Gladysdale is valley country - vineyards, orchards, gravel side roads and a long highway run to anywhere. Cars here pick up fine dust in summer, mud in winter and a steady diet of bugs and road film in between.
There is no sales team and no subcontracting. Andy assesses, corrects and coats every car from Gladysdale himself, with more than thirty years on paint behind him, and will tell you honestly if a job is not worth doing.
Around Hoddles Creek Nature Conservation Area.
Gravel flicks up into the bonnet and sills. A coating does not stop chips, but it seals the paint around them so they are less of a way in for corrosion.
Unsealed side roads put a fine, abrasive film over the whole car. It has to be rinsed off, not wiped - wiping it dry is what scratches valley cars.
Agricultural sprays can drift onto cars parked near vines and orchards and dry as a spotted residue on paint and glass. On sealed paint it rinses off far more easily.
Valley fog keeps panels wet well into the morning, which gives dust, sap and droppings longer to work on the paint.
We inspect the paint under proper lighting and measure the clear coat, then tell you what it actually needs.
Iron-fallout treatment and a clay strip, so nothing is ever sealed in under the coating.
Machine polishing in measured stages to remove swirls and etching rather than fill them.
GYEON or ONYX applied panel by panel and cured under cover — in the studio, or in your garage on a mobile job — with the warranty registered.
Andy works mobile in Gladysdale and from the Berwick studio, which is about 34 km from you, so it is your choice. Valley mornings are foggy and the dew is heavy, so a coating has to cure under cover. A shed or garage makes a mobile job straightforward; without one, the studio is the safer choice. Either way it is the same person, the same products and the same registered warranty.
Rinse thoroughly first so the grit floats off, then wash with a proper car shampoo. Never wipe dust off a dry panel.
Yes. Dust does not bond to sealed paint, so a rinse lifts it instead of a wipe, and that is what prevents the scratching.
Usually. Fresh residue washes off; older spotting that has etched can normally be polished out. Coating afterwards makes the next lot much easier to deal with.