Ceramic coating, paint correction and paint protection for Gruyere 3770 — mobile, at your home or workplace, or at our Berwick studio about 36 km away.
Gruyere 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 Gruyere himself, with more than thirty years on paint behind him, and will tell you honestly if a job is not worth doing.
Around Warramate Hills Nature Conservation Area.
Wet-season mud packs into wheel arches and sills and holds moisture against the metal. It releases far more easily from coated surfaces.
Eucalypts along the valley roads drop sticky, acidic sap that sets hard in the sun and etches a ring into unprotected clear coat.
Working utes and tow vehicles cop mud, feed and gravel rash. Coating the tray, canopy and paint makes the hose-down quick.
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.
You get a straight assessment of what the paint needs, and what it does not.
Wash, iron treatment and clay, so the surface is genuinely clean before it is corrected.
Swirls, holograms and etching are levelled out by machine, measured as we go.
A certified coating, a proper cure, a registered warranty and a simple wash routine.
Andy is mobile as well as studio-based, so the work can be done at your place in Gruyere or at the Berwick studio, about 36 km away. 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. Tell us where the car is kept when you book and you will get a straight answer on which suits the job.
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.
Yes - paint, trays, canopies, bars and trim. A coated working vehicle takes a fraction of the time to clean.