Ceramic coating, paint correction and paint protection for Hawthorn 3122 — mobile, at your home or workplace, or at our Berwick studio about 37 km away.
In Hawthorn most cars live in a basement stacker or on the street, and almost nobody has a hose. That changes how a car gets cleaned - automatic washes and quick wipe-downs replace a proper hand wash - and it shows in the paint as swirls long before the car is old.
There is no sales team and no subcontracting. Andy assesses, corrects and coats every car from Hawthorn himself, with more than thirty years on paint behind him, and will tell you honestly if a job is not worth doing.
Around Glenferrie Centre, Hawthorn station and Glenferrie station.
Basement stackers and narrow ramps leave scrapes along sills and mirrors. We correct what the clear coat allows and are straight about what needs a panel shop.
There is nearly always a building going up nearby. Concrete dust and paint mist from a site drift over parked cars and bond to the paint - removing it is where this business started.
A car that lives on the street takes UV all summer and stays damp all winter. Sealed paint is what stops that turning into faded, flat colour.
Stop-start inner-city driving loads the front wheels with hot brake dust that bakes into the finish. Coated wheels release it with a rinse.
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 is mobile as well as studio-based, so the work can be done at your place in Hawthorn or at the Berwick studio, about 37 km away. Street parking and shared basements are the catch: a coating has to cure dry and under cover, and most body corporates do not allow water or power use in the car park. With a private garage, mobile works; without one, the studio is the better answer. Tell us where the car is kept when you book and you will get a straight answer on which suits the job.
More so. Use a touch-free wash rather than a brush wash. On coated paint the dirt is not bonded, so a touch-free wash actually gets the car clean, and the swirls stop accumulating.
Yes. That is rail or brake dust embedded in the clear coat. It is dissolved with an iron treatment and clayed out, then the paint is sealed so it has a much harder time coming back.
Usually. Transfer from another car or a bollard sits on the surface and polishes off. If the scratch is through the clear coat we will tell you before quoting.