Ceramic coating, paint correction and paint protection for Launching Place 3139 — mobile, at your home or workplace, or at our Berwick studio about 35 km away.
Living in Launching Place means a car that works across very different surfaces in a single week: sealed highway, gravel driveways, wet paddock edges and the odd cellar-door car park. Most of what that does to paint is abrasive, and abrasive damage is exactly what a sealed surface resists best.
There is no sales team and no subcontracting. Andy assesses, corrects and coats every car from Launching Place himself, with more than thirty years on paint behind him, and will tell you honestly if a job is not worth doing.
Around Haining Farm.
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.
Paint depth readings and a close look under the lights before anything touches the car.
A full wash, then chemical and clay decontamination to strip out what washing leaves behind.
Correction matched to your paint - gentler on soft clear coats, more passes on hard ones.
The coating goes on panel by panel and cures under cover before the car goes back on the road.
Andy is mobile as well as studio-based, so the work can be done at your place in Launching Place or at the Berwick studio, about 35 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.
No. Chips are impact damage and only paint protection film reduces them. A coating protects the surrounding paint and makes the car easier to keep clean.
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.