Professional paint protection for South Yarra 3141: decontamination, correction and a certified coating, carried out on site in South Yarra or at the CDS studio in Berwick.
Inner-city paint in South Yarra takes a different kind of wear from the suburbs further out: parallel-parking scuffs, plane-tree sap, bird droppings baked on between moves, and a fine metallic dust from tram and train lines that a wash does not shift.
Every South Yarra booking is handled by Andy himself — owner-operated, 30+ years on paint, and the same standard for a daily driver, a work ute or a weekend car. Tell us the car and what is bothering you and you will get a straight answer.
Around Jam Factory, Como Centre and South Yarra Arcade.
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.
Apartment living means the car is cleaned at an automatic wash or not at all. Brush washes are the single biggest cause of swirl marks, and a coating makes the touch-free option actually work.
Steel wheels on steel rails shed fine metal dust that settles on nearby cars and corrodes into the clear coat as tiny rust specks. It is dissolved chemically, never scrubbed.
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.
We can come to you in South Yarra, or you can bring the car to the studio in Berwick, roughly 38 km away - both are on offer. 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. If you are unsure, send a photo of where the car lives with your enquiry and we will work out the best option.
Yes - it is our specialty. Concrete spatter and paint mist are removed without cutting into the clear coat, and we can provide a written assessment if you are claiming against the builder.
Yes. Coated wheels stop brake dust baking on, and coated glass sheds rain and cuts glare, which helps most in inner-city night driving.
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.