Ceramic coating, paint correction and paint protection for St Kilda 3182 — mobile, at your home or workplace, or at our Berwick studio about 38 km away.
In St Kilda 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.
Every St Kilda 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 Acland Court and Cleve Gardens.
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.
Plane trees and elms line most streets here. Sap and bird droppings etch within a hot afternoon, and a street-parked car cannot be moved out from under them.
Bumper corners and wheel arches collect paint transfer from tight parks. Transfer sits on top of the paint and usually polishes off; kerbed wheels are a separate repair.
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 St Kilda or at the Berwick studio, about 38 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.
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.
A coating. It will not stop sap and droppings landing, but it stops them bonding, so they can be lifted off safely instead of leaving an etched ring.
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.