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Ceramic coating

Five years of gloss, and water that runs off

How long 2 to 3 days

A ceramic coating is a hard, glass-like layer that bonds to the clear coat. It doesn’t make paint indestructible, but it makes it slick: water beads and runs off, dirt has far less to cling to, and bird droppings and tree sap wipe away instead of etching in.

It is only as good as the paint underneath, so every coating starts with a full decontamination and a one-stage correction. Then we wipe the paint back to bare, apply the coating panel by panel under the lamps, and cure it overnight under infrared.

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Water beading into tight round drops on a deep red bonnet under a strip light

Prices by vehicle size

SmallCity cars and small hatchbacks
£595
MediumFamily hatchbacks and saloons
£695
LargeEstates, SUVs and big saloons
£845
XL7-seaters, vans and pickups
£945

What's included

  • Wash, decontamination and one-stage correction
  • Panel wipe to bare, clean paint
  • Five-year ceramic coating on paint
  • Coated wheel faces and glass
  • Infrared curing in the studio
  • Aftercare kit and guide

Good for

  • A new car or one just corrected
  • Cars that live outside
  • Anyone who'd rather wash less

Finished cars like this

  • The red hatchback in the studio, its paint dull, dusty and spotted with water marks
    The same red hatchback with a deep wet-look gloss and crisp hexagon reflections in the paint
    BeforeAfter

    Red hatchback, 2016 ·

    A faded red, brought back to wet

    Red paint that had gone pink and chalky in the sun, corrected in one stage and sealed under a five-year coating.

    In the studio
    2 days
    Cost
    £695

Questions

How long before I can wash it?

Give it a week before the first wash and keep it out of the rain for the first 24 hours; we cure it under infrared lamps before it leaves.

Does it stop stone chips?

No: a coating is a few microns thick. For stone chips you want paint protection film, which we can coat over.

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