A coating does not stop scratches
Paint correction and ceramic protection, quoted after we have looked at the paint under proper light rather than over a photograph.
What we do
Three services. The first is the one that actually changes how a car looks.
Paint correction
Machine polishing to remove swirls and light scratches, done in stages with depth measured before and after. This is the work that changes a car; a coating over uncorrected paint seals the swirls in and makes them permanent.
Ceramic coating
Applied only over corrected paint. It makes washing easier, holds gloss for two to four years and resists chemical etching. It does not stop scratches and we will not tell you it does.
Interior detail
Extraction rather than a wipe-down: seats, carpets and headlining cleaned and dried properly. The least photogenic service and the one people notice most in a five-year-old car.
Measured, not estimated
Your paint is too thin
A car that has been machine-polished twice before may not have enough clear coat left to correct safely. We measure, show you the readings, and stop below forty microns — about one car in twelve.
You do not need the coating
If the car is garaged, washed properly and being sold within two years, correction alone is the better purchase. The coating is the more profitable service and it is not always the right one.
This will not last as long as you think
A coating on a car parked outside in Indore summers is a two-year product, not a five-year one, whatever the bottle says. We quote the realistic interval and put it on the invoice.
Sixteen hours on one car
The work
Photographed under the same lighting every time, because a flattering light is how this trade hides a poor correction.
From customers
They measured the paint, showed me the readings on four panels and told me not to do it. Then they suggested a wash and a sealant for two thousand rupees instead of the eighteen I had come to spend.
Sixteen hours on the car and they sent photographs at each stage under the same light. The invoice said the coating would last two years outside, not five, which is the first time anybody in this trade has undersold to me.
Five-year-old car with two children in it. The extraction made more difference than anything I have paid for on that car, and it is the cheapest thing on their list.
How a booking runs
Four stages, and the quote comes after the second.
Bring it in
Twenty minutes, no charge. The car goes under inspection lighting — the swirls you cannot see in a car park are obvious under it, and so is a previous correction somebody did not mention when selling you the car.
Measure and quote
Paint depth on every panel, readings shown to you on the gauge rather than described. The quote follows the readings. If there is not enough clear coat we say so here and you leave having spent nothing.
The work
One to two days. Three cars a day maximum in the unit, because a rushed correction is worse than none — it removes material without removing the defect. Photographs at each stage under the same lighting.
Collection
Inspected together under the same lights before you pay. The invoice states the realistic maintenance interval rather than the one on the bottle, and how to wash it without undoing the work.
Book a slot
Three cars a day, so the diary runs about two weeks out. The inspection is free and roughly one in twelve of them ends with us telling you not to bother.
Do not send a photograph, bring the car
Paint condition is invisible in a photograph and a fixed price quoted from one is a guess somebody will pay for later. Twenty minutes under our lights costs nothing.