Auto Detailing · Paint Protection
Paint Protection & Ceramic Coating
Correct the paint, then protect it. Done in that order, on cars, trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles across Hampton Roads.
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Water and dirt shed
A coated panel is hydrophobic. Water beads and runs instead of sitting on the paint, and road film has far less to grip.
UV resistance
Sun is what fades and dulls a finish over years of sitting in a driveway or a parking lot. The coating takes that exposure instead of the clear coat.
Easier washes
Less bonds to the surface, so washing takes less scrubbing — which is also what keeps you from putting new swirls in the paint.
The finish holds
Correction is what makes paint look right. The coating is what keeps it looking that way for longer than the next few washes.
How It Goes
A coating applied over paint that was never corrected locks the defects in under a layer built to last.
01
Wash and decontaminate
Hand wash, then the paint is decontaminated. Anything still bonded to the surface at this point gets ground into it by the next step.
02
Correct the paint
Machine polishing to take out swirls, wash marks, and dullness. How many stages depends on the condition of the paint.
03
Prep and coat
Panels are wiped down to strip polishing oils, then the coating is applied by hand, panel by panel, and levelled.
04
Cure
The coating needs time to harden before the car goes back out into weather.
Not sure which you need?
Paint Protection FAQ
It sits on top of your paint as a hydrophobic, UV-resistant layer. Water and dirt shed instead of bonding on, the sun hits the coating rather than the clear coat, and washing gets easier.
In almost every case, yes. A coating locks in whatever is underneath it. If the paint goes under the coating with swirls and scratches in it, that is what you are sealing in, and getting them out afterwards means removing the coating first.
It depends on the product we use and how the car is kept, so we will give you the durability for the coating we recommend for your vehicle.
Yes. Bikes are done by hand around the tank, fairings, and chrome. The process is the same: wash, decontaminate, correct where the paint allows it, then coat.
We cover all of Hampton Roads, including Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, York County, and Isle of Wight County.
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All of Hampton Roads
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Including Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, York County, and Isle of Wight County
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Mon–Sat: 9:00am – 6:00pm, Sun: Closed
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