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03Process

Five stages

no shortcuts

Each stage is gated on the one before it. If the paint is not ready for the next step, it does not get the next step.

  1. Hand resting on a car bonnet during intake inspection
    0145 — 90 min

    Intake & Inspection

    The car is photographed, paint depth is measured, and defects are mapped under controlled lighting. Nothing is quoted before the panels have been read.

  2. Wheel being decontaminated by hand
    022 — 4 hrs

    Decontamination

    Chemical and mechanical decontamination lifts iron fallout, tar and bonded contaminants that a wash alone will never move.

  3. Panel being worked by hand during the wash stage
    038 — 30 hrs

    Correction

    Machine polishing in stages. Test sections determine the pad and compound; refinement removes the marring the cutting stage leaves behind.

  4. Glossy black paint reflecting overhead light
    044 — 12 hrs

    Protection

    Coating or film is applied to a surface that is genuinely ready for it, then cured in a controlled environment before the car moves.

  5. Vehicle being finished and inspected after washing
    0560 min

    Inspection & Handover

    A second set of eyes, a second lighting setup, and a walkaround with you before the keys go back. Aftercare is explained, not handed over on a leaflet.

Hand resting on a car bonnet during intake inspection

How we decide

Three rules that never bend

A

Measure, then commit

Paint depth readings come before any pad touches a panel. Clear coat is finite, and a gauge is the only honest way to know how much of it there is.

B

Test sections, always

The right pad and compound combination is discovered on a small section, not assumed from the last car that looked similar.

C

Correct before protecting

A coating preserves whatever sits beneath it. Applying one to swirled paint locks the swirls in for years.

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