Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating for Gravesend

Estuary fallout bonds into the paint

Gravesend sits on the Thames Estuary among industry, wharves and heavy road and rail traffic. That environment throws off iron particles and industrial fallout that land on cars and bond into the clear coat, showing as tiny rust-coloured specks and a gritty feel that survives washing.

Those particles do not just look bad, they keep reacting and slowly pit the clear coat. On an estuary car this is the first thing to deal with, before any polishing.

Decontamination first, always

We never polish a contaminated car, because that just drags bonded particles across the surface and adds marks. So we start with a chemical decontamination to dissolve the iron and a mechanical decontamination to lift anything left, until the paint is genuinely clean and smooth.

Only then do we measure and correct, and it is often less correction than expected once the contamination is gone. A ceramic coating afterwards stops fallout bonding directly to the clear coat, which is exactly what an estuary car needs.

A short run from Gravesend

Gravesend is a straightforward drive to the studio via the A227 and A228. We are a drop-off studio, so leave the car with us and we will confirm the timeframe before we start.