A professional-grade ceramic coating isn't a product you spray on and wipe off. It's a semi-permanent layer that chemically bonds to your paint. Hydrophobic, UV resistant, and self-cleaning. Two packages, two years or five, and both include a glass coating as standard.
Ceramic coating is an inorganic SiO2-based compound that bonds to the clear coat at a molecular level, creating a hard, slick, sacrificial layer over your paint. It dramatically increases hydrophobicity (water sheets off), resists UV fading, and makes the car significantly easier to keep clean. Unlike wax, it doesn't wash off it has to be machine polished off if removal is ever needed.
Both are applied to the same preparation standard and both include a glass coating as default. The difference is the coating system itself: how hard it is, how it behaves in the rain, and how long it stays that way.
For daily-driven cars in good condition. Real coating protection without the correction-heavy build.
The full Pineworks build. A hard base layer with a sacrificial top layer over it. The version we'd put on our own car.
Some detailers price the basics as extras. We don't. Whichever package you choose, this is the floor, not a list of upgrades.
All glass treated as standard, on both packages.
Chemical and physical decon before anything is applied.
At minimum a gloss-enhancement pass so the coating bonds to clean, corrected paint.
How to wash it, what to avoid, and what to expect in the first 48 hours.
The foundation everything is built on chemical and physical decontamination removes all bonded contamination.
Paint must be completely clean and smooth before coating application or the coating bonds over contamination.
If the paint has defects, they must be corrected before coating the coating will lock them in permanently if not.
All polish residue and oils removed from the surface immediately before coating application.
Applied one panel at a time in a controlled manner, levelled off before curing begins.
The cured coating forms a hard, scratch-resistant layer significantly harder than the clear coat beneath.
Water beads and sheets off the coated surface drastically reduces water spots and makes washing much easier.
Protects against UV-induced paint fade and provides a barrier against light chemical contamination.
Every window and the windscreen coated on both packages. Never an upcharge, never an afterthought.
Every panel checked for high spots and streaking before we hand the car back.
Thorough wash, iron fallout remover, tar remover, clay bar the coating is only as good as the prep underneath it.
Any defects corrected at this stage. The coating will permanently lock in whatever the paint looks like when it goes on.
All surfaces wiped down with isopropyl alcohol to remove any remaining oils, wax, or polish residue.
Coating applied panel by panel with dedicated applicator, levelled off within working time, repeated across the car.
Each panel's coating is allowed to flash to the correct point before a clean microfibre removes the high spots.
All windows and the windscreen coated as standard on both packages. Rain clears at speed and wipers have far less to fight.
The coating begins curing immediately. We advise on the initial 24–48 hour curing window and long-term care.
Get a tailored quote. We'll confirm everything before we show up no surprises, no hidden costs.
Get your quote →