The Ultimate Detail to remove scratches, swirl marks and contamination burnt into paint!

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Keeping a vehicles paintwork in top condition can be tricky, with environmental conditions working against our vehicles, they easily gather swirl marks, scratches and debris from their surroundings.

 

Paint Defects:

Paint defects have many causes and they all have the potential to affect different layers within the overall paint finish. Here’s a look at the different types of commonly found paintwork blemishes.

 

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• Water Spot Marks (1) – Resulting from the impurities in tap water.

• Holograms (2) – Also known as buffer trails are caused by poor machine polishing techniques. They appear as blurred circular shadows giving the finish a dull and greasy appearance.

• Swirls (3) – Also known as wash swirls as the majority of this type of defect occurs as a result of poor or careless washing and drying techniques. They are light ‘cobweb’ marks in the top of the clearcoat. Extreme cases are generally as a result of the harsh brushes used in many older mechanical car washes.

• Etching (4) – Visible as marks left on the surface of the clearcoat but may have eaten through to the base coat below. These typically occur as a result of acid rain or from bird droppings. Acid rain is caused by chemicals such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide being dissolved into the water vapour in the atmosphere and released in rain. The acidic nature of the rain causes marks to be etched into the surface of the clearcoat. Bird droppings contain Uric Acid, a chemical that is corrosive enough to quickly eat through a coating of wax or paint sealant and begin to etch into the clearcoat. As the paint heats up in direct sunlight it expands, as the temperatures cool, the paint contracts. This expanding/contracting combined with the acid in the bird droppings conspire to leave cracks and etch marks in the clearcoat, and if left could potentially stain the base coat colour beneath.

• Light / Fine Scratches (5) – more linear than swirls, they leave a visible but fine trail on the surface of the clearcoat.

• Random Deep Scratches (6) – Sometimes referred to as RDS, these are typically inflicted by grit and dirt being dragged along the paint. The severity of these scratches varies greatly, with some polish out easily. In the most extreme cases, some RDS will have gone through the clearcoat down to the primer or even to bare metal.

• Stone Chips (7) – While driving, small loose stones fly up from the road surface and impact the paintwork at speed gouging out spherical or sub-spherical divots that typically remove clearcoat, paint and occasionally primer too. Depending on how deep the chip is, a rotary polisher may help to reduce the appearance, but may require the panel to be repainted if the stone chip continue to pester

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Taking anytime from 3 hours to 2 days, your car exterior will be machine polished  to an exceptional quality (independent panels and odd marks can be removed and blended in if possible, although full inspection of the vehicle will be required for this work)

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We use only Wax Safe Detergents, Ph Neutral Materials + Car Washes and only the best compounds and polishes available to the trade, to ensure that no harm is done to any of your vehicles exterior.

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Contact Us for more information.