Guide topic
Layers, structure, limits
What sits under what, and how much paint a car actually has. This is where it is explained why some things cannot be done.
Layers and limits
When Paint Sticks: Why Some Cars Need More Time
On some cars, the polishing pad stops gliding and starts grabbing instead, leaving fresh swirl marks that weren't there before. We explain why that happens, and how to spot paint that reacts this way before you start correcting it.
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Layers and limits
How Much Paint Is on a Car, and Why Polishing Has a Limit
In direct sun, fine circular marks and smears show up on the bonnet that a cloudy sky hides. They can be polished out, but polishing takes off a layer of paint that doesn't come back. We'll show how much of it a car has, where polishing hits its limit, and why some cars take more than others.
4 min read
Layers and limits
Why Paint Glows After Correction, but Polish Fades Fast
After a correction, paint glows — but a bottled polish for restoring gloss stops working within a few weeks. We explain what's physically happening on the surface of the paint, and why the polish's effect wears off.
4 min read
Layers and limits
Where the paint ends and protection begins: the layers that decide
In the sun the paint no longer reflects sharply: dull patches and faint swirls left by washing. The question that follows is usually ceramic coating or film. But what can still be corrected, and what cannot, is decided by the paint layers underneath – and those we assess for you at our studio.
2 min read
Film on the paint
What PPF actually does for your paint
Light specks of chipped paint on the bonnet and front bumper, thin scratches around the door handle, a scuffed spot on the sill from a kerb. Those marks go into the PPF film instead of the paint. We'll show what it stops and where its limits are.
3 min read
Ceramic protection
How ceramic coating actually works
After rain, dried droplets and water rings stay on the bonnet and dirt only lets go on the second wash. Ceramic coating won't change how the car looks – it changes how the surface behaves. We explain what to expect and what it won't do.
2 min read
Layers and limits
When combining technologies makes sense
There's film on the bonnet and ceramic coating over it, and after a while the edge of the film lifts — the layer above separates and the surface looks matt there. That's what a combination looks like when two technologies compete with each other. We'll show when layers suit each other, and when we'd recommend just one.
2 min read