AUTOMATIVE PAINT SOLUTIONS IN HENRICO, VA

Thin as saran wrap, clear-coat is the outer protective layer of your paint finish. It rarely has any color pigmentation but is loaded with UV blockers and provides depth and gloss to your automotive finish. It also protects the base coat from weather and harmful UV rays. Clear coats require special consideration because they are susceptible to scratches and swirls which tend to become magnified in the transparency.

If your automotive paint looks faded and the paint has lost its gloss, it is probably caused by oxidation. Although your clear coat protects against oxidation, it does not prevent it. When the clear coat has been neglected, it becomes vulnerable to oxidation, turning the surface dull or chalky looking. Before getting an estimate on a complete paint job, let Astonishing Detail technicians restore the clear coat to a brilliant shine. Ninety percent of the time, Astonishing Detail technicians can restore your paint’s natural gloss with a multiple-stage buffing, polishing, and protection process.

Over-spray is fine mists of airborne paint that land on your vehicle’s surface. Astonishing Detail uses a combination of safe products, tools, and cleaning processes to safely remove any unwanted paint from your vehicle.

Watch those newly paved roads! They throw tar, asphalt, fresh cement (often still wet), and center line road paint (made with glass particles to reflect at night), onto your vehicle, splattering the rocker panels, the sides of the vehicle, the fender wells, and the tires. Astonishing Detail can remove contaminants using the proper chemicals and professional techniques.

The problem with tree sap is that it is so darn gooey! Made of water, hormones, minerals, nutrients, and sugar that eat through your clear coat to etch the paint, it is very difficult to remove when hardened. Astonishing Detail technicians use special tools and chemicals that will not harm your paint surface.

These tiny, sticky black or brown spots found on the paint surface of your automobile look like bug droppings but are often misdiagnosed in the detail industry as tree sap. They are really scaly spores called artillery fungus or shotgun fungus and when exposed to bright light, they burst, emitting a sticky liquid rivaling Super Glue. Because these spores are light-sensitive, you are more likely to notice them on reflective white or silver vehicles. Non-corrosive, artillery fungus causes millions of dollars in cosmetic damage and is almost impossible to remove. The longer it remains bonded to the paint surface, the harder it sticks and if you can pry off the dark little bumps, a brown stain often remains. Scrubbing and scraping with strong chemical cleaners is time-consuming and can scratch and damage the paint.

Let Astonishing Detail remove graffiti off your paint, chrome, plastic trim, and glass without dulling or damaging your paint.