Those fine cobweb swirls that show up in sunlight aren't dirt — they're thousands of tiny scratches in your clear coat, usually put there by a rushed car wash. Machine polishing levels them out properly. We do it by hand and by eye under hexagon studio lighting in Hanley, one car at a time.
We assess the paint first and tell you which it needs — there's no point selling you a multi-stage correction if a single stage will get you there.
Prices are a starting point — the final figure depends on the size and condition of the car. Full menu on the services page.
Swirls hide. Under a garage strip light or on a damp driveway, badly swirled paint can look perfect — which is exactly how a car gets handed back "polished" with the defects still in it. Our studio is lit by a hexagon array specifically so every mark shows up while we're working on it, not two days later when the sun comes out.
We look at the paint under the lights and check the depth of the damage, then tell you honestly what will come out and what won't. Anything through the clear coat needs paint, not polish.
Snow foam, safe two-bucket hand wash, clay and iron-fallout removal. Polishing a contaminated panel just grinds the grit in.
Machine polishing panel by panel, then refinement, then protection — sealant, or a NASIOL ceramic coating if you want the finish locked in for the long run.
Unit 14, Trent Trading Park, Botteslow Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3LY — minutes from the A50 and A500, with cars coming to us from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Trentham, Longton, Burslem, Kidsgrove and across Staffordshire. Multi-stage correction is studio only; single-stage enhancement can be done mobile.
Paint correction is machine polishing that removes a microscopic amount of clear coat to level out swirl marks, wash scratches and holograms, rather than filling them in temporarily. Done properly it's permanent — until the damage is put back in by poor washing.
A single-stage enhancement is part of our Signature Detail from £250 and suits paint in reasonable condition that's gone dull or lightly swirled. Multi-stage correction is part of our Restoration Detail from £400 and is for paint with heavier swirls, holograms from a previous machine polish, or scratches. We assess the paint under our lighting and tell you honestly which one it needs.
No — and anyone who promises that isn't being straight with you. If a scratch has gone through the clear coat, polishing can't bring it back; it needs paint. We check the depth first and tell you what will come out and what won't before we start.
Correction depends on seeing what you're doing. Our hexagon studio lighting throws defects into relief that daylight or a garage strip light completely hides, so it's the only way to be sure the swirls are gone rather than just wet and shiny.
It's the natural next step. Correction gets the paint right, and a ceramic coating locks that finish in and makes it far easier to keep. We're an authorised NASIOL Pro Club applicator, so the two jobs can be done back to back in one visit.
By appointment only — message us and we'll find your slot.
