3+ Year Coating
- Full decontamination & clay bar
- Stage 1 paint correction
- Panel prep & ceramic application
- Overnight cure, in-unit
- Written 3 year warranty (+£50)
Ceramic coating Bridgend · 1,000+ cars coated
Salt, grit and six months of rain strip a car back fast. A ceramic coating from Chauvel's puts a hard, hydrophobic layer over corrected paint — so the muck sits on top and rinses off, instead of etching in.
Limited time · Winter offer
Our longest-lasting package, using Reign Performance PPL — the slickest coating we apply. Booked in at the unit, applied over corrected paint and left to cure overnight.
Paint correction
A coating seals in whatever is underneath it. So before anything gets sealed, the swirls come out — machine polished panel by panel, checked under a light that hides nothing. Tape a line down the middle and the difference stops being an opinion.
Stage 1 from £300 · Stage 2 from £450 · Stage 3 from £600. Every ceramic coating package includes stage 1 correction as standard.
The water test
Coated paint doesn't hold water, so it doesn't hold the salt, grit and road film carried in it. The Defender below is the honest version: coated over a month ago, driven every day since, and not washed once. That's what you're paying for — not a car that looks good on collection day, but one that still looks like this a month later.
Ceramic coating packages
Every package includes clay bar treatment, stage 1 paint correction and full panel prep. A coating locks in whatever is underneath it — so the prep is the job.
Recent work
Every car here left with a ceramic coating on it. No filters, no studio lighting — just Bridgend weather and corrected paint.
Headlight restoration · £50–£100
Left lens restored, right lens untouched. Hazed, yellowing headlights age a car more than mileage does, and they cost you light on a dark Welsh lane. Wet sanded, polished and sealed so they stay clear.
Details, correction & upkeep
Coatings happen at the unit. Full details and maintenance come to you in the van — own water, own power, wherever the car is parked.
How a coating runs
Snow foam, iron fallout remover, tar and a full clay bar treatment. Nothing gets polished until the paint is clean.
Machine polishing to cut back swirls and haze, because a coating locks in whatever is underneath it.
Panel prep, hand application, then left overnight in the unit to cure properly before it sees weather.
Word of mouth
Over 90 of them on Google alone. Across 1,000+ cars coated, drivers in Bridgend and South Wales keep mentioning the same three things.
Cars coming back sharper than they left the dealership — the small details most valets skip.
Recurring theme · GoogleHeavily neglected interiors, deep stains and embedded mess, coming back looking new after one deep clean.
Recurring theme · GoogleClear communication and fair pricing, from the first message through to handing the keys back.
Recurring theme · TrustpilotStraight answers
Most of the price is prep, not product. The 50/50 shot above is the whole argument in one image. Decontamination, clay bar and a stage 1 machine correction take the bulk of the day — a coating seals in whatever is under it, so skipping that step would lock the swirls in for seven years. A wax lasts weeks and hides defects; a coating lasts years and has to be earned first.
Seven years of protection at £500 is around £6 a month — less than two hand washes. Coated paint also washes faster, needs no wax top-ups, and holds its finish for resale.
Coatings are booked in at our unit and cured overnight, so plan on the car staying with us. We'll confirm the exact window when you book.
No — that is what paint protection film does. A ceramic coating adds hardness and chemical resistance: it resists etching from salt, bird lime and fallout, and makes water and dirt sheet off instead of sticking. Wash it badly and you can still put swirls in it.
Both. Ceramic coatings are done at the unit in Bridgend, where we can control the environment and cure overnight. Full details and maintenance come to your home or workplace in the van, with our own water and power.
Maintenance washes from £50 keep the coating performing and keep the warranty meaningful. Regular upkeep is what makes the seventh year look like the first.
Where to find us
Our unit is on Brynmenyn Industrial Estate, a couple of minutes from McArthurGlen Bridgend and straight off the A4065 — easy to drop a car in on the way past. Mobile details run across the region.