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Strong colours carry the pigments most vulnerable to UV, which is why a ten-year-old red car looks tired when a silver one doesn't. Here's what can be recovered and what can't.

Most detailers won't tell you what a ceramic coating costs until you're on the phone. Here are our actual prices, what's included at each tier, and the things that genuinely change the number.

There's nothing wrong with a sealant. There's plenty wrong with charging coating money for one. Two questions will tell you which you got.

New paint is the best it will ever be — but it isn't flawless off the truck, and it starts degrading the day you drive out. Here's the honest case for and against coating a new car.

One restores gloss. The other actually removes defects. Paying for the wrong one is the most common way people waste money on paint work.

"Full detail" means very different things depending on who you ask. Here's exactly what ours includes, what each package is for, and how to tell if you're being quoted for a wash with a fancy name.

Coatings don't wear out. They get neglected, or washed wrong. Here's the method, the schedule, and the four minutes that can undo a $1,700 job.

A buyer can't assess your gearbox, so they judge what they can see and price the rest off that. Here's what a pre-sale detail costs, what it fixes, and when it isn't worth doing.

Utes cop more than any other vehicle on the road and cost more to coat. Here's why, what it actually costs, and whether the tray and canopy are worth doing.

Electric and hybrid cars need a few things done differently — and a few things they need less of. Here's what actually changes, from someone who details them weekly.

Three products, three completely different jobs, and a lot of bad advice online. Here's what each one protects against — including the one we don't sell.

If you park within a few kilometres of the water, your car is ageing faster than the same car inland. Here's what salt air actually does and how to slow it down.

Detailing is unregulated and quotes vary wildly for reasons that are rarely explained. These seven questions sort a proper operator from a bloke with a bucket.

Your work ute is the first thing a client sees, usually before you say a word. Here's what neglecting it costs in jobs, resale and time — and what to actually do about it.

Vehicles never leave the yard, nobody on your team loses an afternoon, and it's one invoice a month. Here's how fleet detailing actually runs.

White is the most forgiving colour for swirls and the least forgiving for contamination. That changes what a coating actually does for you — and what it won't.

Black gives the most dramatic result of any colour and punishes every mistake. Here's what a coating does for black paint, and why the correction matters more than the coating.

The finance office offers it while you're signing, it sounds reasonable, and you have four minutes to decide. Here's what you're usually being sold and what to ask.

Learn the optimal detailing schedule based on your driving habits and environment.

Everything you need to know about ceramic coating, from benefits to application and maintenance.