Scratch removal and machine polishing in Notting Hill

W11 signs its cars

Every neighbourhood scratches its cars in its own accent, and Notting Hill's is distinctive: the long feathery scuff of a mews gatepost negotiation, the crescent-shaped rub where a market-day wing mirror kissed yours, swirls ground in by years of quick washes, and the matt rings old sap leaves under the garden-square trees. All of these live in the clear coat, and clear-coat damage is what machine polishing exists to erase.

The honest triage

Before anything spins, the mark gets read. A fingernail that glides across the defect means it is shallow enough to polish; a nail that catches means the scratch has broken through and needs paint, and no amount of optimistic buffing will change that. We give the verdict plainly, from a photo if you like, because polishing at an unpolishable scratch just sells you disappointment.

Fixed, then defended

Correction here comes packaged with the 2 year Ceramic Coating, deliberately: paint that has just been polished is at its most vulnerable exactly when it goes back under the trees that helped mark it. One visit removes the defects and seals the result, and the whole thing happens beside your kerb with power from the bike. For paint that is dulled and gritty rather than scratched, the Exterior Detail's clay and decontamination brings back smoothness without removing a micron more than necessary.