About

Trusted with the keys

When you hand over your car, you’re trusting someone with something valuable. Here’s who that is, and how he works.

A firefighter’s habits, applied to paint

Marzio is a serving London firefighter. On the fire ground there are checks, procedures and no unnecessary risks, and that’s how Buff Details works too.

Paint is measured before it’s polished. Products are chosen for the surface they’re used on. And where getting a car 100% perfect would mean risking the paint, the job stops at “much better”. Your car is worth more with its clear coat intact.

The van A self-contained
studio.
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What goes on your car

Products used

What goes on your car, what each product is for, and what its maker says about it.

GYEON

Gyeon CanCoat EVO

The 12-month ceramic coating on Gloss Enhancement.

From GYEON

Rated
Up to 12 months or 12,000 km
Type
Spray-on ceramic coating
Resists
UV, the weather, and chemicals from pH 2 to 11
Works on
Paint, trim, metal, wheels, side and rear glass
Cure
Kept dry and out of direct sun for 12 hours
GYEON’s product page

GYEON

Gyeon Q² Mohs EVO

The 3-year ceramic coating on both paint correction packages.

From GYEON

Rated
Up to 36 months or 40,000 km from one layer
Type
Fluoro-modified polysilazane ceramic
Resists
UV, the weather, and chemicals from pH 2 to 11
Finish
Deep gloss, tight beading, self-cleaning
Cure
Kept dry and out of direct sun for 12 hours
GYEON’s product page

Koch-Chemie

Koch-Chemie sealant

Seals the paint at the end of the Deep Clean, for gloss and tight water beading.

About Koch-Chemie

Maker
Koch-Chemie GmbH, Unna, Germany
Since
1968, when Hans Koch began making his own polishes
Makes
Car wash, vehicle preparation and car care products
Koch-Chemie’s story

Soft99

Soft99 Ultra Glaco

The 12-month glass coating, as an add-on.

From Soft99

Rated
Up to 12 months
Type
Fluoropolymer glass coating
Rain
Blows off from about 28–37 mph (45–60 km/h)
Winter
Less frost and ice build up on the glass
Summer
Insects come off more easily
Soft99’s product page

Bilt Hamber

Bilt Hamber Auto-Wheel

The only wheel cleaner used: non-acidic, so it can’t etch or dull the finish.

From Bilt Hamber

Type
Non-acid, non-alkaline wheel cleaner
How
Turns brake dust water-soluble, going from clear to deep red as it works
Safe on
Alloy, aluminium and steel wheels
Dwell
3 to 5 minutes, then rinsed off
Bilt Hamber’s product page

Kovax

Kovax fine abrasives

Fine sanding to level a single deep scratch before it is polished out.

About Kovax

Maker
Kovax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Makes
Abrasive papers, films and polishing supplies
Grades
Very fine, so only the scratch itself is levelled
Kovax’s site

Descriptions are the makers’ own, from their sites, in our words.

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