The Attack of the Paint-munching Environmental Monsters
Regardless of the climate or physical location, every day is a nightmare for your car paint. Acid rain, insecticides, tree sap, bird droppings, squashed bugs, old wax, and even rainwater leave behind residue that blurs your shine and attempts to destroy your protective clear coat. In a single drop of rainwater there is enough microscopic debris to leave white, dusty tracks on the paint surface that does not simply wash off.
New Cars Are Not Flawless
Contrary to popular belief, a new vehicle is rarely flawless. Manufacturers now use robotic painters that often leave flaws and uneven spots on your car paint. Most new cars also suffer from railroad dust and highway freight contamination, long before it arrives at the dealership. Some dealerships store new vehicles for long periods in storage lockers and on outdoor lots near waterside docks, railway stations, and other industrial areas, where they pick up contamination from a variety of sources that can seriously damage the paint’s finish.
Even if it comes straight from the manufacturer, and especially if it comes straight off the showroom floor, your new car has been manhandled by delivery personnel, service techs, salespeople, and numerous potential buyers. Most dealerships offer to wash your new vehicle, but they rarely detail it; and as hard as it is to believe, many “detailers” working at car dealerships are not really detailers at all, but instead, mechanics and interns with no experience in how to properly prep a car, much less know anything about paint. They are the unintended culprits of swirl marks, holograms, and light scratches.
Eccentric Shine Goes Where No Automated Car Wash Can Go
How can an automated car wash clean stuck-on asphalt and road gunk from the lower regions of your car or truck like the door panels, bumpers, spoilers, and grills? How can it reach Inside your fuel door, inside the door jambs, inside every decorative groove and spoke of your grill and wheels, and even inside your chrome exhaust pipes and engine bay?
They can’t, but Eccentric Shine does!
It Begins With a Hand Wash Using Lubricating Shampoo
Eccentric Shine always hand washes your vehicle with lubricating pH-balanced automotive shampoo, and hand dries it using soft microfiber towels and compressed air, to prevent water spots and streaks.
In addition to being a certified detailer, Angel Morales is a paint correction specialist. He goes over every inch of your vehicle including the hard to reach places where road debris attaches. By getting up close and personal with your automotive paint, he can foresee vulnerable areas where oxidation is settling in, and he can monitor your vehicle's exterior over time to help you correct problems like scratches, etching, and holograms that dull your shine, no matter how much it is waxed and polished.
Every vehicle, especially everyday drives, should receive an Eccentric Shine hand wash and wax at least six times a year to prevent the build up of dust, salt, sand and environmental contaminants on your exterior.
The Eccentric Shine Clean Routine
By bringing the state of your vehicle up to Eccentric Shine's standards for good car appearance maintenance, Angel will work outwardly from there to determine what, if any, additional services are needed such as paint correction, clay bar, semi-permanent coatings that will not only restore, but maintain your paint at the highest level, often looking better afterward than it did the day you drove it off the showroom floor! We will prep your new or aging vehicle so it is free from scratches, swirls, streaks, water spots, oxidation, or holograms; and we provide you with a detailed list of recommended products to use, and directions for how to maintain that sparkling finish you just purchased!
Visit our section on Coating Technology and Paint Correction to find out more about the advanced car care technologies that help you keep your vehicle in top condition, even after a few years!
Eccentric Shine's exterior detail includes:
- A full maintenance exterior hand wash and foamy pre-soak
- A complete cleaning and conditioning of your exterior plastics and trim
- An application of your favorite wax sealant on all painted surfaces
- A FREE assessment of your paint and problem areas
- The option for a long-term protective coating