MG Car Club of South Australia
MG REGISTER EVENT
By Steve spong
Report on visit to
Eye Candy Detailing
118 Magill Rd, Norwood
0431 200 956
O
n Thursday 28 th March we visited
Eye Candy Detailing of Norwood,
specialists in automotive exterior and
interior protection, detailing and general
conventional cosmetic repairs and reno-
vations.
We were greeted by the Proprietor
Adam who has had the business for
some 8 years and runs it assisted by his
cousin Russell. Upon arrival we were
given a demonstration on a Tesla that
had come in for a full body and interior
detail plus surface protection, the
wheels also having just returned from
refurbishment.
The body protection product applied is
called “Ceramic Pro” and is a Silicon
Dioxide ceramic glass coating. The
product is in a liquid form applied by
hand and whose nano sized particles fill
up the microscopic imperfections in the
paint’s coating. It is then buffed off to a
durable glossy ceramic coating.
Once cured, the final coating achieves a
“covalent” bond with the paint to effec-
tively become a new product that is im-
pervious to UV, bird droppings and all
general road grime etc., all without ever
having to polish or wax the car again!
The product is also unaffected by high
temperatures and can be used to coat
and protect painted brake calipers etc..
Removal can only be achieved via abra-
sion. In fact polish will tend to abrade
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the surface and wax will not adhere
properly.
Full warranties are given when applied
to new cars, but as with the Tesla, it can
be applied to used vehicles although the
surface preparation is much more oner-
ous to get back to a clean and scuff free
base paint finish. The cost for the exter-
nal treatment of a new car would typi-
cally be around $1000, which is not sur-
prising given a full day’s work to prep
and coat the car, plus a 50cc bottle of
the Ceramic Pro, enough to treat a
whole car, costs a few hundred dollars.
To demonstrate how easy a Ceramic
Pro treated car can be cleaned, Adam’s
Audi was given a demonstration wash. A
simple low pressure foam pre-soak fol-
lowed by a pressure hose wash saw the
water simply bead off to leave a basi-
cally “dry” car, which after a quick buff
with a micro fibre cloth was clean, dry
and streak free.
Adam did mention however that such
ceramic treatments are only really cost
effective on newer cars that are used
daily and so are subject to regular road
and weather contaminants. Very good
protection can be achieved if older cars
are polished and waxed properly and
they are only used irregularly, also some
older style paints cannot always be
coated anyway.
Similar products (Pro Leather and Pro
Textile) are used to treat all internal sur-
faces and upholstery. These again pro-
vide a protective, easy clean finish whilst
still retaining the original feel of the
leather etc..
Between Adam and Russell they would
handle an average of 7 cars per week.
So, our thanks go to Adam and Russell
for taking the time to show us what they