Car ceramic coating in Dubai at Royal Prince Auto Care, DIP 2. We polish out swirls, then coat and cure the paint indoors.
Tell us your car, what it needs and how to reach you. A service advisor will call you back to talk through the work.
The work this service covers at our Dubai Investment Park workshop. Open the full details below.
A car's paint calls for a ceramic coating once any of 6 signs appears. Water spreads instead of beading, swirls and haze show under light, droppings and insect remains stay baked on, and tar survives a wash. The last 2 are stone chips on the front and streaks left by an earlier coating.
Research on car coatings finds that water beads on a surface with a contact angle above 90°. Below 90°, the surface is hydrophilic, the state of untreated or degraded paint, and water spreads in a sheet. We spray the washed panels to find where the water sheets, then coat them after preparation.
Fine circular scratches and a dull haze sit in the clear coat, the top layer of the paint. A coating job removes them by polishing, along with light scratches and tar spots, before any coating goes on. We polish gloss paint by machine or by hand until the swirls are gone.
For an E-Class Saloon W213, EU edition, Mercedes-Benz sets insect remover for insect remains and a water soak for bird droppings. Each is rinsed off afterwards. We lift every deposit with the method its type calls for before the coating stage.
Road tar and tree sap take a solvent, not shampoo, to come off the paint. Mercedes-Benz sets a tar remover for tar stains on that W213. We dissolve tar and sap with a solvent made for each, then rinse the panel.
Jaguar asks owners of the XF, EURO edition, to have stone chips, fractures and deep scratches repaired promptly. Bare metal under a chip corrodes quickly. We repair a chip in our body shop before any coating goes on that panel.
Coating residue that cures on the paint shows as a streak or an uneven patch. The coating maker's remedy is to polish the area and apply the coating again. We polish the cured residue off each affected panel, then recoat it.
Our ceramic coating service covers the preparation, the coating and the cure:
We run every item on each car ceramic coating job. Paint protection film, window tint and wraps are separate services with their own pages.
Car paint loses its gloss in Dubai through 6 causes, led by the sun. Weathering begins once the clear coat absorbs UV. Its visible stages run from gloss loss, colour change and yellowing to cracking and peeling.
The hottest day logged at Dubai International Airport between 1991 and 2020 reached 48.8 °C, in August. Rising sand blows at that station on an average of 17.7 days in each 12-month period.
We coat the bonnet, roof, boot lid and front, where these causes act hardest, along with every other painted panel.
A cured ceramic coating adds a protective layer over the clear coat. We apply it over clean, corrected paint, which is where each result below starts.
A cured coating is hydrophobic, so rinse water and rain bead up instead of sheeting across the panels.
The coating is also oleophobic, which means it repels oils. Road film and greasy deposits sit on the coating instead of the clear coat.
A cured ceramic coating gives the paint a high gloss. Over corrected paint, that gloss shows the colour without swirls beneath it.
The cured layer resists UV radiation over the clear coat.
The coating resists bird droppings and tree sap. Each deposit lands on the coating, with the clear coat beneath it.
The cured coating resists surface scratches. Light marks from dust and washing reach the coating layer before the paint.
Humidity matters because moisture in the air starts the cure of a ceramic coating through hydrolysis. High humidity interferes with the cross-links that form, which leaves a dull coating or a premature cure. Low humidity flash-dries the coating, which makes it hard to buff off and leaves an uneven coat.
At Dubai International Airport, mean relative humidity runs from 49.8 per cent in May to 65.5 per cent in December, on 1981 to 2010 averages. Manual rubbing can also leave overlapping layers and an uneven thickness.
We coat in small sections and level each one before it flash-dries.
Our coating work moves through 6 steps, starting with a look at the paint and ending with the cure.
We check every panel under light before any product touches it. Chips, scratches, repaired areas and unsound paint go on a record of the car.
The car is washed by hand with lukewarm water and a soft sponge. Mercedes-Benz sets this method for the E-Class Saloon W213, EU edition.
Clay decontamination follows the wash and comes before polishing in a ceramic coating job. We clay every painted panel at this step.
Silicone remover takes old wax off, as Mercedes-Benz sets for W213 paint. We then wipe each panel with isopropyl alcohol and water on a clean microfibre cloth that sheds no lint. The mix dries off quicker in warm or windy air, so we wipe 1 panel at a time.
We apply the coating out of direct sunlight, within its maker's range of 5 °C to 25 °C. Shade keeps the layer from a premature cure.
The coated car stays indoors, dry and out of the sun, for the cure time its maker sets. We keep it inside until that time has passed.
Call or send a WhatsApp message to book a paint inspection before coating.
The price of car ceramic coating in Dubai rests on 5 factors: paint condition, deposits, paint finish, chips to repair and any old coating. Swirls and scratches add polishing time, and tar and sap add solvent work. An old coating adds removal work before the new layer goes on.
We record each factor during the paint inspection.
Our coating work follows the paint and trim rules that car makers and coating makers set.
We never polish or wax matt paint. For matt E-Class W213 paint, Mercedes-Benz bars polish, paint cleaner and wax, and any car wash that ends with a hot-wax pass.
We keep chrome polish and abrasive cleaners off the brightwork. Jaguar bars both on the brightwork of the XK, EURO edition.
We keep the coating off rubber seals, plastic trim and hard plastics. One coating maker rules out direct application to those 3 surfaces.
We coat in a ventilated work area and wear gloves and goggles. One coating liquid is classed as an aspiration hazard: it can be fatal if swallowed and it enters the airways.
An opened bottle goes on the car within the period its maker sets, which is 3 months for one coating.
Every make we service gets its coating at one independent site in Dubai Investment Park 2.
A ceramic coating stays effective longer in Dubai with 6 owner habits: wash in shade, dry fully, skip brush washes and keep the jet back. Remove deposits at once and never polish the coating hard. We follow the same habits on coated cars in our care.
Washing a coated car in direct sunlight can leave streaks and water spots. Wash it in shade instead.
Tap water can carry minerals that leave spots on the coating when it evaporates on its own. Dry the car fully after each wash.
Jaguar does not back automatic car washes, jet washes or power mops for the XF, EURO edition. Repeated automatic washes dull the lustre of XF paint. An XF with a carbon-fibre spoiler stays out of washes with rotating brushes.
For an E-Class Saloon W213, Mercedes-Benz sets a nozzle distance of at least 30 cm, and 70 cm from parts with decorative foil. The jet also stays off tyres, lights and ventilation slots.
Mercedes-Benz tells W213 owners to remove dirt from the paint immediately, where possible.
Aggressive products stay off a coating, both for polishing and for removing contamination. Bring the car to us when a panel stops beading.
Tell us the make, model and what the car is doing, and we book it in at our Dubai Investment Park 2 workshop. Free pickup and drop-off by our driver comes with a service contract. Every service comes with a free car wash.
Regular servicing keeps small faults from turning into big repairs. Both packages are carried out by certified technicians using genuine or quality parts.
Each package is quoted for your car. Call +971 50 216 0864 with the make and model for an estimate.
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A ceramic coating forms chemical bonds with the clear coat, while waxes and polymer sealants rest on the paint surface. In published research, commercial waxes start at water contact angles of 71.17° to 94.85°, partly below the 90° at which water beads. We remove old wax before a coating goes on.
No. One coating maker sets 5 °C to 25 °C and no direct sunlight. Dubai International Airport logged no June to October day below 30 °C across 1991 to 2020. In an Al Ain study, white cars parked in shade still averaged 47.4 °C on their body panels. We apply and cure every coating indoors.
No. The harder a coating is, the harder it is to remove, and a hard coating can be close to impossible to strip. Chemical removers can also harm the surface quality. We take a failed coating off by polishing instead of chemical stripping, then recoat the panel.
No. A hard, silica-rich coating can lock in the defects under it: tar, swirl marks, scratches and dust. Its hardness and bonding limit correction afterwards. Swirls and scratches can stay visible beneath the layer. That is why we polish before we coat.
Yes. Ceramic coatings are also called glass, silica or nano coatings. Their protection comes mainly from a high silica content, and titanium dioxide can be added for hardness and UV resistance.
Call or send a WhatsApp message with the make, model and year and what the car is doing, and book it in at our Dubai Investment Park 2 workshop.
