Protouch provides professional motorcycle maintenance, detailing & ceramic coatings in Cape Town
Our motorcycle detailing service is tailored to fit the specific needs of your motorbike’s condition and your expectations, time, budget, etc. We do not offer pre-set packages, as each bike is treated individually.
Every detailing job starts with a wash, which is our Motorcycle Maintenance Wash. (The process for this wash is described in the next section.)
The following steps for motorcycle detailing can be added on an as-needed basis:
- Decontamination
- Clay treatment
- Iron / industrial fallout remover
- Tar removal
- Polishing and buffing aka Paint Correction
- Detail Polishing: We use mini 3″ and micro 1″ diameter machines for the best level of detail on the small areas of a motorcycle.
- Masking: If your motorcycle has decals, this would need to be masked to prevent damage
- Metal Polishing: of chrome etc
- Protection
- Traditional wax
- Ceramic Sealants and Coatings
- Leather panniers or seat cleaning and conditioning
Motorcycle Maintenance Wash
from R400 for 1 hour
Our Motorcycle Maintenance Wash is distinct from a standard wash as it includes additional steps aimed at preventing wash-related scratches and swirls. To achieve this, we add extra washing steps or techniques as well as use professional tools and equipment, for example, wash mitts and grit guards in our buckets to filter loose dirt and debris.
After washing, we use a hot air blower to dry the motorcycle, removing water from crevices and avoiding touch-based drying that can cause scratches. When required, we use machine-laundered microfiber towels for the safest drying process possible.
The Motorcycle Maintenance Wash serves as the foundation for any additional detailing services you may want, such as deep cleaning, polishing aka paint correction, or protection.
All products used are of premium quality, sourced from leading manufacturers in the detailing word such as; Autoglym, GTECHNIQ, CARPRO, Labocosmetica, Technicians Choice, and others
What does the Maintenance Wash include?
Our Maintenance Detail Wash includes the following steps:
- Pre-treat for bugs and tar
- to neutralize the acids and proteins from bugs
- remove tar and rubber from the front and belly areas
- This is ‘spray and rinse’.
- If there is hardened build-up, it would require more physical effort in the form of chemical softening and machine/hand polishing.
- Pre-soak / Snow foam
- To remove abrasive road grime and dirt that can cause swirling in a touch-free manner
- The approximate “pre-soak and pre-treat” time is 10 minutes
- High-Pressure Rinse
- Careful Contact Wash with Wash Mitts & Detailing Brushes
- Pricing is dependent on how much time this specific step takes.
- The dirtier the bike, the more time is needed.
- Our standard time is:
- 15 minutes for normal washing
- 20 minutes for detailed cleaning with a brush through seams
- Final Rinse
- Careful Drying using Hot Air Blower and Microfibre Towel Dry
- Quick detailer or Carnauba Spray Wax applied to appropriate areas for shine and detail
Optional detailing, polishing & protection
- Decontamination
- The removal of stuck-on/bonded dirt that can’t be removed by washing only.
- Clay bar from R150
- Iron remover from R150
- Machine Polishing/Correction
- Polishing is to remove/improve scratches, and swirls and increase shine, gloss, reflectivity, pop, etc
- from R350 depending on the area(s) to be polished, how much polishing i.e. one step or two stages/steps, detail, etc
- UpgradedProtection
- Hand Polish/Wax (aka Glaze) from R200
- GTECHNIQ Ceramic Sealant from R200
- Ceramic Coatings – from R500 to R5000
- There are different coating formulas, brands, etc that offer various levels of performance
- No coating can provide scratch-proof – rather they improve the resistance to swirls (a shallow type of scratching)
- If you require scratch-proof, consider paint protection film (PPF). Expensive
- Metal i.e. chrome or aluminum polishing
- Quote on inspection
- This can be very intense depending on the level of degradation
- Helmet polishing and cleaning
- Cleaning, polishing, and protection
- Priced on inspection.
- Motul Chain degreaser and wax – coming soon
- Leather Care – coming soon
- Cleaning, Conditioning & Protection
- Gloves, suits, saddlebags, panniers, etc
Ceramic Coatings For Motorbikes
The main benefits of applying a ceramic coating are easy cleaning and maintenance, staying cleaner for longer, ph resistance as well as UV resistance – which means it helps preserve paint in terms of colour, etc
However, the benefits of ceramic coatings on motorbikes are even greater than other vehicle types.
Ceramic coatings on motorbikes lower drag, so you can go faster and helps reduce the adherence of tar, rubber, etc which also lowers drag!
Coatings can be applied with or without machine polishing but will require a clinically clean and smooth surface. It should be noted ceramic coatings do not fill in/repair scratches or bump shine etc by themselves, that requires polishing. So if you coat over scratches and swirls, the paint will be protected but it will still be visible. Further ceramic coatings cannot prevent scratches, it’s far too thin. If that is required consider PPF (paint protection film), it is 100 times thicker, however expensive.
We can provide Ceramic Coatings from as little as R500 to as much as R5000. There is a difference between ceramic coating brands and their formulas with improvements in longevity, durability, and gloss seen and experienced as the formulas step up.
Gallery
Custom Harley Davidson – Correction & Ceramic Coating – GTECHNIQ Crystal Serum Ultra
Suzuki Hayabusa – Maintenance Detail with Hand Polish/Wax
Harley Davidson with custom paintwork – in for minor polishing/paint correction and detailing.
Royal Enfield – Detailed cleaning and rust treatment.
