Gtechniq marine · accredited installer
Gtechniq marine ceramic coating on corrected gel coat, fibreglass and aluminium. The hull stays glossy, the waterline cleans off easier and the sun does less damage between seasons.
Gtechniq Accredited Installer
Professional coatings, not retail
CARFAX-verified service shop
Gtechniq accredited
3M Scotchgard Pro Series
Paint protection film · from $695
17+ years, owner-operated
Licensed, insured & bonded
Short answer
A 3-year marine ceramic starts at $1,200, a 5-year at $2,200 and our 9-year Ultimate at $3,200. Boat length, hull material and gel coat condition set the final price, which is confirmed after inspection. Decontamination and correction are included.
Three protection terms
A 20-foot maintained boat and a 30-foot heavily oxidised one are not the same job, so the final number is confirmed after we see it.
3-year term
$1,200starting
Marine-safe wash, full decontamination, light gel coat correction and machine polishing, then Gtechniq marine ceramic protection.
Best for: Newer, trailered or covered boats.
Get a quote →5-year term
$2,200starting
Everything in the 3-year, plus more extensive correction and a layered Gtechniq marine system.
Best for: Wake boats and boats used often.
Get a quote →9-year term
$3,200starting
Our most complete marine protection: full correction, refinement and the full layered Gtechniq marine system.
Best for: High-value boats, cruisers and show boats.
Get a quote →Why coat a boat
A marine coating is built for constant water contact and UV, which is a harder life than a car’s paint.
It bonds to the gel coat and gives it a hard, hydrophobic, UV-resistant surface. Water sheets off, scum and mineral deposits do not bond as easily, and the gloss holds through the season instead of fading by August.
The biggest day-to-day difference is cleaning: a coated hull rinses and wipes clean where an uncoated one needs scrubbing.
A coating is clear. Whatever is on the gel coat when it goes on stays there, chalk included. That is why every term starts with decontamination and correction, and why the longer terms include more of it.
It is also why pricing is confirmed after inspection — a heavily oxidised hull needs more correction than a new one.
Pick by how the boat lives. A newer boat that is trailered and covered does well on the 3-year. A wake boat that is out every weekend is who the 5-year is for. The 9-year Ultimate is for high-value and show boats where the finish is the point.
Storage matters as much as use: a boat kept covered or indoors between outings holds a coating longer.
Marine work
Real ST6 boat work.
What customers say
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“The best service I’ve recieved in years!”
Google review · ST6 Detailers, N Nevada
“Honest, hard working, experienced, and priced right.”
Google review · ST6 Detailers, N Nevada
Gtechniq Accredited Installer
17+ years · professionally trained · Gtechniq accredited
Gtechniq accredits installers because a coating depends on inspection, decontamination, correction and application technique — not just what is in the bottle. That standard applies to every hull we coat.
Marine coatings need the same prep discipline as automotive ones, on a surface that takes more abuse.
Verified by CARFAX · accredited by Gtechniq
17+
Seventeen-plus years of professional detailing. Reading a surface before touching it is the part of the job that experience buys, and it decides every step after it.
Accreditation releases Gtechniq’s professional systems, which are not the consumer products sold in a box online.
Every term starts with decontamination and correction. Coating over oxidised gel coat locks the dullness in.
A local, family-run shop — Dana Starr, his two sons and a crew he has worked with for years. Licensed, insured and bonded. The same people quote the job and do the job.
Before and around the coating
Per-foot pricing, 10% off exterior and interior together.
From $12.50 / ft
Wash and protect, polish and seal or heavy correction, if you are not coating this season.
From $12.50 / ft
Vinyl, carpet, compartments and mildew, in three levels.
Where we work
Boats come into the shop on the trailer, or we come to the slip, the storage lot or the driveway.
Boat detailing, marine detailing, hull cleaning and gel coat oxidation removal cover the same work: a hull that sits in water and sun, a waterline that collects scum, and an interior that takes sunscreen, spills and damp. We work on wake and ski boats, bowriders, pontoons and fishing boats.
Front Range boating is high-altitude boating. The sun is harder on gel coat and vinyl at elevation, and a season on Lake Pueblo, Rampart or a mountain reservoir shows up as chalky hull sides and faded seats.
Tell us the length, the hull and where the boat is, and send a few photos. You get a real starting number before anything is booked.
ST6 Detailers — North Nevada
2725 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
El Paso County, Colorado
Boat coating questions
Answered straight. If yours is not here, call the shop and ask.
The 3-year marine ceramic starts at $1,200, the 5-year at $2,200 and the 9-year Ultimate at $3,200. Boat length, hull material and gel coat condition set the final price, confirmed after inspection.
3-year for newer, trailered or covered boats; 5-year for wake boats and frequent use; 9-year Ultimate for high-value, show boats and cruisers.
Yes. Every term includes decontamination and gel coat correction, with more extensive correction on the longer terms.
Gtechniq marine ceramic systems, applied by an accredited installer.
Yes. The coating goes on gel coat, fibreglass and aluminium. Tell us the hull material when you ask for a quote.
Send the boat
Trailered, lift, slip, covered or indoors — and a few photos.
We will tell you which term fits how the boat lives and confirm a real starting price.
ST6 Detailers — North Nevada · 2725 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · (719) 517-7220
Open 7 days · Mon–Sat 6am–8pm · Sun 8am–6pm
5.0★★★★★17 Google reviews
Licensed, insured & bonded
No deposit to book. You pay after the work is finished and you have looked at it.
Dana Starr has been detailing in Colorado Springs for 17+ years. He runs this shop with his two sons and a crew he trusts. Every job gets looked at before it goes back to you.
Gtechniq AccreditedAccredited installer in El Paso County