South Colorado Springs · Mobile Service
Gtechniq-accredited coating care at your home, office, or Broadmoor-area residence — safe washing, decontamination, refresh, and annual inspection for Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Rivian, and every vehicle we coat.
Short answer: Safe wash every one to two weeks, full decontamination every three to four months, professional inspection once a year. Maintained, a Gtechniq coating runs its full rated life. Neglected, it dulls in a season.
Gtechniq Smart Surface Science
Crystal Serum Ultra is an accredited-installer-only product — Gtechniq does not sell it to shops without accreditation. ST6 is accredited, which means your coating was installed to Gtechniq’s standard and is maintained with the Gtechniq-approved system that keeps your guarantee intact.
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Why maintenance matters
A ceramic coating is a silica film a fraction of a micron thick. It lowers the paint’s surface energy so water beads and leaves before it dries on the panel. That film doesn’t evaporate — it gets buried. Traffic film, iron fallout, and mineral deposits settle on top, so water contacts the contamination instead of the coating.
Weak beading is almost always contamination, not coating failure — and it’s reversible.
What destroys a coating is different: brush washes, abrasive polishing, aggressive chemistry, and letting bird lime or brine sit long enough to etch.
The process
This is the exact sequence ST6 runs on a coated vehicle, using Gtechniq G Wash, Panel Wipe, and C2 ceramic seal. Each step removes something the step before it could not, and nothing in it is abrasive to the coating.
STEP 01 / DECONTAMINATION
Before anything touches the paint, the bonded contamination comes off chemically. Calcium and alkaline mineral deposits, road tar, and embedded road debris each get their own dedicated chemistry, applied in sequence and rinsed fully. This is the step that brings beading back, and it does it without a single abrasive pass over your coating.
Removes: Calcium & alkaline deposits · road tar · bonded road debris
What it costs
One price, the whole four-step process, performed at your location in South Colorado Springs.
$199starting
Trucks, SUVs, vans, and coatings overdue for a full reset are quoted on size and condition. No deposit taken to book.
Mobile service across South Colorado Springs and the Broadmoor area. Online booking generally needs 24 hours’ notice — call for anything sooner.
VIP Maintenance Plan
The six-month service above is the reset. A plan is what stops the coating ever needing one. Every plan visit is the same pH-neutral two-bucket hand wash with non-acidic wheel cleaner and coating-safe drying aids — the upkeep the coating was designed around, on a schedule you never have to think about.
Keep it on top of itself
$99 / monthBest for: A coated car that lives in a garage and does normal miles.
The one most coated cars want
$159 / monthBest for: Daily drivers, cars parked outside, and anyone doing winter road salt.
Nothing left for you to book
$279 / monthBest for: Exotics, show cars, and owners who would rather never think about it.
Plans are billed monthly and can be paused. The six-month maintenance service stays available on its own at $199 if you would rather book it as you go — and it is the same service bundled into the VIP plan.
Not sure which cadence your car needs? Tell us where it parks and how far you drive and we will tell you honestly whether monthly is enough.
Request a Quote Call ST6How often
Gtechniq’s guidance is condition-based: if the vehicle is carrying road film, brine, insects, or bird lime, it gets cleaned. These intervals are the rhythm around that.
Ceramic coating maintenance intervals — ST6 South Colorado Springs Swipe the table on mobile →
| Interval | Service | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Every 1–2 weeks | Hand wash with Gtechniq G Wash | Removes contamination before it bonds. Technique preserves the coating. |
| Immediately | Bird lime, bug strike, sap, fuel | Acidic. In Colorado sun they etch through into clear coat. |
| Weekly in winter | Wash plus undercarriage flush | Brine clings, holds moisture, corrodes what you can’t see. |
| Every 2–6 weeks | Panel Wipe + Gtechniq C2 ceramic seal | A sacrificial layer takes the abuse instead of the coating. |
| Every 3–4 months | Full decontamination reset | Iron, tar, and minerals each need their own chemistry. This brings beading back. |
| Annually | Professional coating inspection | Confirms coating behavior and warranty standing before damage is permanent. |
The question everyone asks
Short answer: not a brush tunnel, ever. Touchless occasionally, with conditions. A proper hand wash always.
One trip through the wrong wash will not destroy a coating — a habit of it will. Brush damage is abrasive, so it does not wash back out, and it is the fastest way to put your Gtechniq guarantee standing at risk.
Spinning bristles and cloth strips carry grit from every vehicle ahead of you and drag it across your paint. That installs micro-scratches and swirl marks into the coating and the clear coat underneath, and dulls the hydrophobics.
Abrasive damage. Not reversible by washing.
Nothing touches the paint, which solves the scratch problem. The trade-off is chemistry: touchless bays rely on aggressive high-pH presoaks to do the work friction would, and repeated exposure degrades a coating over time. High-pressure jets and recycled water add mineral spotting.
Fine in a pinch. Not a maintenance plan.
pH-neutral shampoo, two buckets with grit guards, fresh microfiber media rotated constantly, and a soft microfiber dry. It is the only method that cleans the coating without either abrading it or chemically attacking it — and it is what ST6 runs on every visit.
The method your coating was designed around.
Why here is harder
Intervals written for a coastal climate don’t hold at 6,000 feet. Three conditions drive our schedule.
Straight answers
Almost certainly not. Reduced beading is usually contamination masking the coating — traffic film, iron fallout, or mineral deposits. A decontamination reset restores it. Under Gtechniq’s terms, reduced beading alone is not coating failure.
A Gtechniq G Wash hand wash every one to two weeks, a Panel Wipe and C2 ceramic seal every two to six weeks depending on whether it’s garaged, full decontamination every three to four months, and inspection annually. Weekly washes while roads are treated.
Yes. ST6 runs self-contained mobile units with our own water and power, serving homes, offices, condos, and Broadmoor-area residences across South Colorado Springs. Property access and space rules vary, so confirm the address.
Brush washes will. They install swirl marks into the coating and the clear coat beneath it, and abrasive damage doesn’t wash out. Touchless is safer, but not a substitute for a proper contact wash.
Safer than a brush tunnel, because nothing touches the paint. But touchless bays use aggressive high-pH presoaks to replace the friction, and repeated exposure degrades a coating over time. Occasional use is fine; it is not a maintenance plan.
The warranty assumes correct care: washed safely and regularly, approved products, contamination addressed promptly. Neglect and aggressive chemistry put coverage at risk. Annual inspection documents that the vehicle was maintained.
Gtechniq rates Crystal Serum Light up to five years and Crystal Serum Ultra up to nine. Those are maintained figures, not shelf life — a neglected coating can be masked and dull inside one Colorado season, while a maintained one runs its full term.
Yes, and you should between visits. Use a pH-neutral shampoo with no gloss enhancers or wax — we use Gtechniq G Wash. Two buckets with grit guards, fresh microfiber media, foam first, and a soft microfiber dry. Skip dish soap and anything labeled wash-and-wax.
No, and you should not. Wax sits on top of the coating, masks how it behaves, and has to be stripped off later. The correct top-up is a compatible ceramic seal — Gtechniq C2 over a panel-wiped surface — which bonds with the coating instead of covering it.
Yes. We maintain coatings from any installer. Tell us what was applied and roughly when if you know — if you do not, the annual inspection tells us what is on the paint and what condition it is in before we recommend anything.
Ceramic coating maintenance starts at $199 for a car or crossover and covers the full four-step process. Trucks, SUVs, vans, and vehicles overdue for a reset are quoted on size and condition — send photos or call. Online booking needs 24 hours’ notice; call for sooner.
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Ready when you are
Schedule maintenance, request pricing, send photos, or call. We’ll tell you what your coating needs and what it doesn’t.
ST6 Mobile Detailing & Ceramic Coatings · 1627 S Nevada Ave Suite 120, Colorado Springs, CO 80905 · (719) 517-7220
