Six Six Detailing brings professional ceramic coating to Eastlake, Ohio — applied at your driveway, your workplace, or an apartment lot, with our own water and power on board. The published packages below are the actual prices; the instant estimate confirms yours in about a minute, no phone call needed.
Paint has a harder life by the lake
Between the Lake Erie shoreline and the Chagrin River mouth, this is one of the most water-wrapped cities in Lake County. That's great for evenings at Classic Park and terrible for clear coat: moist lake air keeps contamination active on the surface longer, and every winter commute down Route 2 coats the rocker panels in salt spray. Paint that lives outside here needs more than wax that washes away.
A cured ceramic coating is a hard, chemically bonded layer — road salt, bugs, and bird droppings sit on the coating instead of etching into paint, and most of it rinses off before you touch the car. The gloss is the part you notice first; the part that matters is what stops sticking.
Ceramic coating packages & pricing
3-Year Ceramic Coating
- Cars$1,050
- SUVs (2 rows)$1,250
- Trucks & SUVs (3 rows)$1,350
5-Year Ceramic Coating Most Popular
- Cars$1,200
- SUVs (2 rows)$1,400
- Trucks & SUVs (3 rows)$1,600
Every package includes a complete exterior detail, iron decontamination, clay bar treatment, one-step paint correction, the coating itself, windshield and all exterior glass coated, exterior trim protectant, and a final quality inspection. Heavily swirled or scratched paint may need two-step correction — add $300; we confirm which your paint needs before any work starts. Full details on the ceramic coating page.
Coated where the car lives
The whole process happens on-site: wash and chemical decontamination, clay bar, one-step machine polish, coating application, and proper flash and curing time — plus the windshield and all exterior glass coated in every package, so rain beads and rolls instead of smearing. If you'd rather bring the vehicle to us, drop off and save — mention it when we confirm your estimate. Both options carry our 100% Happiness Promise.
The straight answer on whether it's worth it
If your car sleeps outside and commutes through Northeast Ohio winters, a coating is the difference between clear coat that survives and clear coat that doesn't — and the easier-washing benefit is something you feel every single week. If the car is headed for a trade-in next spring, tell us; a full detail is probably the smarter spend, and we'll say so.
Caring for a fresh coating
The coating keeps curing for days after application, so hold off on washing for the first 5–7 days, then use a pH-neutral soap. We inspect every coated panel under proper lighting before handing the car back, and we walk you through the aftercare face to face — including what lake-air mornings do and don't mean for a cured coating (short version: once cured, it's exactly the environment a coating is built for). Plenty of shoreline customers book in fall on purpose, so the coating meets its first salt season fully cured.
Common questions
Does living near Lake Erie really affect my paint?
Lakefront air carries moisture year-round, and in winter the spray kicked up on Route 2 and Lakeshore Boulevard is loaded with road salt. None of that helps unprotected clear coat. A ceramic coating gives that grime a sacrificial layer to attack instead of your paint.
Can you coat my car at an apartment or condo lot?
Yes — we work in apartment and condo lots regularly. We bring our own water and power; all we need is a legal spot beside the vehicle.
My paint already has swirl marks — can you still coat it?
Yes, and this is exactly why prep matters: the coating locks in whatever is under it. Every package includes one-step paint correction; heavily swirled paint gets the two-step option first, and we confirm which yours needs before any work starts.
What's the difference between the 3-year and 5-year packages?
The coating system — the 5-year uses a more durable coating. The prep (decontamination, clay bar, one-step correction) is identical in both packages.
Get your ceramic coating estimate or call/text (440) 595-4141.