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Protective film sweeping across the body of a supercar

German engineered · since 2004

Excellence in Every Layer

A 215 µm self-healing shield over your paint. A reversible colour change that leaves the factory finish untouched. A graphene coating that makes both of them easy to live with. Four disciplines, one obsessive standard.

  • 215 µmself-healing TPU
  • 7 yearsfilm warranty
  • 9Hcoating hardness
  • 6,000+cars protected
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Who we are

Paint is the thinnest thing you own.
We put something tougher on top of it.

Less than 120 micrometres of clear coat separates a modern car from a five-figure respray. DRESDEN builds the layer above it: optically clear thermoplastic polyurethane, engineered in Germany, cut for your exact chassis and installed by technicians who have done it several thousand times.

Twenty years in, the philosophy has not moved. Measure before you cut. Prepare before you protect. Tell the customer the truth about what their car actually needs — including when the answer is less than they came in asking for.

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DRESDEN technician squeegeeing protection film across the bonnet of a car
Performance saloon finished in satin copper colour-change film
20+years of
surface work

What we do

Four layers of the same idea

Protect the surface, preserve the value, and never let a shortcut in the preparation stage show up two years later.

Paint Protection Film — DRESDEN Protection

Invisible armour

Paint Protection Film

A self-healing TPU shield that takes the stone chips, grit and car-park scars your paint would otherwise wear forever.

  • 1 – 4 days
  • 7 years warranty
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Colour-Change Film — DRESDEN Protection

A new skin, reversibly

Colour-Change Film

Change the entire character of the car — satin, gloss, chrome-shift or matte — without a drop of paint and without touching resale value.

  • 3 – 6 days
  • 5 years warranty
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Graphene Ceramic Coating — DRESDEN Protection

Chemistry, not wax

Graphene Ceramic Coating

A cross-linked graphene-infused SiO₂ layer that bonds to the surface, sheds water and chemistry, and holds gloss for years rather than weeks.

  • 2 – 3 days
  • 5 years warranty
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Precision Decals & Accents — DRESDEN Protection

The last five percent

Precision Decals & Accents

Plotter-cut stripes, racing numbers, de-chrome kits and interior accents — measured to the millimetre, removable without a trace.

  • 1 – 2 days
  • 3 years warranty
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How it stacks up

Anatomy of a protected surface

Every layer does one job, and each one only works if the layer beneath it was done properly. Hover a layer to isolate it.

  • Graphene coating 2 – 4 µm Chemical barrier. Hydrophobic, UV stable, easy to wash.
  • Protection film 215 µm Physical barrier. Absorbs stone chips, heals its own swirls.
  • Clear coat ~40 – 60 µm Your paint's own gloss layer — the part that gets destroyed.
  • Base coat ~15 – 20 µm Pigment. Once this is through, it is a respray, not a polish.

Finish selector

Gloss or matte. Drag to decide.

The same film chemistry, two very different characters. Gloss deepens the colour underneath; matte flattens reflections into a soft, even surface that hides road film remarkably well.

Macro view of a gloss paint protection film surface Gloss · ≥90 % at 60°
Macro view of a matte paint protection film surface Matte · non-directional satin

Both finishes: 215 µm TPU · self-healing · hydrophobic · 7-year warranty.

Our work process

Five steps.
No shortcuts in any of them.

The visible part of this job is one day of installation. The part that decides whether it still looks right in five years is everything that happens before it.

  • A written quote before any work starts — no surprises on collection.
  • Certified installers only. No apprentices learning on your bumper.
  • Filtered, temperature-controlled bays. Dust is the enemy of film.
  • Registered warranty, in your name, handed over with the keys.
  1. 01

    Request your quote

    Send the model, the finish you have in mind and a few photos. You get a written, itemised quote — no call-for-price, no moving target.

    Reply within one working day
  2. 02

    Inspection & plan

    The car comes in for a paint depth reading and a panel-by-panel inspection under controlled light. We agree the coverage map before a single sheet is cut.

    Documented with photos
  3. 03

    Preparation

    Decontamination, iron removal, machine correction where needed, then a solvent wipe. Film and coating are only ever as good as the surface underneath.

    The step nobody sees
  4. 04

    Installation

    Plotted or hand-trimmed on the vehicle in a filtered, temperature-controlled bay. Parts come off so edges can be wrapped rather than cut on a show surface.

    Dust-controlled bay
  5. 05

    Cure & handover

    Controlled cure, then a final inspection with you next to the car under inspection light. You leave with a care sheet and a registered warranty.

    Warranty registered on collection
0+ Vehicles protected since the first bay opened
0+ Years of experience in surface engineering
0 µm Film thickness self-healing TPU
0 yr Warranty against yellow, crack, lift

Recent work

Straight out of the bay

Film, wrap, coating and decal work photographed under inspection light — not a stock library.

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Installer applying clear paint protection film across the bonnet of a red sports car
Full-body film, hand-trimmed Sports coupé · gloss red
Gloved installer using a squeegee to set protection film on a red and white car
Wet-set squeegee pass Track build · racing red
Technician fitting protection film to the front end and headlamp of a silver car
Front Impact package Executive saloon · silver
Two installers laying clear film over a car headlamp unit
Headlamp film, edge wrapped Performance SUV · bronze
Applicator spreading graphene ceramic coating across a blue car bonnet
Graphene layer, second coat Hot hatch · estoril blue
Gloved hand levelling ceramic coating on a red car body panel
Panel-by-panel levelling Roadster · guards red
Ceramic coating being applied to the silver bonnet of a sports car
Gloss Restore package Coupé · liquid silver
Water beading tightly on the coated black bonnet and headlamp of a car
Hydrophobic behaviour, day 30 Coupé · obsidian
Supercar displaying a four-colour printed wrap livery in green, yellow, red and white
Four-way livery, printed film Concept build · spectrum

In their words

What owners tell us afterwards

They talked me out of a full body wrap and into a front-end kit that cost a third as much. Three winters later the bumper still looks like the day I collected it.
Owner, performance saloonFront Impact · protection film
The colour change is the first wrap I have seen where you cannot find the edges. Handles off, lamps out, everything wrapped behind. It reads as paint.
Owner, compact sports carFull colour change · satin
Coated in July, and the car still sheets water like it did on collection day. Washing takes twenty minutes instead of two hours.
Owner, luxury saloonSignature · graphene coating

Before you book

The three questions everybody asks

Twenty more are answered in full on the FAQ, including warranty terms, washing after installation and what happens when the film eventually comes off.

Read all answers

DRESDEN paint protection film carries a 7-year warranty against yellowing, cracking, lifting and delamination. In practice, a well-maintained installation on a garaged car regularly passes ten years. Cars left outdoors year-round in strong UV sit at the lower end of that range.

They solve different problems. Paint protection film is a physical barrier measured in hundreds of micrometres: it stops stone chips and scratches. Ceramic coating is a chemical barrier measured in single micrometres: it stops etching and makes cleaning easy, but it will not absorb an impact. The strongest combination is film on the impact zones with coating applied over the top of everything.

Heat dispersion. A pure SiO₂ layer holds surface heat, which is the mechanism behind water spotting on dark panels in summer. The graphene network spreads that energy across a wider area so mineral-rich droplets evaporate before they can etch. It also adds a measurable increase in slickness and gloss depth.

Next step

Tell us about the car.

Send the model, the finish you have in mind and a rough timescale. You will get a written quote, an honest recommendation and a realistic booking window — usually within one working day.