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Specialist care for your new vehicle before damage has a chance to start.
Fresh From the Lot.
Protected From Day One.
Diamond Fox New Car Protection
DIAMOND FOX CERAMIC COATING

New Car Protection
with 5-Year Ceramic Coating

When to Get Your Car Protected

Most people buy a new vehicle and assume the finish will stay that way. They're thinking about the car they drove off the lot. They're not thinking about what the next 90 days actually do to unprotected paint in the Pacific Northwest.

Rain that chemically hydrolyzes clear coat crosslinks across 155 days a year. Conifer sap with terpene compounds that begin permeating the clear coat polymer within hours of contact. Iron particles from road and rail fallout that embed in paint and oxidize from the inside. Seven months without enough UV to activate any natural surface defense.

The clear coat on your new vehicle is in its best condition on the day it was manufactured. The Seattle environment degrades it from that day forward. The question is how fast.

Wax is not the answer. Wax wasn't designed for this climate. In the PNW, it stays soft and ineffective in low UV, emulsifies under persistent rain, and needs to be reapplied before it ever fully cures.

Protection that actually holds up here means SB3 ceramic coating (a molecular-level bond with the paint surface that can't be emulsified) can't be washed off, and doesn't depend on the sun to cure. Applied early, before the first scratches, before the first sap etching, before the first iron particle embeds.

In addition, the 5-Year / 60,000 Mile rated ceramic coating is reported to CARFAX.
Ultimate Protection
Easy Cleaning Maintenance
No More Waxing!
Unmatched Gloss
DIAMOND FOX AUTO DETAILING

How The Seattle Weather
Affects Your Paint from Day One

Seattle is not gentle on paint. Rain, tree sap, road salt, industrial fallout, UV scarcity, freeze/thaw swings, and biological growth all work together to dull, stain, and weaken a vehicle's finish. What looks like normal aging is usually a stack of small chemical assaults that never stop.
Most products that call themselves ceramic contain trace amounts of silica added to a standard formula. They may help for a season or two, but they do not create the kind of long-term barrier a Northwest driver actually needs. In this climate, a temporary delay is not protection.
SB3 coatings are engineered at the molecular level to be primarily silica. During application, hydrolyzed SiO₂ precursors form covalent bonds with the paint surface, creating a crosslinked lattice that becomes part of the finish rather than a layer sitting on top of it. That bond is what gives the coating its hardness, hydrophobic behavior, and long service life.

What the Dealer Did and Didn't Do

Some dealerships offer paint protection at point of sale. It's worth understanding what that actually is.

Dealer-applied protection is typically a spray sealant a polymer-based product that sits on top of the clear coat and lasts months under ideal conditions. In Seattle's rain and UV deficit, months becomes weeks. It's designed to be applied quickly, in volume, across any vehicle regardless of surface preparation. It's not a specialist product. It's a volume product.

What makes Diamond Fox Detail's protection different: the prep, the product, and the person.

The prep is matched to your vehicle's specific surface condition. The product is SB3 Alpha. This is not an off-the-shelf formula with trace silica added, but a coating engineered at the molecular level with silica as the primary compound.

What Protection at This Stage Looks Like

New car protection starts with a proper decontamination of the factory paint. Even new vehicles accumulate transport contamination, dealer handling, and environmental exposure before they reach you.

After decontamination: either a light gloss enhancement (if the surface warrants it) or a direct coating application on a properly prepared surface. Diamond Fox evaluates the paint and recommends the right path. Every car receives at least a light polish.

The result: SB3 molecular protection bonded to your paint at its best. This is before any of the damage that makes correction necessary later. Three to five years of protection against the specific threats your vehicle will face driving in the Pacific Northwest.
9H Ceramic Coating
Protected From The Start
Unmatched Glossy Finish

Trusted by drivers
who care about the details.

These reviews come from real clients who trusted Diamond Fox Detail with vehicles they love. When people bring their vehicles here, they don’t just leave with a clean finish, they leave knowing it was done to our standards.
Diamond Fox did a great job detailing my 20-yr.-old car. Looks almost new. I especially appreciate what Jess did to improve windshield visibility. Amazing. Price is reasonable, too.
Miles Kotay
Jess at Diamond Fox is amazing!!! He worked on my 2021 Lexus NX 300h and I can’t believe how beautiful it looks now. Jess was super communicative and answered all my questions. I am definitely working with Jess on any car detailing items that come up. His attention to detail is outstanding.
Lanka DeSilva
Took my X3 in to get the interior fully detailed and am blown away by the results. Happy to continue taking mine & my wife's car to Jess in the future and continue supporting a great local business.
Alex Parsons
I found Diamond Fox based on reviews here on Google and the proximity to my house. I'm really glad I trusted the reviews because Jesse did excellent work. Jesse met me promptly at the agreed upon time in front of his house. I did ask to see his shop so I could make sure the photos I saw in the reviews and the website matched, since the drop off location was in front of his house and not the back. I appreciate that he humored me and showed me the shop area.
Narissa Tsuboi
I couldn't be more happy with the quality of work Jess provides. This is the second car of mine that Jess has detailed using a ceramic coating and all I can say is WOW! Jess is a great to work with and delivers a car with better than "show room" finish Thank you Jess.
Anthony Lombardo
Transformed my Chevy into a whole new car. My kids trashed it out like a bachelor party in Vegas and then Diamond Fox made it look like a show room vehicle again! Wish my kids covered the bill, but oh well. It was a great experience.
Jay Middleton
Jesse did an awesome job with the ceramic coating service. Every inch of the car paint was meticulously detailed. Great service and communication, highly recommend.
Cazzies
Rejuvenated.
Showroom Level.
With SB3 Alpha's high silica (SiO2) density, the ceramic coating creates a thick bond to your car's paint on the molecular level. This protects it from contaminants that come into contact with your car. And keeps your gloss for years to come.
DIAMOND FOX CERAMIC COATING

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For a vehicle you've invested in, ceramic coating is what separates a finish that holds up from one that fades, dulls, and demands constant upkeep. A Diamond Fox Ceramic Coating gives you lasting gloss and a surface that practically maintains itself.
Elite Protection Package
$1,395
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  • 2-3 Day Turnaround
  • 5-Year Ceramic Protection
  • Full Paint Decontamination
  • Light Oxidation Removal
  • Gloss Enhancement Machine Polish
  • Removes 30%-40% of Scratches and Swirls Before Coating
Standard Protection Package
$899
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  • 2-3 Day Turnaround
  • 3-Year Ceramic Protection
  • Full Paint Decontamination
  • Light Oxidation Removal
  • Gloss Enhancement Machine Polish
Nirvana Protection Package
$2,499
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Financing Available
What’s Included
  • 2-3 Day Turnaround
  • 5-Year/60,000 Mile Ceramic Coating
  • Full Paint Decontamination
  • Light Oxidation Removal
  • Gloss Enhancement Machine Polish
  • Pre-Coating Polish Refinement
  • Wheel Faces
  • Interior Trim
  • Fabric Protection
  • Leather Coating
  • All Glass Coated
This package includes
  • 5-Year Ceramic Coating
SB3 Alpha's high silica (SiO2) density, the ceramic coating creates a thick bond to your car's paint on the molecular level. This protects it from contaminants and keeps your gloss for years to come.
  • Scratch & Swirl Removal
Removes the majority of scratches and swirls that may have come with the vehicle from the dealership.
OUR CORE VALUES

The right people find Jesse.

A lot of people are searching for a quick solution. But the people who value the outcome know the difference between average work and the right hands on the job. Most people find a service. The right people find Jesse.
Precision
Precision is built through thousands of careful decisions over time. It’s knowing what matters, what doesn’t, and where exactness changes everything. When the work is done with precision, the result speaks for itself.
Integrity
You should know exactly what you’re getting and why it matters. Integrity is about being transparent, straightforward, and committed to the truth of the work. No shortcuts, no surprises, just honest service from start to finish.
Attention
Great results don’t happen by accident. They happen because someone is paying attention. From prep to final inspection, every part of the process is watched closely. That care shows up in the finish, and the confidence clients feel when it’s done.
Permanence
Permanence means building something that endures. The goal is lasting protection, lasting beauty, and lasting peace of mind for the owner. When the work is done with integrity, the results don’t just impress. They stay. That’s the Diamond Fox Standard.

Frequently Asked Questions

A great result starts with a clear understanding of the process. These are the questions clients ask most often before handing over their keys. We want you to feel informed, comfortable, and confident from the start.

The factory finish is as good as it will ever be the day the car leaves the paint booth, but that moment is weeks or months before it reaches your driveway. By the time you take delivery, the vehicle has been through transport, dealer prep, lot exposure, and in many cases a tunnel wash or two that introduces the first swirl marks before you've driven it a mile.

Beyond the handling history, the Seattle environment begins working on unprotected paint immediately. The first rain event activates the acid chemistry of ambient industrial and organic fallout. The first parking under a conifer deposits terpenes that begin penetrating the clear coat on contact. The first winter commute across a deiced bridge deposits hygroscopic chloride compounds on lower panels.

A factory finish that looks perfect at delivery starts degrading that day. The question is whether it degrades under protection or without it.

The 90-day window refers to the period of new vehicle ownership during which protection can be applied to a surface that has not yet accumulated the damage, contamination, and environmental exposure that makes later protection less effective.

The chemistry behind it: in the first 90 days, the factory clear coat is at its maximum thickness. No correction has been performed, no accumulated contamination has etched or embedded, and the paint surface is in its closest-to-original state. Protection applied to this surface bonds to factory-fresh clear coat. Protection applied at 24 months bonds to clear coat that has already been weathered, contaminated, and potentially thinned.

The 90-day framing is a useful heuristic, not a hard cutoff. Jesse has protected vehicles far outside that window with excellent results. But the sooner protection is applied, the more of the original surface condition it preserves.

Dealership paint protection products vary, but the category is generally characterized by spray sealants: polymer-based products applied quickly, in volume, to any vehicle regardless of specific surface preparation.

These products sit on top of the clear coat rather than bonding to it at the molecular level. They protect for months under ideal conditions. In Seattle's rain and UV deficit environment, the practical lifespan is significantly shorter. They are not the same product class as SB3 Alpha ceramic coating, even if the dealership used the word "ceramic" in the product description.

The dealership's protection was applied by whoever was available, to a surface that received the dealership's standard prep (which may or may not have included decontamination), with a product selected for volume application at scale. That is a different service from what Jesse provides.

No. Two years of Seattle driving means the vehicle has accumulated contamination and some environmental exposure, but it does not mean protection is ineffective or that the surface cannot be brought to a state where coating is the right next step.

For vehicles outside the 90-day window, Jesse assesses current paint condition during the quote conversation. He'll tell you whether the surface needs decontamination only before coating, light correction before coating, or more significant correction before a protective coating makes sense. Many 1-to-3-year-old vehicles benefit substantially from coating. The correct sequence just needs to account for what's already on the surface.

The best time to protect a new car is day one. The second-best time is today.

Not necessarily. Whether correction is warranted before coating depends entirely on the paint's current surface condition.

Vehicles with visible swirl marks from dealership prep or transport should have those addressed before coating, because the coating will encapsulate whatever defects exist and they'll remain visible for the coating's service life. Vehicles with genuinely clean, unswirled paint can go directly to coating after proper decontamination.

Jesse assesses the surface under a paint correction light at intake. He will tell you whether he sees defects that warrant correction and present the options with honest framing. He does not default to recommending correction on every new vehicle because it generates more revenue. He recommends it when the surface condition warrants it.

SB3 Alpha requires less maintenance than unprotected paint, not more.

The basic protocol: pH-neutral soap for washing (avoid alkaline products that degrade the coating's chemistry), hand wash or touchless wash preferred over automated brush washes, and periodic decontamination (an annual detail that removes accumulated iron fallout and organic contamination from the surface).

No waxing. The coating replaces wax, and applying wax over SB3 Alpha is unnecessary and doesn't improve protection. No polishing unless the coating needs inspection or reapplication.

In the right way. After SB3 Alpha application, the paint will appear slightly deeper and more saturated. The coating's optical clarity enhances the paint's natural finish without adding artificial gloss. The surface will also feel noticeably different: smoother and more slick than uncoated paint, because the ceramic matrix has filled the microscopic texture of the clear coat.

The hydrophobic effect is immediately apparent in rain: water sheets off coated surfaces rather than beading in place. The car stays cleaner between washes, and contamination releases more easily when washed because it can't grip the low-energy surface.

It depends on what was applied and how it was done. Most dealership protection products will need to be fully removed before SB3 Alpha can be applied. The ceramic bond requires a clean, properly prepared clear coat surface, not a surface covered by another product.

If the dealership protection is still relatively fresh and has not degraded, removing it and applying SB3 Alpha correctly produces a significantly better result for the vehicle's long-term protection. If the dealer product has degraded (most do within 6 to 12 months in Seattle's climate), the replacement argument is straightforward.

Elite Level Service.
Done Right. The First Time.

For a vehicle you've invested in, ceramic coating is what separates a finish that holds up from one that fades, dulls, and demands constant upkeep.
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