We machine out the swirls, holograms and fine scratches that flatten your paint, and bring back the deep, wet-look reflection hiding underneath.
My rule is absolute: no polishing without a paint depth gauge. Every correction removes microns of clear coat, and a shop that doesn't measure first is spending your paint blind. Measured, staged correction is the difference between a professional finish and a shine that cost you the lacquer.
Tell us the car and what's bothering you. The fixed price only comes after we've seen it in person — never blind, never over a photo.
On arrival we assess the paint honestly and walk you through the real options, then agree the package that genuinely fits — yours, not the most expensive one.
You get the exact scope, the final price and the completion date before a single tool comes out.
The car is our responsibility from the moment it arrives, and it leaves clean, checked and exactly as promised.
We buy the material the result demands, not the one that protects a margin. Every job runs on professional tools and genuine, name-brand products — the films, coatings, compounds, leathers and parts we'd choose for our own cars. Where a job honestly doesn't need the most expensive option, we'll tell you — but we never quietly downgrade the material to win a price.
Some work is craft, not a product. Polishing and washing genuinely improve the car, but they can't carry a warranty — and we won't pretend otherwise. What you can count on is the process: the right materials, a careful hand, and a result that shows in the light.
JustCars competes on one thing — the result. Not the lowest price, not the loudest promise, but the finished car and everything standing behind it.
Real reviews, real clients, real cars handed back. Our standard is something you can see — not something we ask you to take on faith.
For each car we choose the right material, method and depth of work, so the result is the best that car can honestly carry — never a shortcut to protect a margin.
If a problem comes up, we solve it — quickly and without excuses, and all the more so when it's on us. We don't look away from a car we've worked on.
We treat your car the way we'd treat our own. That attitude is why the work holds up, and why our clients come back.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Basic shine polish | €250 |
| Standard refresh polish | €450 |
| Top three-phase polish | €600 |
| Paint correction (correção de pintura) | €1,000 · ~3–4 days |
| Local scratch / small defect repair | from €125 |
| One-step gloss enhancement | from €300 |
| Glass & headlight polishing | from €90 |
Indicative prices. The fixed figure is confirmed after we inspect the car.
We look after cars across the Algarve's golden triangle — Vale do Lobo, Quinta do Lago, Vilamoura and Almancil — from our two workshops in Almancil and Loulé. For the right project, we'll collect the car and bring it back.
Vale do Lobo · Quinta do Lago · Vilamoura · Almancil
From a few hours for a single-stage gloss refresh to three or four days for full multi-stage correction. We give you the exact timing once we've seen the paint.
It removes the swirls, holograms and fine scratches that flatten your paint and brings back a deep, wet-look reflection — often dramatically. Scratches deep enough to reach the primer need paint, and we'll tell you honestly what polishing can and can't reach.
If you want a result worth protecting, yes. A coating locks in whatever is underneath it, so correcting first is what makes the finish worth protecting.
Done properly, no. We measure the clear coat and remove only what a defect genuinely needs — protecting your paint is the whole point of doing it right.
The work itself runs two to three days. Depending on the queue, your slot can be next-day or up to a week out — one message and we'll tell you exactly.
Book the inspection and tell us the car — we come back with scope, timing and a fixed price.
Straight talk: only the €1,000 correction is real ceramic-prep — the refreshes improve the look, they don't reset the paint.
| €250Gloss refresh | €450Stronger refresh | €1,000True correction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine polish | Single-stage | Single-stage | Multi-stage |
| Lifts dullness & boosts gloss | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Removes light swirls | Partial | ✓ | ✓ |
| Removes holograms & deeper scratches | — | Partial | ✓ |
| Paint depth measured first | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wet-look, hologram-free finish | — | — | ✓ |
| Proper ceramic / PPF prep | — | — | ✓ |
| Typical time | Hours | ~1 day | 3–4 days |
Correction without protection won't last — we'll recommend ceramic or PPF to lock in the result. Exact scope and price after we measure your paint. At Almancil.
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Paint correction is carried out by professionals certified in detailing and polishing, with years of experience reading clear coat, finishing paint and preparing surfaces for ceramic.
Expert view
A 'quick polish' is the most oversold product in detailing. A single hard pass with an aggressive compound will make almost any car look better for a month — while burning through clear coat that never comes back. Real paint correction is the opposite discipline: measure the lacquer with a gauge first, decide honestly how much correction the paint can afford, then work in stages under inspection light until the swirls, holograms and fine scratches are genuinely gone, not hidden by fillers.
That is why proper correction takes two to three days in our studio, not an afternoon. The Algarve makes the case harder: dark cars that live with beach sand, resort brush washes and calima dust carry exactly the fine circular damage that shows worst in low evening sun. Correcting it once, properly, and then protecting the result — with ceramic, or film on the strike zones — costs less over five years than re-polishing the same damage every season.
And sometimes the honest answer is no: if the gauge shows the previous owner's polisher already spent the reserve, we say so and offer the alternatives — RestorFX restoration or paint — instead of taking the job and the risk with your clear coat.
Common questions
From a few hours for a single-stage gloss refresh to three or four days for full multi-stage correction. We give you the exact timing once we've seen the paint.
It removes the swirls, holograms and fine scratches that flatten your paint and brings back a deep, wet-look reflection — often dramatically. Scratches deep enough to reach the primer need paint, and we'll tell you honestly what polishing can and can't reach.
If you want a result worth protecting, yes. A coating locks in whatever is underneath it, so correcting first is what makes the finish worth protecting.
Done properly, no. We measure the clear coat and remove only what a defect genuinely needs — protecting your paint is the whole point of doing it right.
The work itself runs two to three days. Depending on the queue, your slot can be next-day or up to a week out — one message and we'll tell you exactly.
The JustCars standard
Multi-stage correction that never cuts more clear coat than the finish needs — and straight talk on what a refresh can and can't do.
We're minutes from Quinta do Lago, Vale do Lobo and Vilamoura. See the page for your area:
