Heat self-healing
Light swirls and wash marks close up on their own with warm water, sunlight or a heat gun. The finish resets instead of degrading.
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.
In short
DRESDEN paint protection film is a 215 µm thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer bonded over your factory paint. It absorbs stone chips, road grit and wash marks, heals its own light scratches with heat, and is backed for 7 years against yellowing, cracking and lifting.
The detail
German engineered protection
Paint is the thinnest, most expensive surface on a modern car — often less than 120 micrometres of clear coat standing between a five-figure respray and the motorway. DRESDEN Paint Protection Film puts a second, sacrificial surface on top of it: 215 µm of optically clear thermoplastic polyurethane that takes the hit instead.
The film is engineered in Germany and cut on a plotter from a verified pattern for your exact chassis, so edges tuck behind panel gaps rather than stopping in the middle of a wing. Where a pattern does not exist, our installers hand-trim on the vehicle — a slower, more demanding method that leaves no visible seam on complex bumpers and wide-arch bodywork.
Under the surface, an elastomeric top coat lets the material flow back into itself. Swirl marks and fingernail scratches disappear with warm water or a heat gun, and the hydrophobic finish keeps brake dust, tree sap and winter salt sitting on top of the film rather than etching into your clear coat.
What you get
Four properties that matter on the road
Hydrophobic top coat
Water beads and sheets away, carrying road film with it. Insects, sap and salt release with a rinse instead of a polish.
Anti-yellowing ΔE ≤ 2
UV-stable chemistry keeps white and silver bodywork honest. No amber cast creeping in around the third summer.
400 % elongation
ASTM D882-rated stretch lets a single sheet wrap a compound-curved bumper without relief cuts or stress lines.
Technical information
The numbers, not the adjectives
Published specification for the material we actually install. If a figure matters to your decision and is not here, ask and we will send the datasheet.
| Material | Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 215 µm |
| Colour | Optically clear |
| Gloss (60°) | ≥ 90 % |
| Elongation (ASTM D882) | 400 % |
| Coating elongation | 110 – 135 % |
| Self-healing | Heat activated |
| Hydrophobic | Yes |
| Adhesive | PSA, repositionable |
| Anti-yellowing | ΔE ≤ 2 |
| Application | Wet only |
| Warranty | 7 years |
| Material | Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 215 µm |
| Colour | Frosted clear |
| Surface | Uniform satin, non-directional |
| Elongation (ASTM D882) | 400 % |
| Self-healing | Heat activated |
| Hydrophobic | Yes |
| Adhesive | PSA, repositionable |
| Anti-yellowing | ΔE ≤ 2 |
| Application | Wet only |
| Warranty | 7 years |
Coverage
Three ways to specify it
Starting points, not fixed menus. Every quote is built against your vehicle and how you actually use it.
Front Impact
The 90 % of damage that arrives from in front
- Full front bumper
- Bonnet — full or 60 cm leading edge
- Front wings
- Headlamps and fog lamp units
- Wing mirror caps
Track & Tour
For cars that see autobahn miles and circuit weekends
- Everything in Front Impact
- A-pillars and roof leading edge
- Rocker panels and lower doors
- Rear arch blast zones
- Door edges and handle cups
Full Body
Every painted surface, edges wrapped where possible
- All painted panels
- Wrapped edges on removable parts
- Boot lip and loading sill
- Interior gloss-black trim
- Ceramic top coat over the film
Examples
Paint Protection Film, in the bay
