Koenigsegg Automotive are known all over the world for their stunning supercars and part of their appeal is the perfect paint finish. To achieve this, as well as using its own paintshop, Koenigsegg relies on the skill and expertise of a family run company, together with the advanced coating technology of refinish supplier Standox.

The company, Moses Bil & Lack, is run by Mose Freyer in the small village of Sätaröd, in southern Sweden. The refinish process for a Koenigsegg can take up to 1,200 hours and involves a meticulous approach in which the choice of product is crucial. Freyer has relied on Wuppertal-based refinish brand Standox for the past 30 years.

For more than six years, Moses Bil & Lack has been a trusted supplier to Koenigsegg, the manufacturer of the world’s fastest cars. Koenigsegg has an in-house paintshop running at full capacity at their production facility in Ängelholm. Moses Bil & Lack provide a crucial service to Koenigsegg by providing external painting services to the same, ultra-high standards. Up to four of these super cars are painted at a time and the workshop has invested in a completely separate line exclusively for Koeniggsegg.

Before a Koenigsegg luxury car arrives at Moses Bil & Lack in carbon fibre from Ängelholm, Mose’s daughter Lina  works closely with Koenigsegg’s Art Director Lisa Johansson to establish the exact colour according to the specification for the customer. She says, “We can be asked to match a colour to an existing object, customers have previously asked to match things such as nail polish, or even the colour of a Chinese mountain formation near where they grew up. Koenigsegg customers can be very dedicated to the specification process and care deeply about the details, so finding the right shade is crucial. Requests for 24-karat gold or platinum shavings in the paint mix are not unusual." To facilitate this painstaking process, Lina relies on the 8,000 colours available in Standox’s Color Box and continuously liaises with Koeingsegg to make sure that the colour matches the customer’s expectation.

When the car parts arrive at Moses Bil & Lack, any epoxy left from the production of carbon fibre components is carefully and painstakingly removed from the surface to avoid yellow staining of the subsequent colour which can occur over time. Once the surface is completely clean, several coats of Standocryl VOC-Xtra Clearcoat are applied directly to the carbon fibre and baked between each coat. Then the Standoblue basecoat is applied to achieve the ultimate colour. Once the basecoat is dry, the refinishers examine every square centimetre of the paint finish before the final coats of Standocryl VOC-Xtra Clearcoat are applied to give the cars their high gloss finish. The car parts are then meticulously sanded and polished. The entire paint process can take up to 1,200 hours and the finished car parts will not be returned to Koenigsegg until the colour is 100 percent accurate.

Freyer comments, “Standox is the only brand to achieve the quality that I want. It has one of the fastest applications on the market, as well as incredible ease of use and durability.