Paint Correction & Enhancement
Have you ever washed your car using premium mitts, soap, and waxes to make your car look as best as it could and the finish just doesn’t look as great as you thought it would? After all, after properly washing and even decontaminating it, waxing it should make the paintwork look more glossy. If your car looks dull, has scratches, swirls, and tough water spot stains, your car may need to be paint corrected
If you’re someone who is into their car, it’s quite possible you feel comfortable washing your own car, and even applying a spray on coating or hand waxing. If you follow the proper methods, anyone can do it without causing new defects. When it comes to paint correction though, there are some doubts and worries about what can be done but no worries because there is good reason for that.
Let’s take a look at some of the do’s and dont’s of it and see what can actually be done for your vehicle. What does it take, why would you need it, when would you need it, and when it’s all done – how do you protect your vehicle paint from damage in the future?
What is Paint Correction?
It is the process of removing minor scratches and defects that are on the surface or embedded in the vehicles clear coat. Typically, using a machine polisher, different varieties of pads, and compounds/polishes we would be cutting and/or polishing(refining) to level out the clear coat to bring back the clarity of the base coat.
Here at Nguyen Auto Detailing, we usually offer single stage and two stage corrections. Single stage would be more for a vehicle that has light scratches, spider-webbing, swirl marks. It would bring back the gloss of the paint as well. A two stage correction is perfect for any vehicle that has moderate to heavy water spots, deeper scratches, swirl marks. However, that being said, it is possible to damage the clear coat to the point where the integrity of it would not be good for your car in the long run and could go past the point of repair.
Paint correction can be broken down into many stages – based mainly on the damage to the clear coating.
Stage 1 Paint Correction(enhancement)
Stage 2 Paint Correction
Stage 3 Paint Correction
Why is Paint Correction Completed?
- Remove fine scratches
- Remove spider webbing or swirl marks
- Removing bird stains and bug splatters
- Remove water spots(calcium deposits)
- Stripping old wax, sealants, coatings
What Should You Use to Protect Your Vehicle from Future Damage?
- Paint Correction & Protection Level 1 with ceramic based wax – Six Months of Protection
- Paint Correction & Protection Level 1 with ceramic coating – Five Years of Protection
- Paint Correction & Protection Level 2 with ceramic based wax – Six Months of Protection
- Paint Correction & Protection Level 2 with ceramic coating – 7 Years of Protection
There are plenty of great quality ceramic coating brands out there but here are the ones that we use and believe that are the some of the best ones with extreme durability. Gtechniq, Adams, CarPro, & Gyeon. Ceramic Coatings could be applied to all the vehicle’s paint, glass, trim, and rims! After application, the coating cures to a hardness of 9H which is as strong as quartz.
That being said, ceramic coatings do not eliminate the chances of rock chips, scratches, swirls, and imperfections. If you are looking for that type of protection, PPF(paint protection film) may be the option for you.
If you are a car enthusiast or someone who just likes a clean ride without having to work as hard to keep it shining year round, it would make a lot of sense to have a high quality paint protectant applied to your vehicle. Plus, it’s good for the long run!