Paint Correction Process

Paint correction is a critical step that ensures the coating adheres well, enhances the vehicle’s appearance, and provides the best possible protection and longevity. It involves removing imperfections such as scratches, swirl marks, oxidation, and water spots from the surface of the paint. A smooth, clean surface ensures that the coating adheres properly and performs optimally. Coatings are designed to protect the paint from environmental contaminants, but if the paint is already damaged or contaminated, the coating cannot effectively perform its job. Correcting the paint ensures that the coating works as intended

 Even Brand New Vehicles Need Paint Correction

Brand new vehicles can also have paint imperfections, even if they’re not immediately visible. Common issues include paint runs, orange peel, dirt in the paint, sap, acid rain damage, bird droppings, and environmental fallout. After leaving the assembly plant, vehicles sit in compounds before being shipped to dealers, where they are exposed to harsh elements.

For New Vehicles: Prep time for new vehicles is generally less than for pre-owned ones, as they haven’t been subjected to daily wear and tear. However, issues like those mentioned above can still occur, often affecting only smaller areas. These areas can be carefully wet-sanded and polished to restore the paint to its original state. To prevent your new vehicle from aging quickly and to keep costs down, have it coated by a professional right away before exposing it to harsh environments and dirty roads.

For Pre-Owned Vehicles: Pre-owned vehicles, on the other hand, have likely endured scratching, UV damage, hazing, oxidation, swirling, and contamination from dirt, harsh chemicals, tar, sap, and more. Restoring these vehicles to a glossy, like-new condition requires more time and effort, which can increase costs. In most cases, achieving an 80-90% improvement is considered a significant accomplishment.

 Prep for pre-owned vehicles:

• Decontamination wash
• Iron fall-out wash to ensure all brake dust (hot iron particles) from every day braking has been safely removed
• Clay bar to level the surface
• Depending on the condition and colour, a vehicle may require multiple polishes to remove swirling, scratching while enhancing to a better than factory shine. In some cases, a 3 stage machine polish using a combination of compounds, heavy, medium and fine is necessary.    
• Alcohol wash to remove any left over residues.
• Ceramic application process 
• Cure at 70 degrees for 12-18 hours, reinspect. 

Prep for new vehicles:

• Decontamination wash
• Iron fall-out wash to ensure all brake dust (hot iron particles) from either rail car or truck transportation to the dealer has been safely removed
• Clay bar to level the surface
• A Single stage machine polish using an ultra fine polish to add a little more pop in your paint, to really intensify that shine.   
• Alcohol wash all panels to remove any leftover residue
• Ceramic application process 
• Cure at 70 degrees for 12-18 hours, reinspect