Paint Correction Prices

What does all this mean? 

Paint correction is the process of moving defects and imperfections from your car's paint. To do so we remove layers of your clearcoat using a polisher. Depending on the level of correction you want (or the amount of defects you want to be removed), we decide which polish and pad combination is best. 

What is Paint Enhancement?

 The simple answer: Paint enhancement is a form of paint correction that is less aggressive and extreme. The goal of paint enhancement is not to remove all imperfections, but instead surface scratches and defects. We cannot express enough that all imperfections WILL NOT be fixed. Because we are only removing a surface level of imperfections when performing paint enhancement, it only takes 1 step of correction.  1-step paint correction is exactly what it sounds like. We only need to pass over the whole car once with our polisher and pad combination to achieve the customer-desired look.

 What is Paint Correction?

 Paint correction is nothing more than aggressive paint enhancement. Can you see the pattern here? Paint correction is performed when we encounter REALLY DAMAGED paint or a customer who has a detailed eye. Maximum amounts of scratches, swirls, etchings, and paint imperfections are taken care of during paint correction. Because paint correction is performed when we are dealing with severe cases, it may require 2 passes with our polisher on the entire car. Paint correction requires us to take more clearcoat of the car compared to paint enhancement, that is why paint correction is a 2-step polishing process.

How do you come up with these prices?

Now that you understand what paint correction is and the process that we follow, our prices are easily understood. A lot of liability comes with paint correction. You run the risk of burning through the customers clearcoat and ruining their paint. Here in Ohio, we like to make sure this does not happen. To do so, we first take a paint gauge and ensure we have a safe amount of clearcoat to work with. Once we know that we have enough clear coat to correct, we then run a test spot on one panel of the paint. The whole purpose of our test spot is to come up with specific anchors to follow during the paint correction and to figure out the best pad and polish combination to use. Our test spot allows us to get the best results with minimal to no dangers.