The Truth About Paint Correction and What It Can and Can’t Do

You may have heard about paint correction before, but you are not really sure what the term means. Well with The Buffing Moose Detailing, it has been a big thing that my knowledge of paint correction has made me stand out in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. What that means is that I’m going in with machine polishing to get rid of swirls and light defects in the paint to bring out a high level of clarity—making the paint really pop!

Paint correction is a very labor-intensive process that involves many, many hours depending on the level that you’re going for. With older cars, swirls can start developing overtime. Eventually, the car starts getting a little bit beat up during the washing process. Another thing to keep in mind is this. If you look at your car outside in the sun and it literally looks like a spiderweb on the surface…those are swirls. That stuff that can be fixed through paint correction which once again is going to restore that clarity. Many times, people don't realize how bad their car has gotten until they look it over a period of time. Now that you know what swirls and paint defects are, what are your options?

I have several different options of paint correction that you can choose depending on the needs of the car. My most simplest option is called a ‘Light Machine Polish’. Sometimes is it also known as “Paint Enhancement’ which can achieve maybe a 25% rate of defect removal out of the surface. For a more intensive paint correction, you should at minimum consider my ‘Single Stage Paint Correction which offers anywhere between 70%-80% of correction rate. There is a reason why this is my most popular paint correction option because it's really going to transform the looks your the vehicle. However, going for a ‘Multi-Stage Paint Correction’ means taking a car through a very labor-intensive process to refine it to as close to perfection as I can possibly get.

Speaking of perfection, here is what paint correction can do and what it can't fix. If you got heavy gouges in the surface, paint correction is not gonna be able to fix. The reason why is that there's just not enough material to work with. Paint correction also doesn't fix rock chip or cracks in the paint and things of that nature. Even if you have some scars left on the car and you've decided on paint correction to have the finish polished it to a very high level, it's still gonna bring out a tremendous amount of brilliance and looks

So is paint correction just for older cars? No! Believe it or not, brand new cars straight from the factory only represent between 85%-90% of what it’s true potential and looks are. Even a brand new car coming from a factory don’t have the time to do the kind of paint correction that I doing. Therefore, the car doesn't look its full potential compared to what I can do by going in and refining the finish for you. It doesn't matter if you got a brand new Honda Civic or if you've got an expensive Ferrari or anything in between, you can make that paint look better than what the factory can do. Just like how it sounds, I’m gonna be working on the paint, but other areas that I can work on too.

Sometimes on the b-pillars you have shiny black plastic that I can polish up to get rid of the defects or even with carbon fiber. Whether it could be exterior carbon fiber or it could be interior carbon fiber, I've never seen a single piece of carbon fiber that couldn't be approved upon significantly. Polishing them absolutely makes a huge difference once you have those pieces polished out, making that carbon fiber really shine through. Now that you've got the paint correction down on the car, what do you do to protect it? While there's a plenty of options, one of the best paint protection solution that I offer is gonna be ceramic coatings. I would strongly recommend this because a premium quality ceramic coating will lock in those good looks.

For me with The Buffing Moose Detailing, I have been operating as a professional mobile detailer for people from all over the coast from North Hampton, New Hampshire to Kennebunk, Maine to perform my methodology of paint correction. It has become well known that I have the discipline and understanding to do proper polishing techniques to finish down the paint better. I encourage you to speak so that I can discuss with you some of the processes or talk to you about what I can accomplish with your car depending on what your wants and needs. Begin your project with The Buffing Moose and I look forward to working with you in the future.