Paint Correction
Here at Cruising California Auto Detailing & Ceramic Coating we offer paint correction. Paint Correction is the removal of swirls and scratches from your paints surface. When the sun hits your paint those unsightly swirls and scratches are easily seen. Those swirls and scratches keep your car from shining like a brand new car fresh off the showroom floor.
So you may be asking yourself how did those swirls and scratches get on my paint to begin with? Typically, it’s from improper washing and wiping down. The good news is once you have Cruising California Auto Detailing & Ceramic Coating perform the paint correction process your car will look like it’s fresh off the showroom floor! To top it off once our clients pick up their vehicle, we share our trade secrets so they can keep their car looking amazing! We also offer our clients maintenance plans where we can maintain their car for them. Contact us for more details on our maintenance plans.
What We Offer
We offer our clients 3 different levels of paint correction options ranging from Paint Polishing / Gloss Enhancement, to 60-75% correction, all the way to 98%+ correction. We don’t say 100% paint correction as more often than not most cars will have some scratches that will be too deep to safely remove. We offer these different levels of paint correction to accommodate our clients budget as well as desired results.
What sets Cruising California Auto Detailing & Ceramic Coating apart from other detailing companies who offer paint correction as well is we take a different approach. We believe in taking a few extra steps to ensure we are not doing our clients a disservice. A few of those steps include measuring your paints thickness to ensure there is enough paint to work with and making sure we are not compromising too much clear coat or single stage paint. Another, is we use a variety of different size polishers ranging from a 6” polisher all the way down to a 1” polisher for those tiny detailed areas of your vehicle.
Pricing on paint correction can vary quite a bit depending on the size, condition, and complexity of the vehicle, as well as the results looking to be achieved.
A very popular add on to our paint correction service is having us apply a ceramic coating that will bond to your paints finish and provide your vehicle with years of added paint protection. Check out our Ceramic Coating page for more details.
Please contact us directly for more details, pricing, and package deals.
What's Included with the Paint Polishing / Paint Correction Service
Our Paint Enhancement Polishing and Paint Correction services include Exterior Detailing
Estimate Paint Correction Pricing Chart
Cars:
$250-400 Paint Polishing/ Gloss Enhancement
$400-600 Level 1 Paint Correction 60-75%+
$750-1000 Level 2 Paint Correction 99%
Truck / SUV / Exotics:
$300-450 Paint Polishing/ Gloss Enhancement
$600-800 Level 1 Paint Correction 60-75%+
$1000-1250 Level 2 Paint Correction 99%
FAQ About Paint Polishing / Paint Correction
Paint correction is the removal of swirls and scratches in your vehicles paint.
Paint correction is also referred to as paint polishing and paint buffing. Generally speaking they are all the same. They remove swirls and scratches from your vehicles paint and enhance the gloss and shine.
Our paint polishing / gloss enhancement will typically only shine your vehicles paint. It typically won't remove any swirls and scratches from your vehicles paint.
With paint correction this is where it will not only enhance the gloss and shine on your vehicles paint but it will also remove up to 99% of swirls and scratches depending on which paint correction package you choose.
If you have any other questions about paint correction or our paint polishing / gloss enhancement feel free to call, text, or e-mail us. You can also schedule an appointment for a free inspection.
With paint correction we can remove up to 99% of swirls and scratches. We never say 100% because there will always be some scratches that will be too deep to safely remove.
Before we do any paint correction a on a clients vehicle we perform a full inspection of the paint as well as use a special gauge that can actually measure your paint thickness. We do this to make sure we are not potentially doing more harm than good to your vehicle.
Having good knowledge, proper tools and equipment can make the paint correction process safe.
The cost of paint correction can vary depending on our clients budget as well as desired results. Typically paint correction cost starts around $500 +/- and with us that price includes a full exterior detail.
Generally they all mean the same.
From detailer to detailer they can mean different things such as how much polishing they are doing and what tools they are using.
Its important to ask each detailer what that service includes and what exactly they will be doing to the paint as well as what the price is for that service.
This will vary from vehicle to vehicle depending on how the vehicle is being cared for mostly.
On vehicles that are properly being cared for typically once every 3-5 years it will need some level of polishing / paint correction.
Yes absolutely! If you want to restore that brand new car look and shine back to your vehicle a paint correction is defiantly worth it!
Also once a paint correction is done we typically recommend and suggest having your vehicle ceramic coated to not only help keep your vehicle looking like that but it will also make washing super easy due to the amazing hydrophobic properties of the ceramic coating.
We offer our clients paint correction and ceramic coating packages as well. Be sure to check out our ceramic coating packages on our website. You can also call, text or e-mail us for more information.
It really depends... We have worked on countless amounts of brand new cars over the years that have paint flaws and defects that need sorting out. To the untrained eye and to most people it looks like a perfect brand new vehicle.
If you would like a FREE inspection of your brand new car feel free to call, text , or e-mail us to book a free inspection.
Yes you can. However... An unexperienced person without proper training, knowledge, skills, and equipment can damage paint on the vehicle that can cost $1,000's to fix.
Here at Cruising California Auto Detailing and Ceramic Coating we specialize in paint correction and ceramic coatings. We use a wide variety of speciality tools ranging from paint thickness gauges for inspection to different size polishers to accommodate the different and complex panels will be working on.
If you would like to learn more about paint correction or would like to be properly trained up and learn from the pros how to do paint correction feel free to call, text, or e-mail us.