To what a lot of people call a “Cut & Polish”, Paint Correction is much, much more technical than that simple expression. Paint Correction is essentially being able to perfect the paintwork, in stages. Removing swirls, holograms, water spots, bird poo etchings and scratches can take several stages of Compounding, depending on the severity of the damaged surface.

• Single Stage Correction will improve the paintwork to approx. 40-50% for harder paints, and 50-70% for softer paints, and this may be all that is needed to have the desired result. The initial condition of the paint will also contribute to how much difference is made. Lighter coloured cars can sometimes only require this level of Correction.
• Multi-Stage Correction will take the improvement level to approx. 70-99%, and significantly improve the finish, with increased gloss, and clarity, while removing all but the heaviest scratches in the paint. First stage is a heavy compounding to remove defects, followed by a finishing/light compounding to increase the resultant gloss and clarity. Further stages used include heavier compounding and wet rubbing. Darker coloured cars will generally require at least 2 stages of Correction.
• Given the differences in paint types, condition and colour, prices for multi stage correcting will vary – hence why we give a “starting” price as an indication. Vehicle inspection is essential, so we can find out your expectations and budget, and talk about what we can deliver. You even find that some areas of the vehicle will need extra stages of correcting. For example, the bonnet/roof/boot may require more work due to being in the elements more of the time than the doors for example. This is why it can sometimes be hard to give a firm price without visually inspecting the car, and taking paint depth readings to ascertain the required work.
  All vehicles will have paint depth measured to see how much paint we can safely work with, and a test area is begun to work out the best combination to get the desired result.