Correction & ceramic
Fix the paint, then keep it fixed.
Coating unfixed paint seals the swirls in permanently. So decon comes first, correction second, coating last. In that order, every time.
- Correction
- $200 per stage
- Ceramic
- $40 to $300
- Required first
- Iron decon package, $100
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Strip it
$100Iron decon and a strip wash pull the bonded contamination and any old wax off the clear coat. Skip this and the polish just drags grit across the panel.
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Fix it
$200–$400Machine polishing removes the swirls and scratches that are actually in the paint. One stage handles most cars. Two stages is for heavier defects and dark paint, where everything shows.
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Keep it
$40–$300A coating is the part that lasts. It bonds to the corrected paint so washing gets easier and the gloss holds instead of fading back over a season.