Your Clear Coat Protects Your Paint, But What Protects Your Clear Coat?
Since the 1980s, vehicles manufactured in the U.S. are built with a clear coat that protects the paint. Your clear coat takes the brunt of flying road debris, scratches, streaks, and etches that bombard the exterior of your vehicle every day. Over time, that clear coat gets worn and scarred so the brilliance of your paint can't break through. Oxidation occurs when your vehicle has not been regularly waxed or protected by a sealant. Because oxidation is a chemical process and scratches are a physical manifestation of many brutal external factors, no amount of cleaning or polishing will bring back the original shine.
In addition to the environment, nearly everything you do from sitting a bag of groceries on the hood, to bumping up against the surface with your coat, keys, or a purse, can cause scratches on your clear coat. Even many car washes, in spite of promoting soft-tech brushes, can leave fine micro-scratches on your paint surface. There is a reason car collectors and exotics owners won't get within a mile of an automated car wash!
Paint Correction is the removal of paint imperfections caused by fine scratches, swirls, holograms, and oxidation that make your car paint cloudy or hazy.
Unlike clay bar, which removes contaminants from the paint, paint correction uses an exquisite abrasive technique to remove a minuscule layer of clear coat - about 1/100th of the thickness of a sheet of typing paper - and then skillfully buffed to a high gloss so the paint can once again shine through.
Beware Inexperienced Detailers!
Ironically, the most common culprit for fine scratches, swirls, and holograms are inexperienced detailers and Do-it-Yourselfers (DIY) who fail to rinse thoroughly, the dirt off the vehicle with a lubricating shampoo before scrubbing. The result is that the dirt itself acts like an abrasive. The use of dirty rags, sponges, and towels when washing and drying, grind the dirt into the clear coat causing even more scratching.
Holograms are deeper than scratches and swirls and are caused almost exclusively by an inexperienced detailer with little or no training in the operation of a over-heated buffer. The result is distortions in the clear coat that are difficult, but not impossible, for paint correction specialists like Bill the Buff Man technicians to get out.
Don't Try This at Home!
Paint Correction is an advanced detailing service requiring a certified detailer trained in Paint Correction. Bill the Buff Man and Shae Morrissey will re-level your paint by shaving 1 to 2 microns of your clear coat, and then buffing it back out to a shine!
The truth is, even the paint on your new vehicle is rarely perfect, so many sharp car and truck owners bring in their vehicles when they are brand new, and guess what?
After a Buff Man Paint 1-Stage Paint Correction, that vehicle looks better than it did when you drove it home!
Single-stage Paint
Damaged paint on classic cars, especially those built before the 1980s when clear coat became the mainstream, are a specialty at Bill the Buff Man. We have helped car and truck owners revitalize the effects of aging paint using paint cleaning and correction techniques. The Columbia Basin is full of happy classic car owners and blue ribbon winners!
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Long-term Paint Protection
Now that you understand what causes the need for paint correction, you should do everything possible to prevent needing it again!
After buffing your newly corrected paint out to a brilliant shine, BTBM specialists move to protect it using either a long-lasting wax sealant or a new semi-permanent Gtechniq Coating that actually repels dirt and scratches for several months at a time.
With periodic detailing and a BTBM specialist monitoring the health of your car’s exterior, your vehicle will maintain its shine for months and years rather than weeks and months!
