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Paint Correction (Cut & Polish) in West Auckland

Swirl marks, holograms, oxidation, light scratches — paint correction removes the layer of damage and restores the depth your paint had when it left the factory.

What's involved

Paint correction is machine polishing — a dual-action or rotary polisher with progressively finer compounds and pads. Each pass removes a few microns of clear coat to level out defects. Done right, it transforms tired paint. Done wrong, it burns through clear coat permanently.

We measure clear coat thickness with a paint depth gauge before starting and again during. Once we know how much we have, we know how aggressive we can be. No guesswork.

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Why DTM for paint correction

Paint correction is one of the few detail jobs you can permanently destroy. Burnt edges, hologramming, uneven correction — all from rushing or using the wrong combo. Josh has done it long enough to know when to stop.

Common questions

It removes everything that doesn't go through the clear coat. If you can catch a scratch with your fingernail, it's usually too deep. We can usually improve those (40-60% reduction) but not eliminate them.

2-4 times for factory paint, depending on how aggressive each pass is. Modern paints have ~150 microns of clear coat; we typically remove 5-15 microns per correction. Plenty of headroom for normal use.

Yes — always. Ceramic locks in whatever's underneath. Apply ceramic over swirl marks and you've preserved them for 5 years. Paint correction first, ceramic second.

Single-stage: $450-$750. Two-stage: $750-$1,400. Three-stage (heavy oxidation): $1,400-$2,200. Quoted firm after paint inspection and depth readings.

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