A Facelift for Your Automobile’s Finish

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Restore, Protect, and Reveal Your Vehicle’s True Finish

Professional Paint Correction in Westminster, MD

At What In Detail Nation, paint correction isn’t about a quick polish — it’s about restoring your vehicle’s exterior finish by reducing visible defects and unlocking true depth and clarity.


Every vehicle is unique. That’s why we start with a professional inspection and prep wash before any correction begins. This removes surface contaminants, identifies defects invisible to the naked eye, and ensures your paint is ready for correction — maximizing results while protecting your finish.

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Paint Correction Levels — What Results You Can Expect

  • Stage 1: Light Correction

    Removes minor swirls, fine scratches, and haze.

    Ideal for daily drivers with minor imperfections.


    Next step: Apply a sealant or prep for ceramic coating

  • Stage 2: Moderate Correction

    Tackles moderate swirls, small scratches, and dull paint

    Best for vehicles with visible defects from washing, weather, or everyday wear


    Next step: Ceramic coating or maintenance plan recommended

  • Stage 3: Full/Multi-Stage Correction

    Corrects deep swirl marks, oxidation, and severe defects

    Perfect for show cars, high-end vehicles, or vehicles requiring maximum clarity


    Next step: Ideal for full ceramic coating and long-term protection

Why we don’t list prices: Paint correction is custom work. Each vehicle’s finish is different, and results depend on age, defects, and prior care. Listing a fixed price would be misleading — we provide accurate, tailored quotes after inspection.


Why Choose Professional Paint Correction?

  • Protect your investment: A corrected surface is smooth and ready for coatings, maximizing long-term protection.
  • Unlock deep gloss and clarity: Multi-stage correction reveals reflective depth that quick polishing can’t achieve.
  • Professional prep ensures results: Inspection and decontamination remove hidden contamination and surface buildup.
  • Connects to maintenance: Regular care and coatings preserve the correction for months or years.
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How We Get It Done - Paint Correction Steps and Process

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Surface Hand Wash

Our exterior detailers want to clean up your car, truck, or SUV to prepare it for our professional paint correction crew. We hand wash and clay bar everything, especially your paintwork, to facilitate a clear roadway for our team to fix all the defects and discrepancies that are currently affecting your finish without distraction.

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Inspecting Your Finish

We then begin with a full vehicle paint inspection after it has been decontaminated. This allows us to locate and make note of any defects in the surface, even ones that had remained undiscovered up until you brought it in. Doing this allows us to provide our customers with the most thorough and all-encompassing job, benefitting you with the best service possible.

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Cutting, Buffing, and Polishing

After hand washing and inspecting everything, our team of paint correction specialists then move on to the cutting, buffing, polishing, and even jeweling phases, all designed to eliminate swirl marks, scratches, nicks, and varying discrepancies. Now knowing where all your defects are, we cut them down with compounds and abrasion before buffing and polishing to level your surface evenly.

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Coatings and Sealant Options

Now is where you want to protect the investment you have made in your car, truck, or SUV! As we finish priming your paintwork like never before, we want to ensure that it will stay clean, embellished, and stain-free for as long as possible. Our paint correction team can provide you with a temporary sealant OR you can upgrade to one of our hydrophobic and protective ceramic coating packages.

The Benefits of What In Detail Nation’s Paint Correction Process

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Repair Obvious Surface Defects

One of the major benefits of a paint correction package from our team here at What In Detail Nation is the repairs and renovation it does to the clear coat surface of your vehicle. Automotive paint correction not only gets rid of swirls, scrapes, and other obvious defects, it then elevates the gloss level of those newly corrected surfaces. The surface level benefits of paint correction truly take your vehicle to stratospheric heights!

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Brings Better Vehicle Resale Value

While the paint correction process removes defects, discrepancies, and surface stains to improve aesthetics, this in turn will drastically improve your vehicle’s resale value. No one likes buying a car with scratches and scrapes clouding up the finish gloss, so presenting a potential buyer with a freshly corrected and professionally enhanced car gets you the most bang for your buck every time.

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Give Ceramic Coatings Better Shine

Defects in your vehicle’s exterior clear coat can compromise the integrity of how one of our ceramic coating packages here at What In Detail Nation appears. This can potentially diminish the investment you have made to have the ceramic coating installed to begin with. Remove all of the problems with your vehicle’s paintwork prior to a ceramic coating and enjoy its intense shine!

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Paint Sparkle is Unmatched

Abrading away a nick and scratch to remove it from your finish isn’t the only part of our paint correction process here at our Westminster, Maryland detailing studio. Buffing and polishing the paintwork to an even shine, your vehicle will stand out with tremendous glamor following this service. Both the detail in your ride’s finish and the richness of its color can be picked from the crowd with ease!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • What is the difference between paint correction and polishing?

    Polishing is one step of correction — correction includes compounding, polishing, and refining to safely reduce defects and level the paint.

  • How long does paint correction take?

    Depends on condition and severity. Light correction may take a day, while full multi-stage correction can take 2–4 days.

  • Does paint correction harm my clear coat?

    Professional correction removes only minimal clear coat as needed. Proper technique ensures defects are reduced without damaging paint.

  • Should I correct paint before a ceramic coating?

    Yes. A coating cannot hide scratches; it protects the surface underneath. Correction ensures maximum gloss and adhesion.

  • Is paint correction included in detailing?

    No — it’s a specialized service. Detailing cleans and enhances, while correction reduces surface imperfections through polishing.

  • Does routine maintenance help my corrected paint?

    Absolutely. Regular maintenance preserves the correction, keeps surfaces smooth, and prolongs coating or sealant performance.