Anyone know of a place in Southern Md (Preferably Calvert County, but willing to travel) that does paint correction? No backyard detailers please.

An idea on pricing would help also.

Explain..."Paint Correction"

It is to detailing to what detailing is to a car wash. The person will not only clean and polish the surface, but will take non invasive steps to correct flaws like orange peel and other surface defects, then polish and seal.

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Anyone know of a place in Southern Md (Preferably Calvert County, but willing to travel) that does paint correction? No backyard detailers please.

An idea on pricing would help also.

Can you be more specific on your paint issues? Good luck finding someone that won't do a hack job. A good detailer is hard to find in these parts, mainly because nobody understands what a correct detail entails. I used to do it so I'll give you some heads up on a couple things.

Every shop you come across will tell you they can do it. Here is what the hacks will do......buff your car with a high speed buffer which is correct but hardly anyone knows the correct procedure. You will end up with holograms of buffer burns and instead of stepping down to a less aggressive polish they cover the defects with a glaze that contains fillers. These fillers fade away over the next couple of car washes and the defects will still be there.

Can you be more specific on your paint issues? Good luck finding someone that won't do a hack job. A good detailer is hard to find in these parts, mainly because nobody understands what a correct detail entails. I used to do it so I'll give you some heads up on a couple things.

Every shop you come across will tell you they can do it. Here is what the hacks will do......buff your car with a high speed buffer which is correct but hardly anyone knows the correct procedure. You will end up with holograms of buffer burns and instead of stepping down to a less aggressive polish they cover the defects with a glaze that contains fillers. These fillers fade away over the next couple of car washes and the defects will still be there.

Well, The original paint is 6 years old (2005 Cadillac CTS-V) and black. The normal small knicks (some are down to primer, so there's not much I can do about that other than using a touchup pen) There is some tree sap, or something stuck on there that won't come off with a claybar. The normal swirl marks and spider-webbing from bad washing techniques by the previous owner. One of the doors was re-painted by the previous owner, and one of the mirrors had some paint chipping so I had a friend of mine who was learning paint the mirror, and try his hand at buffing. After 2 rounds of buffing compounds, waxes, sealers, etc. the paint looked MUCH better than it did, but now the mirror, and door have horrible orange peel, and I'm too scared to block it/wetsan and/or use a high speed buffer. Especially on this car.

I found one guy in NOVA and saw pictures of his work. Just looking for something closer preferably. I know pricing will be in the $1,000 range, but I want to make sure I'm not getting someone who doesn't know what they are doing.

Well it sounds like you have an idea of what good detailing is about and proper washing and drying techniques. Its obvious in your paint "terminology" :) Orange peel can only be corrected by wet sanding and again that takes someone who knows what they are doing.

I would check out the person in NOVA, maybe see if he can provide references. Pics don't always show the whole picture. Talk to his references and ask how the paint held up after numerous washes and under halogen lighting.(These show the swirls and spider webbing the best) No good detailer should have to use a glaze unless the paint is to thin to polish any further. Glazes only hide defects momentarily.

Well it sounds like you have an idea of what good detailing is about and proper washing and drying techniques. Its obvious in your paint "terminology" :) Orange peel can only be corrected by wet sanding and again that takes someone who knows what they are doing.

I would check out the person in NOVA, maybe see if he can provide references. Pics don't always show the whole picture. Talk to his references and ask how the paint held up after numerous washes and under halogen lighting.(These show the swirls and spider webbing the best) No good detailer should have to use a glaze unless the paint is to thin to polish any further. Glazes only hide defects momentarily.

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That is the guy I'm tlaking about. Hopefully he is still in business...his website is down.