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Ceramic Coatings
The usual next step. A hard layer over corrected paint so the next few years of washing does not undo it.
Learn morePaint Correction in Jacksonville, FL
Swirls come out, not covered up.
Almost every swirl on your car was put there by washing. Correction levels the clear coat around them so there is nothing left to catch the light.
- One or Two Stage
- 50–90% Defect Removal
- Inspection Lighting
- Quoted From The Car
What correction is
Removing a defect, not filling it.
A swirl is a scratch in the clear coat. You can hide one with a glaze for a few weeks, or you can level the clear coat around it so there is nothing left to catch the light. We do the second one.
Cross-sectionWhere the defects actually sit
Polished out
Swirls and wash marksShallow. These come out completely
Light scratches and etchingMost of these level out under the pad
Your paint
Factory clear coatFinite. We take the least we can, not the most we could
Base coat & primerIf a scratch reaches here, only paint fixes it
Drawn to show where defects sit, not their exact depth.
We work panel by panel with a dual-action polisher and check under inspection lighting between passes. If your fingernail catches in a scratch, it is through the clear coat — we will tell you that before we start rather than after.
Found under light
Defects are hunted under controlled inspection lighting, not sunlight and not fluorescent tubes. What you cannot see, you cannot correct.
Gloss comes back
Reflections sharpen and the color reads deeper, because light is bouncing off a level surface instead of scattering off a spiderweb.
Then it gets protected
Bare corrected paint is soft and about to be washed again. Correction is step one — a coating or film is what keeps it.
Honest limits
We take the minimum clear coat needed. If a car has already been polished thin, we will say so instead of taking more off.
Stages
How much clear coat we are prepared to remove.
This is the real trade-off in correction, and the reason we look at the car before quoting rather than reading a price off a board.
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Single-stage polish
- Removes 50–60% of swirls and light scratches
- One cutting-and-finishing pass per panel
- Right for newer cars and softer paint
- The level included in Geex Armor ceramic coating
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Two-stage polish
- Removes 80–90% of swirls and light scratches
- Separate compounding pass, then a refining pass
- For neglected paint, older finishes and dark colors
- The level included in Geex Elite ceramic coating
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What we will not do
- Chase the last 10% at the cost of clear coat
- Fill defects with a glaze so they return in a month
- Correct paint we can see is already thin
- Quote a stage count before seeing the car
Correction is priced from the car — size, color and how much is actually in the paint all change the job. It is also built into the Geex Armor and Geex Elite coating packages if that is where you are heading.
Correct or protect
One comes before the other.
These get treated as alternatives. They are a sequence — protection over uncorrected paint just seals the swirls in.
Paint Correction
Takes the defects out
Permanently removes swirls, holograms and oxidation.
Restores gloss and depth rather than glazing over it.
Done first — it is what a coating or film locks in.
Uses clear coat, which does not grow back.
On its own it protects nothing. The swirls can go straight back in.
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Protection
Keeps the result
Coating or film holds the corrected finish for years.
Washing gets safer, which is where swirls come from.
Included correction on Geex Armor and Geex Elite.
Applied over uncorrected paint it seals the defects in.
Does not improve what is already in the clear coat.
Almost every car here gets both. Correction, then something over the top of it so the next few years of washing does not undo the work.
Explore ceramic coatingThe process
Slow is the whole point.
Rushing correction is how you get holograms. Every stage is checked before the next one starts.
01 / Inspection
The paint gets checked
Panel by panel under controlled inspection lighting, so we know what is swirling, what is etched and what is too deep to touch before anything is quoted.
02 / Decontamination
Everything comes off first
Foam pre-soak, two-bucket hand wash, then chemical and mechanical decontamination. Polishing over bonded contamination drags it across the paint.
03 / Correction
One stage or two
Dual-action machine polishing, checked under light between passes, until the improvement is actually there rather than assumed.
04 / Refine
Finished and wiped down
A refining pass to remove any haze, then a panel wipe so what you are looking at is the paint and not polishing oils sitting on top of it.
Questions
What people ask before they book.
If yours is not here, call the shop. We would rather answer it than have you guess.
How much does paint correction cost?
It depends on the size of the vehicle, the color and how bad the paint is — a black car with years of automatic washes is a different job to a two-year-old silver sedan. We quote after looking at the car under lights. Correction is also built into the Geex Armor and Geex Elite coating tiers.
How long does it take?
A single-stage polish on a normal car is usually a full day. Two-stage on a large or badly swirled vehicle can be two to three. Rushing correction is how you get holograms, so we do not.
Will the swirls come back?
Only if they get put back in. Correction removes them permanently — what returns them is washing. That is why you get aftercare at pickup, and why a coating or film after correction is worth the money.
Is polishing bad for my paint?
Done properly, no. Done repeatedly and aggressively, yes — clear coat is finite. We take the least aggressive approach that gets the result, and if a car has already been polished thin we will tell you rather than take more off.
Can you fix a scratch I can feel with my fingernail?
Usually not completely. If your nail catches, the scratch is through the clear coat and the only full fix is paint. We can often make it far less visible, and we will be straight with you about how much before you commit.
Do I need the whole car done?
No. If it is one panel or one defect that bothers you, Geex Spot Correction targets it without paying for a full multi-stage polish.
Related services
What correction leads into.
Correction is almost always step one. These are what it is a step towards.
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Paint Protection Film
For the panels that take impact. Correction first — whatever is in the paint is what you see through the film.
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Geex Spot Correction
One panel, one defect. Targeted correction without committing to a full multi-stage polish.
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Let us look at the paint under proper lighting.
Bring the car in and we will show you exactly what is in the clear coat, and what correction will and will not fix.