A polisher on paint. Illustrative — not a Panel & Pad car.
NoDa, Charlotte · one bay · appointments only
One car a day. Here is what that day looks like.
A proper correction is eight hours and I am not going to rush two of them. Accords, F-150s, Camrys, and the occasional twenty-year-old thing somebody loves. That is who comes here.
Next open day
Thursday 13 August
Not an estimate and not a form. That day is empty and you can have it.
The next two weeks
Updated the same day somebody books or cancels.
Monday 10 August
Booked
Two stage, day one — 2016 Accord
Tuesday 11 August
Booked
Two stage, day two — 2016 Accord
Wednesday 12 August
Booked
Interior deep clean — 2019 Odyssey
Thursday 13 August
Open
Nothing booked — this one is available
Friday 14 August
Booked
Single stage — 2012 F-150
Monday 17 August
Open
Nothing booked — this one is available
Six stages, and what each one will not fix.
Almost every complaint in this trade comes from somebody expecting a wash to remove a scratch. So the second column is the same size as the first.
01
Maintenance wash and decontamination
$180
About 3 hours
Will not fix: Swirl marks — those are scratches, and a wash does not remove scratches
02
Single stage paint correction
$620
About 8 hours, one full day
Will not fix: Deep scratches through the clear coat
03
Two stage paint correction
$1,150
Two days
Will not fix: One hundred percent of anything. Nobody can, and clear coat is finite.
04
Ceramic coating, one year
$420 on top of correction
Adds a day for curing
Will not fix: Scratches. A coating is not armour and it does not prevent swirls from a bad wash.
05
Ceramic coating, three year
$860 on top of correction
Adds a day for curing
Will not fix: Scratches, chips, or the need to wash it
06
Interior deep clean
$340
About 5 hours
Will not fix: Permanent dye transfer on light leather
Two buckets, a grit guard, and never an automatic wash.
That is the entire aftercare list and you will leave with it written down. About a third of the cars that come back for a second correction went through a tunnel wash in between.