The short answer – highly unlikely, but please read on for an explanation. To understand how paint correction works and why we cannot likely get it 100% scratch free, first realize that every time you polish (for light paint correction work) or compound (for heavier work), you are removing microns off of the clear coat. Eventually over the life of a vehicle, the clear coat can fail (you’ve probably have noticed cars like this where their hood is completely devoid of any clear coat – note, not the same as it being oxidized). Our goal is to make the car as visually good to the naked eye as possible, while still leaving clear coat for future work and UV protection. This is true even on new vehicles, but older vehicles also need extra special attention in this regard, as their clear coat has degraded slightly already from the elements, washing, previous paint correction, etc.

I like to think of paint correction and detailing work like a diamond – most likely we will be able to get the paint very good to the naked eye. However, if you took an LED headlamp or the lights we use to it, you will likely see some imperfections, much like a jeweler would see flaws in a diamond using a jeweler’s loupe. Additionally, the general rule of thumb is, if you can catch the scratch with your fingernail, it likely won’t come out. Of course we will always attempt to make the best of your car, taking into consideration the paint condition, age of the vehicle, and any areas you point out during a walk around inspection prior to us starting work.

Getting the car closer to perfection when we are conducting auto detailing, is, of course, easier if it is in our Harker Heights shop with all of our lighting. Even traveling mobile but local to Killeen/Copperas Cove/Temple takes us away from our 300,000 lumens of light. You don’t always want to have every light on when doing paint correction, but it is definitely much harder to do in Austin or other mobile areas.