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Erase the swirls.
Bring back the depth.

Years of car-wash brushes, drying towels, and improper polishing leave your paint with swirl marks, holograms, and a flat, oxidized finish. Paint correction is the only way to actually remove that damage — not hide it under wax. Done right, your paint looks better than the day you bought it.

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Dave Fitzpatrick
Dave Fitzpatrick
2022 Ram Limited
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Landon just finished detailing my 2022 Ram Limited. The truck hasn't look this good since I bought it 4 years ago. I didn't realize there were still companies that had this high level of service and professionalism still around. I know I will be using them for all my detailing and paint care going forward. Highly recommend Shelton Premium Detail.

Dave's Ram interior after
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Dave's Ram exterior after
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Tara Berry
Tara Berry
2026 Ford Expedition + F-250
★★★★★

Shelton's Premium Detail did an outstanding job on the detail of my expedition and my husbands F250! The interior of my car looks brand new again and I am so thankful for his attention to detail. I was kept informed throughout the service, and was very pleased with how professional he was while cleaning both vehicles. We will be on a maintenance schedule with him from here on out for both of our vehicles.

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Flying Sparks Garage
Flying Sparks Garage
RAM TRX · Local Guide
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We had SUCH a great experience with Landon at Shelton's Premium Detail! We trusted him to detail our new RAM TRX which we are obsessed with and very protective over and he did an OUTSTANDING job! He took special care of the details and has great communication! We will ABSOLUTELY use him again!

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Honest Positioning

If you just want it to look shiny for a week, this isn't for you.

A $100 wash-and-wax will mask swirls and make your paint pop in the parking lot. That's not what we do. Paint correction physically removes a microscopic layer of clear coat to take the swirls and scratches out for good — and once it's done, it stays done until new damage gets re-introduced.

That also means you need to protect the result. If you're going to keep running the car through a drive-through wash, the swirls will be back in 90 days and you wasted your money. Don't book this if that's the plan.

But if you want it done right and locked in, lock in Ceramic Coating on top of the correction (3-year or 8-year), or hand the whole thing off with the Hands-Free Program — correction, ceramic, and bi-weekly maintenance, all bundled.

What Correction Actually Fixes

Pull it into the sun. The damage is already there.

Swirl marks, spiderwebbing, holograms from a prior cheap polish job, water spots etched into the clear coat, oxidation flattening the color out — most of it isn't visible in the garage. Roll it into direct sunlight and you can see every defect at once.

Paint correction uses machine compound and polish to level the clear coat — taking off enough material to remove the defect while leaving plenty of clear coat behind for years of life. Once it's done, the paint is genuinely restored, not masked.

Swirl marks & spiderwebs
Holograms from prior polish
Water spots & etching
Oxidation & haze
Light-to-moderate scratches
Depth + gloss restored
Premium mobile detailing at the customer's driveway

I didn't realize there were still companies that had this high level of service and professionalism still around.

Dave F. 2022 Ram Limited ★★★★★
The Two Tiers

Pick your level.

Both start with the same prep — hand-wash, clay bar, iron remover, masking. The difference is how aggressive we go on the clear coat. (After-care matters — ceramic coating is strongly recommended to lock the result in.)

Light Defects · Refresh

1-Step Correction

$500/ Vehicle
Removes ~70% of light defects · 1 machine pass
What's Included
  • Full hand wash + paint decontamination (clay bar + iron remover)
  • Single-stage machine polish — removes light swirls, holograms, oxidation
  • Trim & badges masked, paint inspected under correction lighting
  • IPA wipedown — confirms the defects are gone, not just filled
  • Best for cars in decent shape that just need their depth back
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Moderate Defects · Most Common

2-Step Correction

$800/ Vehicle
Removes ~80% of defects · compound + polish
Everything in 1-Step, Plus
  • Cutting compound stage first — removes deeper swirls, water etching, light scratches
  • Refining polish stage second — restores full clarity and depth, removes any compound haze
  • Test-panel approved before we touch the rest of the vehicle
  • Best for daily drivers, used purchases, or anything with prior cheap-polish damage
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The natural pair: add Ceramic Coating after correction to lock the finish in for 3 to 8 years — otherwise the defects start coming back the next time you wash. Or bundle correction + ceramic + full luxury detail + a year of bi-weekly maintenance into the Hands-Free Program ($12K/year) →.

The interior of my car looks brand new again and I am so thankful for his attention to detail.

Tara B. 2026 Ford Expedition ★★★★★
The Result

You should be able to read the room in your paint.

This is what corrected paint looks like in person — no swirls catching the light, no haze under direct sun. The reflection is sharp enough to make out detail in the garage behind it. That's the bar.

C8 Corvette ZR1 · After 2-Step Correction
Mirror-deep reflection on corrected ZR1 paint
Corrected paint reflecting garage cabinets with full clarity
Vehicle exterior after paint correction

Swirls out. Depth back.

Once correction is done, ceramic coating locks it in for 3 to 8 years — otherwise the swirls start over the next time you wash. Most people pair the two.

2 Tiers
1-Step or 2-Step
~80%
Defect Removal (2-Step)
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How It Works

Inspect. Test panel. Then go.

Paint correction isn't guesswork — every car gets a test panel before we commit to a method. Plan for most of a day at your driveway, depending on whether it's 1-Step or 2-Step.

STEP 01
Walkaround & Quote

We inspect the paint under correction lighting, identify the defect type, and confirm whether 1-Step or 2-Step is the right call for your vehicle.

STEP 02
Wash & Decon

Full hand wash, clay bar, iron remover. Paint has to be clinically clean — any contamination left behind gets ground in by the machine.

STEP 03
Test Panel + Correct

Test panel first to confirm the method. Then we work panel by panel — compound (if 2-Step), polish, refine.

STEP 04
IPA Wipedown

Final IPA wipe strips any polish oils and confirms the defects are actually removed — not just filled. What you see is what stays.

He took special care of the details and has great communication! We will ABSOLUTELY use him again!

Flying Sparks Garage RAM TRX · Local Guide ★★★★★

Test panel first. Always.

Before we commit to a method on your vehicle, we do a test panel — usually a section of the hood or trunk — so you can see exactly what your paint will look like after correction. If you don't love it, we stop and refund. No guessing, no surprises. The test panel is the guarantee.

Common Questions

The questions real buyers ask.

1-Step uses one polishing pass with an all-in-one polish — it removes about 70% of light defects (swirls, holograms, light oxidation) and restores most of the depth. 2-Step uses a cutting compound first to remove deeper defects, then a refining polish to restore full clarity — gets you to ~80% defect removal. Most daily drivers and used purchases need 2-Step. We can tell you which after we inspect.
Anything you can catch a fingernail on has cut through the clear coat into the base color — that requires touch-up paint, not correction. Correction removes anything that lives within the clear coat: swirls, spiderwebs, holograms, water spots, light scratches, oxidation. That's the vast majority of paint defects on most vehicles. We'll be honest after we inspect — if a defect is too deep, we'll tell you up front.
Strongly recommended. Paint correction physically removes a thin layer of clear coat to take the defects out — the result is gorgeous, but the paint is also more exposed than before. Without ceramic on top, new swirls start showing up the next time you wash the car. Ceramic locks in 3 to 8 years of protection so the correction stays correct. See the coatings here →
1-Step is most of a day at your driveway (4–6 hours). 2-Step is a full day (6–9 hours). We bring everything — power, water, lighting, canopy. You hand us the keys and we work in your driveway until it's done.
No. Modern clear coats run roughly 50 microns thick — even a full 2-step removes only 2–3 microns. We measure with a paint thickness gauge before and after on high-risk spots (edges, body lines) to confirm. The only paint we ever decline is paint that's already been corrected too many times by a previous shop.
Some vehicles — show cars, garage queens, vehicles with deep scratches or orange peel — need a higher level of correction (wet-sanding, multi-stage refinement, jeweling) than we currently offer in-house. We'll tell you honestly during the walkaround if your vehicle falls in that range and point you to a specialist. We'd rather lose the job than do a level we can't stand behind.
If you want the correction and ceramic and a year of bi-weekly maintenance bundled together with zero scheduling on your end, yes — the Hands-Free Program ($12,000/year) includes a 2-Step correction + 3-year ceramic + 26 maintenance visits + 3 reapplications, all paid in full. If you just want correction done once and you'll handle the rest, standalone is the more economical path. See the program here →
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