2016 Dodge Ram 1500 Rebel – Car Paint Correction

This is a 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 Rebel. This was a pretty extensive car Paint Correction job. It had serious “wheel marks” from a Rotary High Speed Buffer. These marks can look like a Spiderweb. This often comes from a technician, not having been properly trained on using a Rotary High Speed Buffer. Rotary High Speed Buffers typically take a great deal of practice and training to master. As you can see from the pictures, they can do a great deal of damage. This requires a significant amount of time to fix.



This particular car paint correction job took about 7 hours to complete. I take my time with it, because when you rush a project just to get it out of door, mistakes can happen.

A paint correction job will almost always involve several steps. This job was no different. I started with a simple wash, using Optimum No Rinse. I followed with a Contaminate removal process to remove any ‘fall-out, rail dust, iron deposits” that will embed themselves into the paint finish over time. When I’m done the surface fells silky smooth. Then the process of removing the wheel marks begins. The next step consists of choosing the right combination of Pad and Compound, Polish and wax. If you don’t choose the right combination, you will end up with results very similar to the before pictures below.

Over the years I have used a lot of different companies compound and polishes. Lately, I have been using a combination of Optimum Polymer Technologies, and Rupes Corporation from Italy. They both are excellent companies, and they produce phenomenal products.

On this Job I used a combination of both. I used Optimum Polymer Technologies Hyper Compound, then used Rupes Ultra Hard Surface compound /polish, and then finished with Black Fire paste wax from Palm Beach Motoring.