2014 Lexus GS 350 F Sport

This is a paint correction project for a 2014 Lexus GS 350 F Sport. The owner had taken this beautiful car into the Lexus dealership for service and they give him a “courtesy ” wash. What ended up happening was they damaged the paint! In the end I did a full paint correction on it.

I have a question, is it really a “courtesy wash” if after they have done it, you then have to go and have someone fix it? Just sayin !



I had to do a full paint correction on the hood, roof, doors, rear deck lid -especially bad- and both the rear quarter panels, basically the whole car. The process of doing paint correction can vary from vehicle to vehicle. The degree of severity can vary greatly. Unfortunately Lexus paint is by comparison the most difficult paint to work with world wide. This is includes all exotic cars from Bentley to Mclaren.

Lexus paint is extremely susceptible to scratching. Through normal daily driving, keeping Lexus paint scratch free can become a full time job. For this piticular Lexus the scratches had been induced by a local Lexus dealership when they used a dirty car wash brush and dirty car wash soap – soap needed to be changed. This process put very deep scratches in the car’s hood and rear deck lid.

In order to repair this there were several steps involved. First was to decontaminate and re-level the surface this will yeild a very smooth finish. Second was to compound out the scratches. This in essence, takes the existing paint down to the level of the scratches. This is also where a skilled Detail Technician can shine. Because they know the limits of the existing paint. Once compounding is done, Polishing was the third step. Polishing will bring back the color to the most brilliant deep gloss that the cars paint can deliver. This will be a gloss that you should be able to not only see your reflection, but the color of you clothes. Literally like when you see your reflection in a mirror. This also is the most time consuming of the paint correction process. The final step would be to lock in the color that has just been restored. That involves a very high quality carnuba wax. For this Lexus I used Menzerna Color Lock. It delivers an absolutely beautiful shine.