WOHLRAB DETAILING · PAINT LAB GARWOOD NJ · (908) 868-4288
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SPECIMEN INTAKE · GARWOOD, NEW JERSEY · BENCH 01

The paint
is a specimen.

Wohlrab Detailing treats every panel like lab material: examined before, corrected under light, sealed after. Guesswork does not enter the building.

FIELD RATING 4.6 69 REVIEWS · YELP 225 S AVE · GARWOOD NJ
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Readout

Gloss is not an opinion. It is reflectance at a fixed angle, and it drops every time a towel moves carelessly across clear coat. The work here is simple to state and slow to do: return the reading to where the factory left it — then push past it.

Demonstration readout · illustrative instrument display, not a measurement of your vehicle. Yet.

0.0GU / 60°
0MATTE50GLOSS100
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Substrate

Four strata. All of it, roughly the thickness of a human hair. Defects live in the top layer. So does the shine. Correction removes the defect without spending the layer — measured work, not bravado.

CLEAR COAT ≈ 40–60 µm · the entire shine BASE COAT the color · never touched PRIMER adhesion layer SUBSTRATE steel / aluminum panel DEFECT: SWIRL — LEVELED, NOT HIDDEN ≈ 120 µm FIG. 02 — PAINT SYSTEM, CROSS-SECTION · NOT TO SCALE
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Protocol

SOP — STAGE 1

Decon

Nothing gets corrected through contamination. The surface is stripped back to bare, honest paint.

  • Foam pre-soak, two-bucket wash
  • Iron & tar dissolution
  • Clay treatment — surface reads glass-smooth
  • Interior: extract, steam, detail-brush
SOP — STAGE 2

Correct

Under inspection lighting, defects have nowhere to hide. Machine polishing levels the clear coat by microns.

  • Paint inspected panel by panel
  • Test spot before any full pass
  • Swirls, haze, light scratches leveled
  • One stage or several — as the paint demands
SOP — STAGE 3

Protect

Corrected paint is an investment. It gets sealed before it leaves the bench.

  • Panel wipe — zero residue
  • Sealant, wax, or ceramic coating
  • Trim, glass, wheels dressed
  • Final inspection under the same lights

Representative protocol. Scope is confirmed per vehicle — call (908) 868-4288 to discuss yours.

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Optical comparator

Move the loupe. The base image is paint as it arrives — flat, starved of light. Inside the lens: the same surface after the protocol. Drag on touch.

SPECIMEN A — DUAL STATE Sports car body panel shown in flat, uncorrected duotone

FIG. 04 — comparator is illustrative; stock specimen shown. Your vehicle supplies the before. The lab supplies the after.

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Field data

Observed rating

4.6 / 5

Across 69 public reviews on Yelp. The sample size is honest. So is the work.

Coordinates

225 S Ave, Garwood, NJ 07027
(908) 868-4288

Lab hours

MonNo session listed — call
Tue10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wed10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thu10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Fri10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sat10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
SunNo session listed — call

FIG. 05 — bench location · Garwood, New Jersey

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Specimen intake

File an intake request. The lab reviews the specimen description and responds with a scope. Or skip the paperwork: (908) 868-4288.

Intake logged

Request received and queued for review. The lab will follow up at the contact provided.

▸ CALL THE LAB — (908) 868-4288