I had some rock chips on my car that i wanted repaired. I posted a request on a different forum and got a response from a local guy saying he specialized in headlight restoration and rock chip repair for several years. I passed on the headlight repair but had him use my touch up paint to repair the chips. he went over a few other scratches on the car and also wet sanded areas where the previous owner had used the touch up and left blobs. I tried my hardest to capture it in a picture but was unable to do so. All of the spots that he wet sanded, i can find immediately because it appears i have "ripples" under the paint. the surface is smooth to the touch but it looks like i have waves and such underneath the finish. Do these spots need to be re-sanded? i did a quick pass with 105 and PF Wool on the PC and it did nothing. Needless to say I'm furious and want this repaired.
Sounds like paint burn or strikethrough. The guy was probably stupid and just held the rotary over the sanded spots instead of making passes.
Those ripples you speak of are most likely sand scratches in the clear coat. This is caused by improperly finishing or leveling the sanded areas with a less aggressive paper. For example, if he initially used 1500 paper to flatten the nubs and sand those areas, he should have gone over those areas with something like 2500 or 3000 paper to level the deep sand scratches caused by the use of the 1500, then compound and polish.
Well, theres only so much you should expect using touch up paint. Especially if you had multiple nicks. Sounds like what you shouldv'e done was respray. Sorry to here of your misfortune :drinking2:
He did not use a rotary. He used a PC i saw him setting it up to go over the sand spots with purple wool. What do i need to do to go about correcting this? does it need to be re-sanded the right way and then buffed again? Also.... Look what i just found near those spots.... Is this burnt through? It looks like it was burnt through which i believe means it cannot be repaired by sanding or buffing, is that true? He put a huge spot exactly like this smack dab in the center of my friends hood as well.
this is why i stay away from sanding paint. You have got to remember that the clear coat on most any vehicles from the factory that is have a clear coat thickness that is that of a piece of note book paper or thinner . . . . . . going through the clear when sanding is very easy if you are not paying attention . . . . . sorry to see that happen. As for the other areas it sounds like sanding scratches and that would generally need to be sanded with a finer grit sand paper and then polished.
Looks like some kid drew a circle with an ink pin to me :giggle: Yes, thats a burn through. Stop wasting your time and money and have the hood resprayed when the funds are avalible :drinking2:
What's the year and the condition of the car in question? It could be strikethrough but it's not unreasonabe to think that this is due to the discrepancy between aged paint and fresh touchup. I had to touch up a white 300C for a guy a few months back, the fenders and hood came out perfect but the bumper did not (@ first). The few spots all looked similar to your picture where the touch-up spots were a brigher white compared to the rest of the bumper. I had to wash, clay, and polish the rest of the bumper in order to bring it back up to match. My .02............
