Dodgy Paint job

[wozdawg]

Before I say anything, I know I was stupid for doing my own job with little experience so pointing that out will not be helpful I also followed this guide Car body care tips: how to wash your car, polish and wax car exterior, how to remove scratches and more

Ok, so I had a few scratches which I tried repairing with some touch up paint (very stupid of me).. It looked ok after the spray, but it did not shine or match the rest of the car 100%, so I was told to use a cutting compound over the top then wax/buff my car..

The product I used is called 'Water Cutting Compound - abrasive"

I proceeded to do that after washing my car, and it came out even worse, thus making me regret even bothering to patch up these scratches.. Now I have two doors on my car which have uneven and unpolished paint, with a blotchy shiny bit in the middle.. These are my queries:

- is there anyway I can fix it, without the procedure being too risky
- how much would it cost to get fixed professionally
- the reasoning for it going like this..
- why is there a random shiny bit in the middle of where I compounded/painted

Sorry for the horrible quality of photos, I did it with my phone as I dont have a digital camera.

this is the side which is good, and a picture of my car: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6683/mainll7.jpg

here are two pics of the blotchy side:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2410/othertm6.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5563/bestci7.jpg

here is another pic of the door, you can see a reflection of me, how it gets duller in the less shinier section of the car

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/37/other2wh6.jpg

PS: I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this and I'm also not sure how to make these pics thumbnails, so mods feel free to hotlink and/or move this thread.

[themightytimmah]

It looks correctable to me. Worst case scenario, I would charge about 125 to remove the overspray, sand the touchups smooth, and polish the doors to an even gloss. Figure about 200 if the whole car needs polishing.

You could do it yourself, but the tools and supplies you're going to need aren't cheap, plus theres a bit of a learning curve - it'd be easy to ruin the paint in the process as it requires wetsanding.

[wozdawg]

thankyou, I'll go scope out some prices tomorrow.. lets say hypothetically i was to do it, what would need to be done (I wont be doing it, just out of curiousity)..

[BigJimZ28]

Originally Posted by wozdawg

thankyou, I'll go scope out some prices tomorrow..

do yourself a favor and post your location and ask if anyone here can help you!
ther are a lot of hacks out there. and next thing you know you will be trying to
fix other problems that they created

[wozdawg]

I'm in Australia and I'm guessing the majority of you are americans but anyway...

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Mentone.