What else could I have done on this 2000 Mustang?

[firebird]

Paint in good condition overall considering never corrected. Color is that orangey-red.
2000 Mustang. Hood had some what looked like little scratches but covering most of the hood that I`m guessing came from years of snow brushes.
Used orange pad and surbuf with BF SRC Compound on Flex 3401. That`s the strongest of anything I had.
What else could I have used to get the scratches out? Did it need to be wet sanded?

[alexxxx89]

Pics?

[firebird]

On my iPhone if I can figure out how to get it to the forum!

[alexxxx89]

I copy and paste with tapatalk

[firebird]

I have autotopia on my phone and a separate tap talk app but not sure it works...still trying!

[tropicsteve]

sometimes the scratches are just too deep to correct without burning through. can you feel them with edge of your fingernail ?

[firebird]

No you could not feel them. They were not long straight lines, they were tiny lines going all which ways, yet it was not cracking paint.

Like 1/8 inch long all which ways.
When you say "burning through", do you mean burn through the clear coat with a rotary? Or can you burn through also with a Flex?
I know correcting/polishing removes some clear, right? But you`re saying you`d need to burn through the clear which is not a good thing I imagine?!

[Envious Eric]

you can burn through thin paint with a PC. Its not just the rotary that burns paint.

Are you sure its not crows feet, where its actually cracked paint? Looks like this:
http://www.ocdcarcare.com/wp-content...OCDCarCare.jpg

If that is what it looks like, then you have to repaint.

To be honest, a 15 year old car like a 2000 mustang is not going to turn around like you might hope it will. I can only assume it is/was a daily driver that had seen numerous car washes without ever being protected/polished. Your paint might be shot, and you might be better off planning to repaint rather than spend hours upon hours of trying to fix.

[MooreImpressive]

sounds like crows feet to me. cant be fixed

[firebird]

you can burn through thin paint with a PC. Its not just the rotary that burns paint.

Are you sure its not crows feet, where its actually cracked paint? Looks like this:
http://www.ocdcarcare.com/wp-content...OCDCarCare.jpg

If that is what it looks like, then you have to repaint.

To be honest, a 15 year old car like a 2000 mustang is not going to turn around like you might hope it will. I can only assume it is/was a daily driver that had seen numerous car washes without ever being protected/polished. Your paint might be shot, and you might be better off planning to repaint rather than spend hours upon hours of trying to fix.

You`re correct about the car`s life...car washes w/o polishing. I`m sure it`s had some waxing but never correction and polishing. The car is still VERY decent. It`s my friend`s car so they`ll leave it like it is. Of course, they are still thrilled with my work...it`s just me who is curious to the cracks. It may be crows feet but I think you can feel crows feet as don`t they normally stick up above the surface? There is no feel to the scratches.

[Accumulator]

You could just do the same stuff longer or yeah...wetsand, but remember that Ford cautions against removing more than (IIRC...and I`m a little foggy on it..) more than ~2/3 of a mil lest you precipitate cc failure. Note that`s a *lot* less than many people take off and Ford is talking about over the whole life of the paint. I myself would say "good enough".

[firebird]

You could just do the same stuff longer or yeah...wetsand, but remember that Ford cautions against removing more than (IIRC...and I`m a little foggy on it..) more than ~2/3 of a mil lest you precipitate cc failure. Note that`s a *lot* less than many people take off and Ford is talking about over the whole life of the paint. I myself would say "good enough".

Yep, I said "Good enough" but was just curious...thanks for all the great answers! Helped alot. Actually the car looks awesome!

[Accumulator]

Yep, I said "Good enough" ... Actually the car looks awesome!

I bet it does! Sometimes in our Autopian Search For Perfection we can lose sight of how even a highly imperfect car can still look great in the Real Life sense.

[Stokdgs]

So, did the marks in the Mustang look like the perfect picture of crow`s feet that was posted here ??
Dan F

[firebird]

sQUOTE=Stokdgs;2002881]So, did the marks in the Mustang look like the perfect picture of crow`s feet that was posted here ??
Dan F[/QUOTE]
well, the scratches could not be felt and the crows feet in the pic look elevated. So I would guess not crows feet