black car, ugly swirl marks

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Black E55

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I have a Black E55 that has had some paint work done to the hood to clean up some scratches. The hood has some crazy swirl marks in it. The painting process was done correctly. With proper wax and clean up will the go away forever or will they only disappear after a good waxing and come back after a few washes. That is what they currently do right now.

Any and all help is appreciated!

vince
 
Hey Vince,
First of all, if you have a new paint job and just picked up the vehicle there should not be swirl marks. Whoever done the work for you should have taken care of this problem. I would take it back to them and have them fix it. In the future you will get swirl marks, but dont panic there are ways to correct these kind of paint problems. Look through the diffrent threads and you will get some great advice. good luck
BLUELINE 1
 
Thanks for the response. I did exactly what you said. I just don't want to bring the the car back to them again. After they painted the hood and front fenders they said come back in 30 days for us to buff it out and get the lusture nice and deep. Well the swirls appeared after that because they cut it too hard with the rotary buffer. Brought it back and they re-did the buffing and it helped a little. The marks are there. The marks disppear when i wax it with a filler, but I don't want to have to fill it each time. After the 1st or 2nd wash, the marks are very prominent. I know the car is Black, so I have my work cut out for me on keeping it meticulous. I would rather do it all myself. I know its a big step. Trying to get this done by hand.

Vince
 
Hey Black E55, welcome to DC. Sorry that bad circumstances brought you here, but its good to have another AMG beast on the boards! :bigups

Reading your first post I was thinking "sounds odd, but maybe there's hope...". That was until I saw the following from your second post:

Black E55 said:
..... come back in 30 days for us to buff it out and get the lusture nice and deep. Well the swirls appeared after that because they cut it too hard with the rotary buffer. Brought it back and they re-did the buffing and it helped a little.
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The paint shop screwed-up, plain and simple. If you can prove that, and it sounds like you can, you've got a case for repaint. That's why they've got insurance! I've seen amazing things with a rotary, but alot of what can be done to minimize damage involves cutting the surrounding areas down to level with the damage. That's a waste of your new paint, and a short-term solution at best. If the shop doesn't want to cooperate then take them to small-claims, get the cash judgement, and have another shop do the work. Nowadays I really hesitate to suggest something like that, but the resale value on your car justifies the effort. Good luck!
 
Hey Bigron62 I am in Redwood City, CA Actually a gentleman named Eric Meguiars online told me to look you up.

E-klasse thanks for the support. I am working on the details right now of my meeting with the autobody this week. They are very willing to help, but everytime I think about leaving my car there I just get a disappointed feeling before I even leave, you know.
 
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