HELPPP!! Is there anything that can be done w/ this paint?? and anyone willing to

antknee

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tackle it??



Please email me at aesmilla at gmail dot com if you're willing to give it a shot. I'm located in Central NJ, but can travel to the 5 boroughs.



I picked this car up the other day, but the paint is horrid.



They aren't paint cracks, but fine looking scratches ALL OVER the car. It looks like someone took a brillo pad to the paint, but the odd thing is the paint is uber smooth & shiny, as if it was clearcoated after the scratches were done. In the evening w/ the street lights on it, you'd never know there were paint issues.



The car is a 1990, and the older E30s i've had were single stage paint....so I tried wetsanding an area to see if it would help, and nothing. The car doesn't appear to have any prior paintwork, but I could be wrong.



Anything else i can try before I have the car resprayed???



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Bryan recently had a Benz of a similar vintage with the same "fine" lines, scratches. That will most likely need a repaint.
 
antknee- Welcome to Autopia!



It's hard to diagnose problems like that long-distance.



What do you mean when you say that "wetsanding didn't help?"
 
thanks for the replies guys. I've been lurking the forums for yrssss, but finally joined.



But yeah, I tried wetsanding a small area w/ 2000grit...then a more aggressive 1500 grit....followed by compound w/ a PC....but no luck. It looks like its almost under the clear (assuming this is a base coat/clear coat) which i was certain was a single stg paint. The color of the car is light silver, so I couldn't tell from the wetsanding whether or not I was taking clear or paint off.



I'm really hoping this paint is salvagable b/c the car is in great condition otherwise....the finish is glossy and doesn't have any signs of oxidation....just these 'scratches' all over the car.
 
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