I messed up big time

bufferbarry said:
ok ill bet this is what truley happened! you said this is a new car to you. now its a 2007 which means its probaly a new used car. I saved this photo and enlarged it. lets forget about compound build up for a second. that is a burned edge. now if you look even closer at the paint the hood and the fender metallics are off. also the clear in the hood is flatter then the fender. now if you look closer the body line does not line up. so im guessing this hood was previously painted before your purchase. now someone sanded this hood and buffed it out with a rotary and burned that edge. they said oops and probally did a good job touching it to the naked eye. now as you came across it with your pad and product it removed the old touch up. in my 11 years at this, i have never seen anyone burn something with a pc. And trust me i attack paint very aggresive at times!
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crazy how someone can tell this by just looking at a picture...:shocked
 
Sorry to hear and see this. You'll eventually have to get the hood refinished

and if the color match is good, the fender might not need to be blended.

And when it's time, ask for 3 coats of clear; most shops only shoot 2.



It's possible that the hood was refinished before. But i certainly can't tell

from those pics.
 
agleam0fhope said:
..What do you guys do to get in tight around emblems or like where my spoiler meets the decklid? obviously by hand, but what material?
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I just use whatever will get in there easily, often just a plush MF towel or a small swab, and I rely on the *product* to do the work. Now that M105/Ultimate Compound is available it's easier than it used to be.



I corrected a nasty RIDS on one of the Audis by hand using M105 on a plush MF for the aggressive work...not the fastest correction I've ever done but I wanted to see how it'd work. It *did* work (after a bit of doing), so that approach oughta be OK for most anything.
 
bufferbarry- Good evaluation :xyxthumbs Nice of you to enlarge the pic and give it the requisite thought. Hopefully agleam0fhope (no pun intended) will be easy on himself...repaired areas can really be wildcards.
 
After seeing the pics and reading a few posts, my first reaction was "used car that was repaired poorly". Then bufferbarry nailed it.
 
...But i called my paint shop that i deal with a lot, and he said he can probably do something with it for a reasonable deal.
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It would be nice if you can tell us what he'll do and the reasonable part too.

For a proper and lasting repair, the entire hood needs to be refinished.

And if there are rock chips, then it's good time to deal with that as well.
 
After A LOT of years of once or twice per year polishing on my older car, I finally exposed some primer along some uneven edges. That was with a PC and an orange pad.



Based on what I know I have done to my car (let's not get into that here!), I find it hard to believe that the OP burned through untouched factory paint.



I think I saw some sort of PC training video in the How To section that suggested that you press your PC with pad on a scale to get a feel for how much pressure you are really applying. Maybe that would help the OP..?
 
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