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jsoto

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I must have went to 10 different body shops till I found one that was clean and courteous. There was one shop that was just reeking of dust everywhere and even total collision cars being rebuilt ....I can only imagine the interior once the guts were put back. I saw a M3 in there and there was sanding dust on the seats, in the vents, etc....ugh.



The estimator was great and all but when I picked up the car, there were some imperfections in the paint that wasn't polished out in addition to some other stuff. To make a long story short, there were some spots where there's just a gobs of paint. It needs to be polished out, but before then, it needs to be wetsanded.



Soo....Any good tips on wetsanding. What grit should I start out with and end up with. Any and ALL info or tips would be greatly appreciated.
 
I brought it back to get the imperfections in the bumper polished out and it was much better.



However, they retouched other parts and from what I was told (all the painters called sick that day) and the polisher did the painting. There are areas where it's like a *glob* of paint approx 2" square and another area that's only about 1/4". I don't want to bring my car in and have some guy messing with the paint on the car again.



It happened to rain the night before I brought it in and the car got really filthy. When I picked it up, the car was washed - I can only many swirls it's going to be on the car but I'm not going to worry over that since I have a major detail on this car planned 2 weeks from now to take out dealer installed swirls already.
 
Here is a link to the wetsanding info...



color/wetsanding



I've used the Meguiars Unigrit in the past as the paper seems to be very uniform. I soke mine overnight, then proceed to wetsand.



Hope this helps!!



Regards,

Deanski
 
jsoto- I realize this isn't what you want to hear/do, but TAKE IT BACK AND MAKE THEM FIX IT. Really. If they are a REMOTELY decent shop they will make it right. Just wetsanding a problem away could very well lead to paint failure in the near future. Tell them you don't want the floor-sweeper doing your painting; that if it isn't satisfactory you're just not going to accept the car or pay for it. You didn't already pay did you? (I sense an "uh-oh" here)If so, have a friend who's an attorney? I'd be polite but firm (don't lose your cool OR sound like a pushover), and somehow ;) let them know that they DON'T want to mess with you. Sit down with the shop owner/manager and the head painter and discuss the situation. Call in advance so they can schedule a (real) meeting between the three of you.



I've dealt with a LOT of body/paint shops. VERY few are really competent. MOST will, however, TRY to satisfy a customer. You really shouldn't be able to tell where they did their work, and they KNOW this. The behavior of the shop your dealing with is bordering on INCREDIBLE, and not in a good way.



That "glob of paint" stuff would't pass muster in a highschool autoshop class. I hope you don't let them get away with this.
 
Agreed - if you have any problems, make them fix it for you - you paid them to do a professional job, if you wanted it done half-assed (pardon my language but I can't think of a better term), you would have dropped it off at the local community college auto painting class.



I'm fortunate enough to have 2 *VERY* skilled body shops within half an hour of me - the few times I've needed work done, I've always been able to count on them.
 
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