Swirls love me... Got my car back from the body shop

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MnRiverman

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And this is a pretty good body shop, they do lots of custom restores, mostly on corvettes, and my previous car had some paint work there and they did a great job.



But for some reason, on the jetta, they decided to wash the car with what looks like brillo pad, or a steel wool pad.



I can't describe it, but there are so many light scratches, that depending on how the light hits it, it looks like it's just white from all the scratches. I hit part of the hood with some SMR and a cutting pad and it removed the scratches (even checked with 50/50 alcohol/water mix) so I'm not too worried, but I don't want to start swirl removing on fresh paint/clear coat that they did just yesterday (door/fender).



I don't know all the technical terms, but take this picture from my sisters beetle:

Beetle%20Swirls.jpg


And put the scratches closer together (more of them), but they aren't as deep.



I mean I had even said to them "I just spent two days last week removing all the swirls, please be careful!" and I even brought them the car perfectly clean.



I'm headed back there tomorrow, not quite sure what they are going to do. But I'm assuming since I already did SMR with a polishing pad, having to "buff" the car all over again within such a short time can't be that good for it. :confused:



2003 has not been full of very much good luck so far. :p



- Anthony
 
Anthony,



I suggest skipping the trip back to the painter. All they will do is hit it with their buffer then put on a coat of IHG. You're better off doing the work yourself.



It's okay to compound and polish 24 hours after the clear coat is applied. If the swirls are heavy, hit it with a fine cut compound first, then follow with SMR. It will turn out fine.



db
 
Thanks for the reply, David.



DavidB said:
Anthony,



I suggest skipping the trip back to the painter. All they will do is hit it with their buffer then put on a coat of IHG. You're better off doing the work yourself.
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I just didn't want to use my supplies, or my time, but something tells me I would do a better job than they would.



It's okay to compound and polish 24 hours after the clear coat is applied. If the swirls are heavy, hit it with a fine cut compound first, then follow with SMR. It will turn out fine.



db
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The part I did of the hood (factory paint) I did with a cutting pad and I even checked with a 50/50 mix and the swirls were gone, so I'm pretty sure I can handle it.



Thanks for the info about 24 hours after the clear coat is applied. I will most likely not head up there tomorrow then.



Thanks again.



- Anthony
 
hey guys,



so what exactly would you describe those sort of marks seen in the picture above? As you move around the car, the scratchmarks continuously form a halo around the light source. Is that what spiderwebbing is? Kinda looks like a spiderweb..
 
mine is at the body shop right now, i told them not to touch it after they are done painting and color sanding. They thought it was a wierd request but after i explained why he didn't have any problem doing that.
 
Well I decided to call them and ask what they were going to do. He said they would remove the swirls. I said "how". he said "by hand". I said, "Yeah right!".



So I told him not to worry about it, and that I would just take care of it.



Man I'm glad I found this site. ;)
 
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