Sean1740:
Did you ever confirm if this is an after-market hood that was painted and cleat coated??
The pictures of the blotchy and hockey rink ice-like scratch patterns seem to indicate some type of clear-coat failure, either from improper clear-coat mix that did not have the proper hardener in it AND/OR it was not cured properly, either too fast or too slow and some areas are unevenly cured, hence the ice-scratchy look. MOST clear-coat failures, from my experience, are round, blotchy areas that peel off like dry skin. GM vehicles of the 1990`s with their water-based clear coat were notorious for this type failure and the described appearance.
If it is physical scratches, you SHOULD be able to feel this with a light touch of a hand inside a thin plastic sandwich bag to "enhance" the tactile feel as you move your finger tips lightly over the painted surface.
Whatever this visual problem is with your particular paint /clear on this hood, I, as well as you would like to know what exactly it is and how to solve it. It`s one of those most unusual "detailing dilemmas" that begs for reason why it happened and how it can be corrected and resolved. Much like a medical malady that a patent has seen multiple medical doctors for, and been "treated" for, but no definitive diagnosis has been made and hence, no true medicinal regiment or treatment therapy has been prescribed for a complete cure.
I hate to say this, but the reality is I am "guessing" at the root cause of this problem and the suggestion of detailing product(s) application and methods probably will not solve or cure this problem. As a continuance of the medical comparison above, many acquired human diseases and hereditary anatomical/physiology deficiencies or problems have no known true cures at this time for them, only treatments or therapies or devices that allow the "host/patient" to live with them. Sometimes surgery or amputation is required as the last drastic step in some cases to save the patient. Your hood and its clear coat may fall into that category IF the clear-coat has some inherent physical and/or chemical defect in and the true cure is a respray of the paint and clear, as drastic as that may be.
(Ah, ANOTHER title for the verbose and loquacious (which is redundant...get the dictionary out; you`ll understand why) Captain Obvious...Doctor!)
Did you ever confirm if this is an after-market hood that was painted and cleat coated??
The pictures of the blotchy and hockey rink ice-like scratch patterns seem to indicate some type of clear-coat failure, either from improper clear-coat mix that did not have the proper hardener in it AND/OR it was not cured properly, either too fast or too slow and some areas are unevenly cured, hence the ice-scratchy look. MOST clear-coat failures, from my experience, are round, blotchy areas that peel off like dry skin. GM vehicles of the 1990`s with their water-based clear coat were notorious for this type failure and the described appearance.
If it is physical scratches, you SHOULD be able to feel this with a light touch of a hand inside a thin plastic sandwich bag to "enhance" the tactile feel as you move your finger tips lightly over the painted surface.
Whatever this visual problem is with your particular paint /clear on this hood, I, as well as you would like to know what exactly it is and how to solve it. It`s one of those most unusual "detailing dilemmas" that begs for reason why it happened and how it can be corrected and resolved. Much like a medical malady that a patent has seen multiple medical doctors for, and been "treated" for, but no definitive diagnosis has been made and hence, no true medicinal regiment or treatment therapy has been prescribed for a complete cure.
I hate to say this, but the reality is I am "guessing" at the root cause of this problem and the suggestion of detailing product(s) application and methods probably will not solve or cure this problem. As a continuance of the medical comparison above, many acquired human diseases and hereditary anatomical/physiology deficiencies or problems have no known true cures at this time for them, only treatments or therapies or devices that allow the "host/patient" to live with them. Sometimes surgery or amputation is required as the last drastic step in some cases to save the patient. Your hood and its clear coat may fall into that category IF the clear-coat has some inherent physical and/or chemical defect in and the true cure is a respray of the paint and clear, as drastic as that may be.
(Ah, ANOTHER title for the verbose and loquacious (which is redundant...get the dictionary out; you`ll understand why) Captain Obvious...Doctor!)