Weird clearcoat effect/orange peel on my car. Help?

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chopper82p

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Front end of car was repainted before I bought it to repair rock chips. The clearcoat has some weird orange peel effect on it. Its a 2003 BMW M5 Imola Red. The owner told me part of it wasn't wetsanded but he was a little vague.

on to the pics:



hood:



http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/10233680734_8339796055_o.jpg



fender:



http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/10233783625_7f89082a0a_h.jpg



and trunk:



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7336/10233785835_094ab7c544_h.jpg



Can this be wetsanded or does it require a reapint?
 
First, a tree in the reflection doesn't help. But unless my eyes are deceiving me........ OM MY G! That has got to be on of the worst I have ever seen. No idea if is can be sanded out or not but I know what I would do... the same thing to the guy that shot the car. Terrible. I have an Imola 7 Series and it looks nothing, nothing at all like that. I had to go back and look one more time..... poor M5.



Imola on my car:
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+1 to the above. There are worse problems there than an orange peel. Yes, it can be wetsanded provided you have enough clearcoat thickness there, but I would suggest sand it down completely and get it painted correctly again.
 
You've got a shrink back issue.  The body work (or prep work if no bodywork was done) wasn't properly finished out before the primer was sprayed onto it, it was finished with too coarse of sandpaper.  The primer has now shrunk back into the deep sanding scratches and pulled the base and clear back with it, which is why you can now see the sanding scratches.  If there is enough clear it may be able to be wetsanded level and polished out.  No way to tell how much clear is on there, even with a paint thickness gauge at this point as there are now multiple layers of paint and/or body filler. I would try wetsanding first, would be alot cheaper than a respray.  But be ready to get it resprayed if you break through the clear.
 
I would have to say that these issues are not just from repairing some mild rock chips. This is a combination of terrible prep & refinish application. It cannot be repaired and needs to be repainted. I'd address this concern with the seller/prior owner and tell him that he misled you and you are not happy. 
 
Agreed with David; it looks as though there are multiple types of issues with the finish, not the least of which are sanding tracers mapping through the topcoats. Unfortunately the only proper repair is a respray.
 
Lots of issues there, some of which can be improved. Persoanlly, I would look at wet sanding them first before going right to a repaint, you may find that you'll be more than happ with the results.


 


 


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