Magically re-appearing paint damage???

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A couple months back I was vacationing in Fort Lauderdale and something dripped on my car while it was parked in the hotel lot. It looked like it hazed and cracked the clear coat--you could see spiderwebs in the drip mark. Anyway, I had my detailer have a go at it when I got back home. It seemed to both of us that he had completely removed it. I washed my car a couple days ago, and lo and behold... it's back!! Any ideas on what's going on here? Could whatever was in the drip be continuing to eat away at the paint somehow? Or could oils in the polish somehow have filled in / covered up the blemish that completely?

I also found a new deep scratch in the door--I am depressed. :(

Oh yeah, I've tried to take photos of the damage, but just can't get them to turn out. The best I've been able to do just shows up as a blur. The car is dark blue (Tour de France blue to be exact).
 
Sounds like your detailer could have possibly just used a glaze and filled in the damage. I would get pictures up and some members will be able to let you know what it is.
 
rider9195 said:
Sounds like your detailer could have possibly just used a glaze and filled in the damage. I would get pictures up and some members will be able to let you know what it is.
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That is my best guess as well. Unfortunately, when I try to take a photo my camera just focuses on the reflections instead of the blemish, so at best it just looks like a blur.

I'm wondering if this is repairable or will it require a repaint?...
 
I used a small piece of detailing clay to point at the spot. The first one's a bit blurry, but here's the best I could do:

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Any ideas about actually correcting the paint? Is it fixable, or am I looking at a repaint?
 
first off tell your detailer that he charged you and didn't fix the problem!

If he can't fix it, (I'm assuming he has a good buffer like a Flex), then you might be looking at a repaint.

I would first maybe opticoat and see if it stops the problem from showing up (it won't cure the problem though, but if you can't see it, why bother). Cheaper than a repaint.
 
First of all, the oils from many polishes, can fill defects like that and make them seem to disappear. To ease your mind about continued etching, clean the spot gently with something that will remove any waxes or oils (like an APC), and then make some paste with baking soda and water and rub that in and let it sit. Gently wash it off (don't rub the dried paste as there may be some abrasion from it).

However, IMO the bottom line is that you will have to live with that the way it is, from the look of it I don't think it's safe to polish that out completely, it's too deep.
 
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