Swirls and Marks after wet-sanding car

It sounds like to me that he did try to remove the orange peel but failed in the attempt to remove it completely. On top of that, swirl marks, marring or holograms are constant by products of serious compounds and finishing off with wax is not going to fix the problem. The wax may fill in the holograms or marring left behind but they will start to re appear when it wears off after a few washes.

If you have holograms it's obvious that he tried to remove the sanding marks with a cutting compound. If the sanding marks are still there under the holograms this guy just hasn't completely finished removing the sanding marks and probably just found the job hard going and handed it back to you and just told you..." oh just go put some wax on it. " I get crap left over jobs like this all the time and I even have spray painters giving me cars like this as well. You can take my advice if you want and do what I do and I see no reason why you shouldn't fix this issue.

Firstly, if you are going to wet sand to remove further peel, you had better make some paint thickness checks first.

Secondly, if you are not going to wetsand , continue where this guy left off but use a Megs wool pad with a rotary set to about 2000 or 1800 RPM with 105 and keep going with the cutting where this guy left off. You should be able to remove the sanding marks completely with this combo. I just don't know what grade of paper this guy used. Either way you should be able to remove the sanding marks and even further reduce the peel.

Thirdly, once you have completed this stage take to the paint with a finishing pad and Megs 205 and go slow at about 1500 RPM with light pressure on the rotary. This should eliminate all the swirling or holograms from the compound. Once you have done this, do the same again but swap to the Flex, same pad, same 205 to remove any buffer trail. THEN...add the wax. This system has not yet failed me and it's what gives me beautiful glass finish results on black paint all the time without fail. Give it a try. I'd like to hear your feedback on it

Cheers
Pete
 
Thanks very much for the reply. The problem is not the clear. The problem is the "texture" and waviness on the base color or perhaps underneath. The sides of the car should have been sanded on the underlying coats to achieve a good result. Sadly, I made a terrible, uninformed and extremely expensive decision by taking the car to a place more geared towards collisions than restorations, and now in order to get what I want I am going to have to have the car repainted at a custom shop for about the same amount I already paid to have the whole car done. No other option other than live with it as it is. No amount of sanding the clear will fix the base or the underlying coats.

I I could find a reasonable custom painter in Houston it may save me some money.
 
Ohhhh I see. Yes you are in trouble then that's for sure. I have a friend of mine who has the same issue. All the sanding marks are under the clear coat. He however chose to live with because being the color that it is he can get away with it somewhat. I get similar problems like this as well. I have even had new cars with clouding under the clear coat. In particular Honda's. If that's the case I feel sorry for you on the outlay. It wouldn't be cheap.
 
newbdetailer said:
Can you get any pics of what you are seeing?
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I have tried,but I can't . I went on a early "Easter egg hunt" of the top rated body shops in town and none could see a problem, they thought it was a great job, until I got to the custom shops, who immediately recognized the "blah" craftsmanship. Sadly I find that more and more the standard on all things-not just car paint-keeps on hitting new lows. I really can't ask a refund from the original shop because by most shops standards its an "excellent job" . They could have made it with a little more effort since they took all the panels of like the doors, fenders, hood and trunk.

I really can't hold them responsible, I should have really made an informed decision on what different places can deliver.

Time to move on and either live with it or get the sides redone. I don't think it's going to get any better by itself unless I use some heavy duty rose colored eye glasses
 
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