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Scratches in interior plastics are forever. Mess with a scratch too much and it will become much worse.

So after a full day, what did you find out and accept as the problem?

K12354, Sounds like you have your ducks in a row.:dblthumb2: Tom :cool:

Just trying to be helpful. Like I said earlier, I have had more contact with body shops over the past 50 years than I would have liked to have had. Concerning the insurance company. Remind them that even if the repair was done with a paint blend, the whole hood was painted with clear coat...

You might want to be careful with the microfiber cutting pad and the Menzerna FG 400. It is possible to burn through clear coat with a PC. About the craters...they could be pinholes/minor solvent pop in the clear coat. That and dieback were the problems with the repaint of the hood on my Ram...

Primo, Your Ram looks great. How did you "section off" that big ol' truck when you applied Opti-Coat? Tom :cool:

Why did you choose this shop in the first place? It appears that your problems involved more than just a bad day. They probably buffed your whole car because of other mess ups....like a ton of overspray. Hope you get this resolved to your satisfaction. Tom :cool:

Oops ...Optima SX....BIG difference. :doh: Tom :cool:

The Mirror Glaze line of products is great. I've used most of them over the years. I agree as far as making corrections they are usually more effective than the OTC products. So if you are comfortable using them ....go for it. It appears that the body shop really messed up. If indeed there...

If you move up to anything, just move up to 105. I notice that you are new to detailing. As a "newbie" you might be better off using Meguiar's over the counter products. I an "oldie" and find that Meguiar's Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Compound work very well for me. So what is the body shop...

Whatever you do ....hold off on a repaint. If your the repair is almost perfect it might be a good idea to just wait and see. Over the past fifty years, I have had occasions where I had high quality shops do "do overs" because a repair was not "perfect". More than once the "do over" ended up...

OK.....Is the look of Opti-Coat as least as good a a high quality over the counter sealant/wax, for example Meg's Ulitmate Wax? Does a coat of wax over Opti-Coat give it the slickness that it apparently lacks and how often do you apply the wax?

Your pics show exactly what my truck looked like before the correction. It was OK when I picked it up. Then the "pinching" showed up after a couple of weeks. A couple of pinholes also appeared. Either with my correction with a pc or the shop's correction with sanding discs and a rotary with a...

Rasky, Thanks for the reply. Just clayed and polished the truck three days ago and followed up with Meg's Ulimate Wax. Think Prep-Sol will "git-r-done" without any polishing at all? I know it's pretty potent stuff. Funniest thing. Body shop guys don't understand detailing....and...

Just over a year ago, I made this post http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/48680-opti-coat-2-0-comments-questions-old-guy.html I'm an even older guy now and still have a few questions. I've read numerous posts about Opti-Coat on this forum...

No pictures. Simply not bad enough to show up. Think maybe Opt-Seal or Opti-Coat 2.0 might work? Not the whole hood. Just on the scuff. Then follow-up with regular wax/sealant for the whole hood.

Background Information (long and wordy): I think that when my body shop was doing final correction on my truck's hood repair/repaint, the tech might have scuffed though the shop clearcoat. The scuff is about 3/4 inch long and about 1/8 inch wide. My truck is white and I only notice the scuff...

Still not rotating I read the whole thread and took every suggestion: Lake Country thin 5.5" flat pads, Meguiar's 5" Microfiber Discs and a new Meguiar's backing plate. Also made sure my technique was OK. I am still not getting the rotation that some folks seem to be getting out of their...

Porter Cable 7424 still lacks rotation Update: Tried Meguiar's 5" microfiber discs and Lake Country 5.5 flat pads. I'm still not getting much pad rotation. The machine is not bogging down in the least...plenty of power. It has the counter weight for 6" pads. What next?

Porter Cable 7424 rotation I'm still working on upgrading my "stuff". I had never thought all that much about rotation on my 7424 until I started going through the various threads on the subject. My pc always worked for me and when it didn't, I used my Makita rotary buffer. Detailing for...