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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    That's the weird thing, by all other accounts it shouldn't be a hack shop... To add salt to the wound, the insurance appraiser got involved, and when I attempted to shoe him the siwrl marks he proceedsd to rub the dirt off my car with his bare hands. I told him to stop and he brushed me off...
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    So the owner is now offering to polish the entire car, but I'm not sure how I feel about that - the track record so far seems to indicate they may ruin the paint further. Upon further inspection it really just seems to be the rear bumper, hood, and the four doors (and a bit of the panel above...
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    Depending on where I may still take you up on your offer, reading up on hoe thin the clearcoat is I don't trust myself to not burn it.
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    Thanks everyone. Lots of homework for me.
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    So... Any tips on where to start, technique-wise? Done some reading and it sounds like the clearcoat on newer Fords is ultra-thin. Also read these newer water-based paints suck for lack of a better word. PS: Why isn't anyone working on developing better paints? If some light dust, a bad wash or...
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    I have a feeling like that'd be my best bet, since no-one else seems to have any respect for my car.
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    I'm in the Reno/Tahoe area. It's been overcast the past several days so I don't think pics will be of much use.
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    Work done at body shop, swirl marks everywhere

    Took my Fiesta ST into the body shop to get some dents from fender benders taken out and have a door with a fairly big paint chip painted over. I went with the highest rated body shop in the area... and it looks like they cleaned and/or polished the car with a Brillo pad. Swirl marks...
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