Booooo Tracers...Boo

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Disposablehero

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This is my neighbors car who recently had some work done to the hood where a large truck backed into it a few weeks ago.

I didn't even touch it, told him to return to the body shop tomorrow am. This is a shame.
 
Not that there was much that I was going to do with my limited experience in corrections anyways. The fact that I was so fired up about it drove them to do something about it. They are getting the entire hood repainted as I type this. Good for them.

I think they would have just left it alone had I not said anything. :confused:

But I couldn't let such a hack job like this go unnoticed. The shop should be held accountable. Glad they came through. Now lets see the the hood once the repaint is done.
 
Why are they repainting the hood? Is the clearcoat too thin to buff?

That just looks like wet sanding marks that werent fully polished out with a wool pad.
 
I'm not the liaison between this shop and my neighbor. Cant answer that atm.
 
That looks more like sand scratches in the base rather then tracers. Probably why its being repainted rather than wetsanded and corrected.
 
6supersport7 said:
That looks more like sand scratches in the base rather then tracers. Probably why its being repainted rather than wetsanded and corrected.
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Disposablehero said:
I think you are correct. Half the hood looks like the examples I posted.
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I highly doubt a bodyshop sanded base metallic before clear coat. That is not common practice and something I have never heard of.
 
6supersport7 said:
That looks more like sand scratches in the base rather then tracers. Probably why its being repainted rather than wetsanded and corrected.
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:iagree: I've heard it explained its when the primer was not given enough time to cure and actually shrinks back into the sanding marks. I may be way off though.
 
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