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I have a weird looking thing on the hood of my mustang that won't come off despite 15 or so passes I've done with a DA polisher. You can't feel it but it reflects light in a weird way. I have two of them actually. It looks like dents in the clearcoat or something. Also it's really hard to take a picture of but I tried.

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It's by the reflection of the tree. Anybody got any idea what this is and how to remove it?
 
Well I see a small hazy spot that looks to be etching thats really baked into the paintwork a heavy duty compound and or yellow pad may help but begin that you hammered the heck out of it already just it be before you go through the clear
 
That's really out of the norm....

If it were me I would try two things...

Place a tape line across the defect so you only "affect" a portion of it. Then take a foam hand applicator pad and a clearcoat safe compound like Uber Compound or M105 and rub for a few seconds on just one side of the tape-line and see if you can affect the surface.

In this example the word affect means to abrade it and improve it.

If you can't then I'm not sure what to think?

Defects are either,

Topical - That is on the surface

Below surface - kind of just what that means, a defect in the paint or in some cases under the clearcoat.


Did you just now discover this?


Another option if you feel daring would be to machine wet sand with 3M Trizact #5000 grit using a 3" disc on a Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher.

Then remove your sanding marks.


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I might try sanding on a high grit like that. I also have a wool pad if necessary, but i worry about the clearcoat because I don't have a paint gauge.
 
binly said:
I might try sanding on a high grit like that. I also have a wool pad if necessary, but i worry about the clearcoat because I don't have a paint gauge.
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You could try this first.... it's less aggressive than sanding....


Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Place a tape line across the defect so you only "affect" a portion of it.

Then take a foam hand applicator pad and a clearcoat safe compound like Uber Compound or M105 and rub for a few seconds on just one side of the tape-line and see if you can affect the surface.

In this example the word affect means to abrade it and improve it.
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You can exert a LOT of force with just 2-3 fingers pressing down on an applicator pad and thus remove some paint and that's all you need to do to test if the defect is ON the surface or something else.


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I did that with no improvement. I then tried ultimate compound on a foam wool pad with no success. I didn't get the car that long ago but I do remember it being there when I got it, just not as noticeable. Maybe the product is not aggressive enough to remove something like this?
 
binly said:
I did that with no improvement. I then tried ultimate compound on a foam wool pad with no success. I didn't get the car that long ago but I do remember it being there when I got it, just not as noticeable. Maybe the product is not aggressive enough to remove something like this?
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is this a brand new car? if so, take it to the dealer and have it warrantied for paint defects.
 
It has about a month of warranty left. But wouldn't they have to repaint the whole car? I don't know if I want to get that done and possibly have the dealership mess it up even more...
 
Depends they would possibly repaint the hood they may blow you off and not do anything though. Best is to call and make an appt to get it looked at and see if they will warranty it.
 
MattPersman said:
Depends they would possibly repaint the hood they may blow you off and not do anything though. Best is to call and make an appt to get it looked at and see if they will warranty it.
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Okay thanks. I'm not sure if it's important enough for me to call them but I will bring it up when I get my oil changed.
 
If the car is under warranty, don't mess about with it, just take it back and show then that there is a fault. And get a signed report, with only a month left you want something in writing to say that it was reported within the warranty timeframe. If it's not polishing out, and god knows you've tried, then chances are it's deep within the paint. It may be something that has interfered with the base or colourcoat when it was being sprayed and is gradually getting worse.
 
Niblick said:
If the car is under warranty, don't mess about with it, just take it back and show then that there is a fault. And get a signed report, with only a month left you want something in writing to say that it was reported within the warranty timeframe. If it's not polishing out, and god knows you've tried, then chances are it's deep within the paint. It may be something that has interfered with the base or colourcoat when it was being sprayed and is gradually getting worse.
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Good luck there. Been through that with Toyota. Bought a brand new Toyota MR2 many years ago - which was an expensive Toyota back in the day. The paint started actually PEELING off the panels within the first 6 mos.

Went through a bunch of headaches with the purchasing dealer & some shoddy attempts of repair. I ended up with a 1 year old car with crappy paint. Then I kept pressing them to "get it right" - and was finally told: it must be cause by something I'm doing to the car & no more warranty paint repairs will be done.

So, I traded it in and made it someone else's headache. Last Toyota I'll ever buy.
 
That almost looks like heat-induced clearcoat failure. Meaning the clear is failing from the underside, but it's just too hard to tell by the pic. Anything directly under that in the engine bay that radiates lots of heat, like an exhaust manifold, header, or aftermarket blower unit?
 
swanicyouth said:
Good luck there. Been through that with Toyota. Bought a brand new Toyota MR2 many years ago - which was an expensive Toyota back in the day. The paint started actually PEELING off the panels within the first 6 mos.

Went through a bunch of headaches with the purchasing dealer & some shoddy attempts of repair. I ended up with a 1 year old car with crappy paint. Then I kept pressing them to "get it right" - and was finally told: it must be cause by something I'm doing to the car & no more warranty paint repairs will be done.

So, I traded it in and made it someone else's headache. Last Toyota I'll ever buy.
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sorry to hear that fella. its certainly gonna be a battle to get them to accept responsibility, but i'd make sure you get a claim in before the warranty is up anyway. they may just take it back in and respray the affected panel. might be worth taking it to a pro detailer first, just to get a professional opinion on what may have caused it. that way you can tell the dealership you've had an independent analysis done. makes it hard for them to argue with.
 
aim4squirrels said:
That almost looks like heat-induced clearcoat failure. Meaning the clear is failing from the underside, but it's just too hard to tell by the pic. Anything directly under that in the engine bay that radiates lots of heat, like an exhaust manifold, header, or aftermarket blower unit?
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It's right under the air intake. It does look an awful lot like this, which is similar to what you said, however mine seems to have more of an "edge" where it obviously ends, kind of like an etching. I'm confused too :confused:
 
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