Wet sanding - Could I correct more than this?

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Hi.

A friend of mine had a minor accident and asked me to correct his STI for free. The impact was quite bad and the door was bent.

I have a flex 3401. Knowing that the Subaru paint is soft, I proceeded with the following steps:
- wet sanding w/ 2000 paper
- purple wool and m105 without pressure and going fast
- orange pad and primed m105 with moderate pressure
- white pad and SIP

Somebody told me that he wasn't very impressed without even looking at the actual damage, just looking at the picture, that he could have done better with his rotary... Could I have done better than this without a PTG and knowing the Subaru paint?

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Depends how deep it is. Wet sanding will get a little more of that out, but probally not all. Does your finger nail stick in the scratch? I just did a detail yesterday with marks like those. The ones that stayed were through to the primer. Like you I used my flex with M105 on purple foamed wool, then M105 on a white pad, followed by power finish 203 w/a HT blue pad.
 
Looks pretty good. The remaining scratches look like exposed primer and bare metal. I think you might have been able to shave off more paint on the less deep areas to minimize the appearance slightly more, but if your friend intends to use touch up paint my belief is that you'd want to leave as much original clear as possible around the scratches for blending.
 
Yes, my finger nail sticks pretty bad in the scratch.
 
Nice work ,why is it when you do something for free does always unappreciated. I have a hard time believing he could have got those out with a rotary. And if he could why didn't he. Having both the Flex 3401 & 603 plus Pc 7424xp . I think from the picture I could have done much. Nice work

Lot of luck Steve
 
The car needs to be fixed at a body shop.......u cant install the missing paint without painting it lol
 
I think you did a great job! Since the remaining scratches can be felt with your nail, you probably did about all that's possible by sanding/polishing alone. Some carefully applied touch up, rattle can clear and a lot of blending could make some more improvement, but that's a lot of free work for such an ungrateful sounding person.

Edit: Reread OP, don't think it was the owner who was unimpressed, rather it was "somebody" ...So it would be a lot of work for a friend :)
 
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I agree nice job. Like they say no good deed goes unpunished. If he can get it out with a rotary, then you just made it easier for him. I'd have to call somebody out like that and ask him when he's going to break out his rotary and fix it. If I could feel the scratches with my finger nail and was confident the scratches were in the primer or metal, I'd also put a wager on his ability to get them out.

You know some people I think do crap like that just to try and justify to themselves they don't owe you anything or make you think you're not one up on them in the favor department.

Again, good job.
 
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what an ungrateful "friend" if he could have done better than wy did he ask you to do it? anyways wetsanding wqould have taken more out but like everyone else said can fill in the missing paint without paint
 
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