Wetsand or repaint panel

[zadjali]

Hi All,

Before i start polishing the car, the below passenger side rear fender panel has been repainted two years back and apparently the body shop repainted it up to above the rear passenger door. The difference in clear coat between the OEM paint and the new paint is noticeable moreover i have noticed bubbles in the new clear coat where it ends and meets with the OEM clear coat.

My question is can the imperfection be fixed or improved by wet sanding and will it cause the uneven clear coat difference more visible after sanding and buffing the repainted part?

 

[Ebg18t]

Most body shops have a lifetime warrenty on their work. If you are having issues now, have them fix the clearcoat.

 

[af90]

Is it bubbles or orange peel?

 

[octane]

looks like orange peel to me. I would try the carpro velvet pad before I would wetsand, see if it makes it look better.

 

[zadjali]

Most body shops have a lifetime warrenty on their work. If you are having issues now, have them fix the clearcoat.

The body shop will fix the failing or the bubble clear coat however they will not fix the difference and the paint will look hazy where i want to reduce the orange peel.

I could be wrong but i belive the bubbled area is where the painter sprayed the thinned belnd of clear coat to blend in the new clear with the oem paint(old) to decrease difference in shade visibility, Which i think after the years it started to be more visible to the eyes and the edges of the thin clear started to fail.

Is it bubbles or orange peel?

Mix of both but in the visible area they are bubbles.

looks like orange peel to me. I would try the carpro velvet pad before I would wetsand, see if it makes it look better.

It is combination of both where the resprayed clear coat ends there are visible bubbles in a particular small area. I need to order the carpro velvet pad and i currently have in hand unigrit 2500 and 2000 grit.