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    Fisheyes: Sloppy bodyshop or am I just too picky?

    I know this had been talked about before, but: I bought a black used Infiniti I30. It had a lot of rock-chips on the hood. Well, long story short, I tried fixing it myself and really screwed it up. I wetsanded too much and took off the paint. So, I had a shop repaint it. They had a good...
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    So I guess repainting the hood is the only thing I can do now?!?

    Well, I bought a used black 2000 year car. It had a lot of stone chips on it so I thought I would try the technique on here. After a lot of work it looked much better. I used 2000 grit sandpaper by hand for wet sanding. However, it still did not entirely match. I thought about trying clear...
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    Paint chips repaired, but you can see the missing gloss

    I performed some chip repairs. I followed the procedure outlined in the learning section. I use SMR, fine rubbing compound, waxed, etc. I did not use a clear coat. I now notice that you can see the spots where I touched-up the paint. The paint color seems to match but the gloss is...
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    Novus is nothing special

    I tried the Novus product on my headlights. From what I could tell, the Novus #1 is just a regular plastic cleaner. Probably Plexus would be as good if not better. Novus #2 is just a fine-rubbing compound. It did no better than 3m Perfect-it fine rubbing compound. It seemed to look and go...
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    Is it okay to sand plastic headlights?

    I had a couple of questions that perhaps someone could answer: 1. Is it easy to damage headlights by wet-sanding them too much with 2000 grit sandpaper? I ask this because I have some etching that is still not completely gone and I probably could sand/polish it a few more times to get it...
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    Lacquer Thinner Melted My Headlights

    I had never used lacquer thinner before and I learned the hard way what it can do. I was going to use some lacquer thinner to clean off some touch-up paint. I put some in a plastic cup and then started to walk towards my hood. Well, the thinner ate away at the bottom of the cup, the bottom...
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    Please help a noob: Did I spread the touch-up paint wrong? Should I start over?

    I bought a used car that had a long chip that had went through the primer and had already rusted. At least, I hope that was rust or else I just sanded off brown primer. So, I got the 3m sanding pen and after much work and wearing down the pen I got all the rust (primer?) out. I then...
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