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What do I do about this? I have a black G35 that had a portion of the vehicle repainted. This is the only part of the vehicle that is super sensitive, I mean super, super sensitive to scratching. If I go and dust the vehicle a day after it was washed, that area that was repainted develops a tremendous amount of surface scratches, whereas the unrepainted remains scratch free. I can take a microfiber towel and wipe, just one wipe, ever so gently over a repainted section of the vehicle and I can see scratches that were not there the second before I wiped, and as I do the rest of the vehicle there are no new scratches.
 
bcgreen said:
What do I do about this? I have a black G35 that had a portion of the vehicle repainted. This is the only part of the vehicle that is super sensitive, I mean super, super sensitive to scratching. If I go and dust the vehicle a day after it was washed, that area that was repainted develops a tremendous amount of surface scratches, whereas the unrepainted remains scratch free. I can take a microfiber towel and wipe, just one wipe, ever so gently over a repainted section of the vehicle and I can see scratches that were not there the second before I wiped, and as I do the rest of the vehicle there are no new scratches.
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My car/truck both have this problem. I've given up.
 
Soft clear. I doubt the body shop will repaint it but it may be worth a try.



Maybe they can re scuff it and shoot a couple coats of some high solid clear.
 
How much time has passed since the repaint?

I've had this issue... the clearcoat, if not mixed for the humidity, etc, can be very soft.

Sometimes the simple answer is time - just wait for the clear to properly cure...



Good Luck!



Jim
 
Jimmy Buffit said:
How much time has passed since the repaint?

I've had this issue... the clearcoat, if not mixed for the humidity, etc, can be very soft.

Sometimes the simple answer is time - just wait for the clear to properly cure...



Good Luck!



Jim
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I believe its been about 5 months.
 
Did you wax the paint right after it was painted? I had this problem before and I am pretty sure it was junk clear. The shop was going to repaint it for me with PPG clear but I ended up trading the car in.
 
Danase said:
Did you wax the paint right after it was painted? I had this problem before and I am pretty sure it was junk clear. The shop was going to repaint it for me with PPG clear but I ended up trading the car in.
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I think I did, but you know I'm not really sure, about how soon after it got shot, that I waxed it. I remember asking him if it was alright to wax, and he said it would be fine.
 
bcgreen said:
I think I did, but you know I'm not really sure, about how soon after it got shot, that I waxed it. I remember asking him if it was alright to wax, and he said it would be fine.
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That was your mistake. My painter said the same thing and I argued the case but he told me I NEED to get a coat of wax on it to protect it. So, I did and the clear never cured properly. I never listen to my paint guys now. ;)
 
Geez, what is it with painters?



Dupont, BASF, PPG, et al have armies of polymer chemists churning out oceans of paint for millions of cars and all of them tell you that you must wait before waxing a new refinish. But nooooooooo, the painters know better than to follow the directions. Why should they listen to a bunch of pointy headed guys in labcoats?





PC.
 
Yeah, as soon as I saw this thread I thought "maybe it was waxed before it finished curing". So many people say it doesn't matter but that doesn't make it true.
 
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