HELP! whats wrong with my paint?

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Redline927

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I am pretty much ocd with detailing my car, and I have a lot of experience doing it. But I CANNOT figure out for my life what is on my paint, mostly on the front right fender and hood. I am starting to think i might have over polished (I have used ssr2.5 twice in the past) Clay does not take it off, cleaner wax does not take it off, hell even 2.5 wont take it off. Does anyone recognize what this is? Im SO frustrated. looks like millions of tiny dots everywhere. Could it be from the ssr2.5? do i need a finishing polish or something? it is really noticeable in sunlight.



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yiks . . . what the hell is that? Perhaps you should take a small portion of the effected area with a yellow cutting pad and change your polish to another reputable brand (not knocking poorboys, their stuff rocks - but never hurts to introduce somthing new into your problem, you might just find a soloution) . . . and cut that paint!!! If a yellow cutting pad on a pc at high speed with good, properly applied compound wont remove that - i would say you need professional rotary help or your paint has some issues that might require wet/color sanding . . . im not a pro however, but there is a start.
 
My (mostly) uneducated guess would be that this is a repaint and you're seeing solvent pop, sometime called bubbling clearcoat. If that's it, then all the polishing in the world isn't going to fix it, it would be a paint warranty issue.
 
looks similar to my work rig. dont really know what it is, pinholes in the clear maybe. i dont think you can polish that out.
 
youre sure?



why would it be evident now? ( i bought the car used in 04, its a 2002 wrx. had 12k miles on it). The paints been pretty much flawless since.
 
You might be able to hide it somewhat with a glaze with plenty of fillers, but the only real solution is a repaint. Trust me, I know this is extraordinarily, especially for an Autopian.



I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but it can take quite awhile in some cases for solvent pop to become apparent. Here's one page I found with an explanation of the causes of solvent pop. Scroll down the page to the section titled "Guide to Solvent Pop".

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/06/05255.htm
 
Just to throw it out there but do you park near any trees on a regular basis? My ex-girlfriend's car had those exact spots after parking under a tree for a long time. Sap is the culprit and creates those little dots, i think they are all the way down through the clear. Re-paint or live with it i think are the only two options.
 
getright said:
Just to throw it out there but do you park near any trees on a regular basis? My ex-girlfriend's car had those exact spots after parking under a tree for a long time. Sap is the culprit and creates those little dots, i think they are all the way down through the clear. Re-paint or live with it i think are the only two options.
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I'm suspicious of the sap being the real culprit on your girlfriend's car. Sap droplets shouldn't eat all the way through the CC. I'm willing to wager there's a good chance she's having solvent pop causing bubbles in the CC but is blaming the sap droplets since they're visible. Sap would definitely NOT be the problem for such CC damage to even a wannbe Autopian who cleans off the paint on a semi-regular basis.
 
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