NEED HELP and advice

[robtrevino]

So it all started when I started seeing these weird spots on my paint:

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After calling the dealer and having them said they'd never seen it before, I went to the forums and eventually most people suggested they were water spots.



I eventually took the PC with a medium pad and some Wolfgang Swirl Remover.



I tested it on a small spot and it seemed to remove the spots. When I removed the PC, I noticed I kinda burnt the paint.



Please see this image:

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How do I correct this? Will I have to repaint? I'm afraid to do anything anymore. I'd used the PC and the swirl remover in the past and had never had this problems. Confidence is now down the drain.

 

[Accumulator]

robtrevino- Yikes, it does look like you killed the clear (and even the basecoat) in that area! It's always hard to diagnose stuff over the internet, but yeah it does look like you'll need to have that repainted.



I'm a little surprised that you inflicted such severe damage just removing waterspots. I'd guess that you need to check your work more frequently, keep the polisher moving, and give special consideration to areas where the paint might be thin and/or your polisher might behave more aggressively than normal (the edge of a panel satisfies both of those). And don't do anything more aggressive than you really need to do.



To help figure out what's needed, you might oughta try some experimenting using a "test spot". Like, for the waterspots, you could see what happens if you use your Swirl Remover by hand with a MF; this will give you clues about what's required.

 

[robtrevino]

robtrevino- Yikes, it does look like you killed the clear (and even the basecoat) in that area! It's always hard to diagnose stuff over the internet, but yeah it does look like you'll need to have that repainted.



I'm a little surprised that you inflicted such severe damage just removing waterspots. I'd guess that you need to check your work more frequently, keep the polisher moving, and give special consideration to areas where the paint might be thin and/or your polisher might behave more aggressively than normal (the edge of a panel satisfies both of those). And don't do anything more aggressive than you really need to do.



To help figure out what's needed, you might oughta try some experimenting using a "test spot". Like, for the waterspots, you could see what happens if you use your Swirl Remover by hand with a MF; this will give you clues about what's required.

Thanks,

I'm gonna have to get it professionally repainted. It turns out they weren't water spots. It's a a problem with the clear coat, manufacturer's defect, at least that's what the guy at the shop told me. This explains why it took such a long time for the polisher to take out the spots, I was actually eating through the clear. I've learned a valuable (yet expensive) lesson though.