Should I keep trying or just give up? Pics.

rebelde33 said:
Did you clay first? The pad might be turning black from all the contaminants on the paint tat are getting picked up and those same contaminants could be the ones creating the swirls.
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Yup, I clayed.
 
Although I am not sure how relevant a Honda two stage paint might be; it took me two passes (at about an inch a second and 20lb of pressure) to get rid of 85% swirls on a Honda Accord (still some remain). Here are some pics (with LC Orange Pad and SSR 2.5):





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Looks good. I did pretty well with the swirls doing the same thing. It was just the pitting that remained. Who knows it might have been there when she bought the truck new and I just never looked at it. Oh well. :sosad
 
Dane Guy said:
If you had to take a guess, how much do you think it would cost?
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Eh...I really can't even take a guess, but I'd expect it to be a few hundred. If they don't have to blend into the fenders it's simply not that big a job to prep/sand/prime/paint a simple single panel like a hood so it'll only take a few hours and a fairly small amount of paint/meterials. Get an estimate and see if it's around $3-400.
 
I don't know if that's the right word. I made it up. :D

I tried to take pictures of it but they didn't come out very well. It kind of looks like peaks and valleys in the paint.



EDIT: I'll try to take some pictures when I get a chance. Maybe in sunlight they'll come out better.
 
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