Can this be fixed? (First timer here)

[97zman]

64247Hello All. Took my first stab at compounding and polishing using M101 and M102 with a DA and noticed these on the leading edge of my hood. These are what appears to be tiny scratches some looking like stars etc. Me being a total newb I was a little concerned about getting more aggressive without running it by you all. I used an orange pad with M101 and a white pad with M102. Any help is much appreciated. I should mention that this is on the leading edge of my hood.

[Bruno Soares]

Looks like crows feet. A sign of clear coat failure. How old is that vehicle? OEM paint or repaired?

[Belo]

did it look like that prior to your process? I see it's a truck, did you drive through some stuff and are they scratches below your clear coat?

[minerigger]

Looks like chevy paint when clearcoat starts to fail.

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[DMiglio]

Looks like clear coat failure, my 20 year old beater civic has the same thing on its hood.

[97zman]

Yep 1997 Chevy Silverado. If it was there prior to treatment I didn't notice it. I have a couple of places on the roof where failure is beginning as well. I was afraid that it was beginning to fail. Oh well. Thanks everyone for the response. Do you thing some of the clear bra material will help hold things together for a while. Thanks again.

[JCDetails]

I bet it was there prior to compounding and you're noticing it now because the white-ish compound/polish has worked its way into the cracks and is highlighting it.

I'd start planning on a repaint for that panel.