rst08
05-16-2019, 02:09 PM
Recently had my hood repainted after burning through the clear with a DA (yes it can happen. Found out the hard way)
Factory paint was a bit thin on a curved edge of a bright white hood, 2017 Jeep. Was trying to remove some scratches caused by some flying rubber on the highway.
Respray was a major pain. The shop couldn't get it right with hairs,dirt and the unfortunate bird dropping before pick up. 3 trys later I took the car and ran.
Finally got the car back and had to attack a butcher job from the wool pad scratches. After about 3-4 days of m105/m205 and pad combinations I decided 98% scratch free was the best outcome and walked away for curing time after applying m305.
30 days later I did a quick once over with m205 and Mckees Prep polish followed by their Enhanced paint coating to protect the hood.
Heres where it got weird. The coating added so much depth and clarity to the paint your now seeing the flaws. Little dimples here and there that the polish/glaze was doing a good job of concealing but now seemed magnified under shop light.
My question being can any topper act as a glaze/filler to hide some of the flaws or is this just the look ill be living with during the life of the coating? Im sure during the gassing out process a few of these spots appeared but were just not so apparent as they are now with the coating. Its obvious the prep polish removed 100% of the oils and filler the glaze provided.
Sorry in advance about the OCD but im sure 2% out there that get my frustration.
Factory paint was a bit thin on a curved edge of a bright white hood, 2017 Jeep. Was trying to remove some scratches caused by some flying rubber on the highway.
Respray was a major pain. The shop couldn't get it right with hairs,dirt and the unfortunate bird dropping before pick up. 3 trys later I took the car and ran.
Finally got the car back and had to attack a butcher job from the wool pad scratches. After about 3-4 days of m105/m205 and pad combinations I decided 98% scratch free was the best outcome and walked away for curing time after applying m305.
30 days later I did a quick once over with m205 and Mckees Prep polish followed by their Enhanced paint coating to protect the hood.
Heres where it got weird. The coating added so much depth and clarity to the paint your now seeing the flaws. Little dimples here and there that the polish/glaze was doing a good job of concealing but now seemed magnified under shop light.
My question being can any topper act as a glaze/filler to hide some of the flaws or is this just the look ill be living with during the life of the coating? Im sure during the gassing out process a few of these spots appeared but were just not so apparent as they are now with the coating. Its obvious the prep polish removed 100% of the oils and filler the glaze provided.
Sorry in advance about the OCD but im sure 2% out there that get my frustration.