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[RLucky82]

Ok, I hope I'm not annoying anyone with all of these questions and updates..

Anyways here is what the hood looks like after severe swirl remover on a green pad after about 4 applications.





Now you can see why I am interested in a flex or rotary tool :-) I can't tell if its been repainted or some one did a shoty quick fix, but to my eyes it looks like either a rotary with aggressive/dirty pad or wet sanding has been done with important in between steps skipped? Where to go from here? This is what I know - I can wetsand this by hand and prep for the PC system but, I don't want to spend a week on the hood alone for two reasons (one being there are rock chips in the paint also)... what would be the quickest way to remove that etching and sctatches?

Thanks

[RLucky82]

[cartman57]

Difficult to tell, in the first photo is the paint raised or a below surface scratch?