Poor Paint-how to fix?

[jasons]

Hi guys, 1st post, from England(UK).

Can anyone give me an idea on what product(s) would sort out the bodywork on this little Alfa I've picked up whilst my new car is on order.

I've attached some photo's but a little bit of info as well.

The car is metallic purple, with a clear coat. At some point someone (previous owner) has tried to touch up some dents and dings and used a thick coat of spray clearcoat.

It doesnt blend in well, and (hopefully) the pictures show this well. This is quite evident on the bonnet(English translation= hood!).

I've used scratchx a few times, but it hasnt worked as well as hoped.

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what to use to get a finish even as half as good as some of the cars on here I've seen.

Thanks,



Jason

[jasons]

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[jasons]

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[the other pc]

Hi jasons and to MOL.

I can’t really see the issue in the pix (the type of thing you describe is pretty difficult to capture in photos).

Did they do any color touch-up or was it just clearcoat? Is the surface texture different? Is the edge where the new clear starts really obvious?

If new color was applied and badly matched there isn’t much you can do other than re-spray the panel.

If the problem is just in clearcoat you may be able to smooth it out and blend it with the surrounding finish. Without seeing it up close and maybe experimenting with some products there’s no way to give a good recommendation on a specific approach.

It’s normally done by wet-sanding the repair area to match the texture of the surrounding finish then machine buffing with progressively finer compounds to restore gloss. Experienced painters and detailers do it all the time but it’s more than a typical do-it-yourselfer would want to tackle.


PC.

[LnkPrkSoldier]

hmmm, well for the pictures, you should take the picture from directly in front/top of the surface you want to take the picture of and try to get the flash or the sun glare in the picture so we can see if there are any swirls also. and it appears that your camera is capable of doing high res pictures, so turn up the settings to max and take a picture. from that, i can not really tell much. hopefully tomorrow you can take one and ill be able to tell you what you can do.

[jasons]

thanks for the input guys, is this picture any better?