Newbie Help.

[Cave1971]

Hi guys

First post on here.

I had my car detailed around 2 months ago; without going into too much detail I got fleeced.

Anyway I was cleaning my car yesterday and I noticed two parts that look to me like watermarks but they are completely surrounded by scratches in all directions. I have not noticed these before and I am as careful as can be when I clean it, I know I haven't caused them.

Do you think this area can be salvaged? I'll be honest the pictures make it look worse than it is, but still. It is completely smooth to the touch, in any direction, no ridges or raised parts, scratches can't catch fingernail etc.

[Cave1971]

It looks to me like it has been wet sanded and left. However the detailer said he only did one stop chip, which he definitely didn't wet sand as it's still massively raised. I'm gutted

[Cave1971]

[IJB1959]

Cave1971 said:

Is it on the glass or a panel?

[Cave1971]

It's on the actual bonnet mate

[dc2rr07]

I would try and T-Cut it then polish.

[Cave1971]

Cheers mate. I've been having all sorts of meltdowns thinking I need to get the whole bonnet resprayed

[Dr G]

A decent bodyshop will be able to sand that back and re-polish for you as long as there's sufficient paint depth.

[shtu]

dc2rr07 said:

I would try and T-Cut it then polish.

Meguiars Ultimate Compund. Cheap and cheerful (about £10 a bottle), and should tidy that up with 15 mins of effort.

Looks like a mark that's been touched in then sanded. Edit - nope closer look shows it's a stain of some sort. Some folks say you can remove marks like that by heating the panel with a hot air gun - trust me, it doesn't work. I've had panels at 100c+ to try and remove bird poo marks = not a jot of difference. Compound + 10 minutes = gone.

Just go easy to make sure you don't end up going straight through the lacquer, but if it's that bad it would need painted anyway. So, maybe a bit of compromise needed on how much of the mark you remove.

Edited by shtu on Wednesday 20th June 11:08