Hey guys I just got my car repainted a month ago but everytime I wash it looks worse and worse..







I use a regular sponge and car wash. Then I dry it off with a microfiber cloth.. I haven't done a full detailed wax on it because I always seem to mess it up on certain spots ... guys help save my paint!

 

wow..

at 1st, it looked like you washed your car with a scotch brite pad.. but you said you used a sponge.

bring it back to the shop and see if they can buff that out for you

 

damn that paint shop sucks *****

 

looks like they didn't clear coat that for you.

 

did they wet sand your car?

I have spots like that around my car, I need to get them buffed out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dfunkd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn that paint shop sucks ***** </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ugh... it looked good when I got it out from the shop

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NERV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ugh... it looked good when I got it out from the shop </TD></TR></TABLE>

did they wet and your car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CTRwannaB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like they didn't clear coat that for you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

My thoughts exactly... the guy who did it is a family friend... I will talk to him later.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NERV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My thoughts exactly... the guy who did it is a family friend... I will talk to him later.</TD></TR></TABLE>

are you blind or what?

did he wet sand your car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reza... &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did they wet sand your car?

I have spots like that around my car, I need to get them buffed out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I am a noobie so shoot me what is wet sand and what does it do?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NERV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am a noobie so shoot me what is wet sand and what does it do?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think he did wet sand it , it needs to be buffed more.

After he paints your car , he goes over it with a fine sand paper to get out the imperfections and orange peel.

have him buff it out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reza... &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think he did wet sand it , it needs to be buffed more.

After he paints your car , he goes over it with a fine sand paper to get out the imperfections and orange peel.

have him buff it out</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok, does the work literally use an orange peel ? Or is that a auto detailing product?

 

wet sanding is where they use a high grade sand paper and use water and sand off the overspray, inpurities on the pait's surface, etc. never let a family friend do anything to your car. trust me i had to learn the hard way. i would suggest that you have them buff that out and have them re-clear it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NERV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, does the work literally use an orange peel ? Or is that a auto detailing product? </TD></TR></TABLE>

it's teh way the paint comes out after the job is done..
you go over it with sand paper to smooth our the craters ( or orange peel look ) so it's level with a smooth surface , eliminating the orange peel " look ".

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reza... &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's teh way the paint comes out after the job is done..
you go over it with sand paper to smooth our the craters ( or orange peel look ) so it's level with a smooth surface , eliminating the orange peel " look ".</TD></TR></TABLE>

I see... would an example of that be in my third picture? Thanks for the help

 

i know buffing will help. but with buffer use something with it?

 

Hopefully he'll buff this out too:

 

Take that **** back to the shop.

 

I hope you don't mean regular sponge as in, the type of sponge used to clean dishes?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BS 22 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Take that **** back to the shop.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The civic was clean when I got it back...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gump &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hope you don't mean regular sponge as in, the type of sponge used to clean dishes?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No I got a sponge used for auto cleaning... its one of those big orange ones.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PoSer Mobile &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow..

at 1st, it looked like you washed your car with a scotch brite pad.. but you said you used a sponge.

bring it back to the shop and see if they can buff that out for you </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

usually when that happens, it means they were careless when they were buffing your car. they missed spots. ultimately near the edges cause thats where its most vulnerable to burn through the clear coat. but i see theres still a little orange peel.

have those idiots at the body shop color sand the whole car with 2000 grit and tell them to buff the whole thing again. that's what i'd do.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by donut. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">usually when that happens, it means they were careless when they were buffing your car. they missed spots. ultimately near the edges cause thats where its most vulnerable to burn through the clear coat. but i see theres still a little orange peel.

have those idiots at the body shop color sand the whole car with 2000 grit and tell them to buff the whole thing again. that's what i'd do.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That sounds good but this was done a month ago and I don't know if they will still buff it out for free

 

wet sand wont help, by looking at those pictures its pretty damn obvious that the paint has come off. On the second pic at the bottom you can see the primer coming through.

More important questions are: How many coats did he use, how long was it let dry...and how long did you leave it before you decided to wash the car. Automotive paint takes about a month to completely harden

how to fix it: paint it again