Hello All,
My car was invovled in a rear-end collision a while back and I ended up having the trunk lid repainted (base/clear). So far so good. However, there was a minor defect in thr paint and the shop ended up repainting it a few weeks later. I got it back about a week ago and went over it with a fine toothed comb today. I washed it and afterwards I noticed what appeared to be really bad water spots on the decklid (which was weird since I had washed it in the shade and hadn't let it dry with water standing on it). I hit it with a cleaner/wax thinking that would take care of it, but it didn't do anythin. I then began to examine them more closely and they look like they are between the base and clear (or in the base itself). The "spots" look like a bunch of, well, amoebas or paramecium looking things and there are a ton of them. I will try to snap some pics, but man is it hard to get a good shot of them. Here is one attempt:
You can see a pretty good example in on the left side by the black trim. If you look closely you will see two or three more. They are anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch each. Under the right conditions they stick out like a sore thumb (they are all over the lid). Under other conditions (direct sun) they are almost impossible to see (which might explain how I missed them or just figured they were water spots).
Any ideas before I head back to the body shop. I can just see the discussion now ("I don't see any spots? "no, that's just a water spot", blah, blah, blah).
I would consider reshooting it myself, but frankly, I shouldn't have to.
Thanks Guys
Chris
My car was invovled in a rear-end collision a while back and I ended up having the trunk lid repainted (base/clear). So far so good. However, there was a minor defect in thr paint and the shop ended up repainting it a few weeks later. I got it back about a week ago and went over it with a fine toothed comb today. I washed it and afterwards I noticed what appeared to be really bad water spots on the decklid (which was weird since I had washed it in the shade and hadn't let it dry with water standing on it). I hit it with a cleaner/wax thinking that would take care of it, but it didn't do anythin. I then began to examine them more closely and they look like they are between the base and clear (or in the base itself). The "spots" look like a bunch of, well, amoebas or paramecium looking things and there are a ton of them. I will try to snap some pics, but man is it hard to get a good shot of them. Here is one attempt:
You can see a pretty good example in on the left side by the black trim. If you look closely you will see two or three more. They are anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch each. Under the right conditions they stick out like a sore thumb (they are all over the lid). Under other conditions (direct sun) they are almost impossible to see (which might explain how I missed them or just figured they were water spots).
Any ideas before I head back to the body shop. I can just see the discussion now ("I don't see any spots? "no, that's just a water spot", blah, blah, blah).
I would consider reshooting it myself, but frankly, I shouldn't have to.
Thanks Guys
Chris