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Old 04-23-2003, 12:56 AM
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Damaged paint spots...are they repairable?

Hello! I may have mentioned some damaged spots in the paint on my hood before. I have no idea how to make these go away, if they can at all. A guy at a carwash told me that these are irrepairable and that the only way to fix it would be a new paint job. I'm attaching a few pictures, because I dont' know how to describe the condition of the paint in words, except that it feels smooth to the touch...maybe not as smooth as the rest of the paint, but it doesn't really feel rough.

The two spots are on the right rear corner of the hood, almost above where the battery is, and a strip along the very center of the hood (that doesn't show up as well in the pictures as the other spot, but I think it's the same type of damage).

Any comments would be appreciated...thanks in advance!

This is one view of the spot on the right rear corner, taken without the camera flash.

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Old 04-23-2003, 12:57 AM
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Here's the same spot, from the same angle, with the camera flash.
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Old 04-23-2003, 12:58 AM
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Here's the same spot, from a different angle, without the flash.
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Old 04-23-2003, 12:59 AM
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Here's the same spot, from the 2nd angle, with the flash.
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Old 04-23-2003, 01:00 AM
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Here's the center spot (again, it didn't come out very well in the picture ), without the flash.
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Old 04-23-2003, 01:01 AM
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Here's the center spot, again, with the flash.

Again, what are these spots? Can they be repaired, and if so, how? Thanks in advance!
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Old 04-23-2003, 06:25 AM
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Unhappy spots

Looks like some chemical spill???? Or some badly done touch ups.
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Old 04-29-2003, 02:48 PM
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Warden - this looks very much....

....like the damage my 300SD roof had - the clear coat and paint had worn thorugh in one area of the roof and the whole thing needed to be sanded and repainted - cost me $400 - I took out the sliding roof to make it cheaper.

I don't know why it happened, but it seems to have got much worse when the car was in Washington with its rainy climate, during which time (3 yrs) it was also subjected by my mum to the tender mercies of those foul, abrasive car wash machines gas stations use. The clear coat is also crazed in a couple of other places from acidic bird droppings. I'll probably have those repainted eventually, but its's not through the paint yet, so I'm less concerned about corrosion. You don't want to fight rust.

See the first picture here - is that similar to what you have?

If so, I'm afraid that touching up the area may not do it.

One plus is that it's easy (=cheap, relatively speaking) for the paint shop to remove the hood and grille for repainting - much easier than, say, doing a door with lots of trim to be removed/broken/replaced.

BTW, my job was done with PPG paint. A previous wing was repainted with Dupont 10 years ago. That looks perfect today and the PPG new paint match is perfect also (it remains to be seen how it wears), so I have yet to be convinced that the premium (?) for German paint (Glasurit, Sikkens, etc) is worth it.

The real key is finding an artisan who know how to match faded paint - which we both have by now. Choose him like a dentist - personal recommendations only, and check his work out before hand. If the first Q is 'Is it an insurance job?' and there's a nice waiting room....well, you can figure it out.

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