Black Paint and Swirls!

[BlackMagic]

Ok, so here is the story....

While driving my 2004 HD CC, with only 1200 miles, WHAM! I get side swiped. After some choice words, I calmed down and said, "Oh well, thats why they are called accidents, right?"

So I find a reputable body shop, with their lifetime satisfaction warrantee, and have the repairs done, using only new GM parts...... 1200 miles!

 

Anyway, when I go to pick it up, there is a ton of specs in the paint, from dust or dirt. I let them know that this is unacceptable and they keep it for one more day to cut and buff the paint.

Now you can see swirls in the paint whenever it is in the sunlight. Help me out with some ammo for when I go back. I always thought that if you were painting in a booth with filters and wet the floors and walls, that dust and debris would not be an issue. Therefore no need to buff once the clear coat was on. I painted a few cars in the Auto Body shop in high school, and I dont remember seeing as much junk in the paint then.

 

What do you think?

[hcvone]

What you need to do is find a better body shop or a good detail shop and have the swirls buffed out, you can do this yourself if you are good with a buffer. Depending on how deep your swirls are you will need at least a product like 3M Scratch and Swirl Remover, and some time, in the 80's and 90's we had 36 shops and did this all the time.