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YOUR RESEARCHPAINT...is it base/clear, or single stage?
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If the shop doesn't fix it, should I use rubbing compound on the wheel, or something stronger to start with?
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You could try to polish it yourself, if whatever you are using turns black then its probably single stage as the color will come off during polishing.
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I contracted to have the front and rear bumpers painted SWARTZ as would be normal for getting a 20-year old car looking better. After the job, the tops of the bumpers looked good, but underneath showed buffing/swirl marks. I am no expert, but it looked like a single stage paint job that got a half/azzd job done. A two-stage job would have shown clear that needed more buffing.
What was our OEM black paint, single or base/clear?
What makes you think its single stage? My S3 had its bumper painted at the dealer before I bought it, you can tell because there is a lot of swirls and some solvent pop but its still base/clear. You could try to polish it yourself, if whatever you are using turns black then its probably single stage as the color will come off during polishing.
So it's just lazy buffing that left the bottoms of the bumpers looking hazy? If the shop doesn't fix it, should I use rubbing compound on the wheel, or something stronger to start with?
Just a heads up, it's hard to tell without pics but most body shops aren't in the business of paint correction. A lot of it is volume and insurance work, obviously if it's a high-end shop you might expect better but in my experience even better shops usually leave some holograms and swirl works. Although it would be lazy work if they did part of the bumper but not the rest.
This shop doesn't do insurance work; he does restorations mostly, and anybody that pays him when the job is done. He has two new guys that might have finished the buffing, and the tops of the bumpers shine fine, but the lower portions need the same level of attention since our cars show off the lower sections too.
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