Any Auto Paint guys on here? Need Help!

[SkookumHntr]

Awhile back I put acouple fine scratches on my truck and took it in to a shop to have buffed out. Well it looked fixed then but now in the sunlight I got these wierd 3d looking lines in the clear coat and now I can see the scratches again The wierd 3d looking buff marks look worse than the scratches! Any auto paint guys have any pointers on how to fix it!?

[jackelope]

Sounds like you got buffer burned. Fix it by taking it to someone who knows how to use a buffer and hope for the best.
A body shop or a professional detail shop. Not (usually) a dealership's detail shop. They don't pay well enough to have a really good guy with a buffer. 

[KFhunter]

drive around in some mud for ahwile
 
 
 

[SkookumHntr]

drive around in some mud for ahwile

Thats where all my problems started..

[SkookumHntr]

Sounds like you got buffer burned. Fix it by taking it to someone who knows how to use a buffer and hope for the best.
A body shop or a professional detail shop. Not (usually) a dealership's detail shop. They don't pay well enough to have a really good guy with a buffer. 

And thats were I took it to buff out the scratches! Im soo pissed! I hope a professional detail guy can fix it

[KFhunter]

might need a wet sand
 
 

[deerdog]

If its a huntin rig I would not worry about it, you will proabaly just scratch it again! 

[SkookumHntr]

Its all the way down the whole side! I didnt even see that stick

[deerdog]

I feel your pain did the same thing last year in Wyoming! 

[flinger]

alot of variables can come into play,what year is your truck ,repaint /previously repaired What materials were used Etc.Etc.
I have been a "refinish Tech" for well over 20 years  (anyone can be a painter/applicator)and buffing can be a painters or anyone elses worst nightmare without knowing exactly what you have it's tough to say, but a general rule is if you can feel the scratch groove with you thumbnail then trying to buff it is almost futile, Most products today are more designed as cover ups more than actually cut and polish so it will look good for a couple washes and then the cover up is gone and what you have left is the remaining scratch and the fine buffing pad scratches (buffing swirls)
I would say to do the bodyshop route and see what they have to say about it
That is about the best i could say without physically seeing the truck
Hope it helps

[MtnMuley]

Yo wouldn't want that tag your brother has then. It would really look ugly!

[SkookumHntr]

alot of variables can come into play,what year is your truck ,repaint /previously repaired What materials were used Etc.Etc.
I have been a "refinish Tech" for well over 20 years  (anyone can be a painter/applicator)and buffing can be a painters or anyone elses worst nightmare without knowing exactly what you have it's tough to say, but a general rule is if you can feel the scratch groove with you thumbnail then trying to buff it is almost futile, Most products today are more designed as cover ups more than actually cut and polish so it will look good for a couple washes and then the cover up is gone and what you have left is the remaining scratch and the fine buffing pad scratches (buffing swirls)
I would say to do the bodyshop route and see what they have to say about it
That is about the best i could say without physically seeing the truck
Hope it helps

The Truck is a 2011 Ford, Dark blue.. The scratches are fine and you dont catch them with your finger nail. From wht Ive been reading the swirl marks are called halagrams or something?? Im hoping to get my truck to a Detailer on the 30th to see what they recommend. I sure hope the swirl marks will come out!!

[SkookumHntr]

Yo wouldn't want that tag your brother has then. It would really look ugly!

[flinger]

A good detailer should not have any problem getting the swirls out on a new truck
 good luck

[HntnFsh]

Somebody didnt know what they were doing.I would try another shop.

I just spent almost a week buffing the scratches out of my 98 Chevy.It had a ton of scratches that you could feel with a fingernail.THat thing was scratched top to bottom,front to rear.From my late Swakane deer hunt last year.It was a bear of a job.But in the right light I could see the scratches going away.Some spots I had to buff multiple times.It was a 3 step,actually 4 step process with different compounds and pads at each step.Then a wax job.The paint looks at least as good as new.. And I havent buffed out a rig for over 20 years,since I worked in a body shop.

Hope you find somebody to do it right for you.The swirl marks you are seeing shouldnt be too difficult to get rid of.