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**HIGHWAY BY THE SEA** · 09-19-2016, 06:33 PM

I need advice from paint gurus. I just got back my 81 stepside from a painting job. It looks overall great EXCEPT for the fact that the painter buffed the clear coat, but it does not look right. It looks streaky. Can this be rebuffed by someone who knows how to do it? Or should it be re-clearcoated?

RandyP · 09-19-2016, 08:01 PM

Honestly if it is simple swirls or streaks from the final polish, they will go away after you give the truck a few good baths by hand and dry it off. If you feel it is not going away, get some 3M 5991 (machine glaze) and go to town with it by hand and new white tshirt rags, wax on/wax off. Do this in the shade.

If the paint is at least 60 days old, finish up with a good hand waxing. Use a liquid wax that you can really work into the paint. Do not seal off the paint though if it is not at least 60 days old, it might still be curing.

Every once in a while we have a customer complain of the streaking/swirling in a dark color. I always tell them to give it 2 months and come back if the markings are not gone by then after a few proper wash jobs. Have yet to have a customer come back except to do more repairs for them.

**HIGHWAY BY THE SEA** · 09-20-2016, 05:36 PM

I wish these were only swirls. It looks streaky and mismatched. This is a hand buffing job of the clear coat to clear out the imperfections that were created by an insect or two that landed in it when it was drying. Personally I wish he had left it alone because the insects would have looked far less sorry. I may have to have it re-clear-coated or something.

Westwind · 09-20-2016, 05:45 PM

Pictures?

RandyP · 09-20-2016, 08:45 PM

You literally can not cut and buff by hand, seriously. Find someone that can hit it with some 2000 grit and buff and polish it. As long as there is enough clear it'd be easy and no real harm would be done.

**HIGHWAY BY THE SEA** · 09-21-2016, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Westwind

Pictures?

Hard to see with the rain drops, but look beside the mirror base. See the streaky lines?

09-19-2016, 06:33 PM	#1
HIGHWAY BY THE SEA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: BY THE CAROLINA SEA Posts: 922	Fixing bad paint buff job...? I need advice from paint gurus. I just got back my 81 stepside from a painting job. It looks overall great EXCEPT for the fact that the painter buffed the clear coat, but it does not look right. It looks streaky. Can this be rebuffed by someone who knows how to do it? Or should it be re-clearcoated? __________________ FRANKENTRUCK 1981 Chevrolet C10 Shortbed Stepside GRANDTRUCK 1968 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Longbed http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=584617 PROJECT JIGSAW 1967 GMC C3500 GREAT WHITE 1986 Blazer M1009 454 engine w/700R4 transmission gas conversion

09-19-2016, 08:01 PM	#2
RandyP Getting Old; Going Broke Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Owasso OK Posts: 2,764	Re: Fixing bad paint buff job...? Honestly if it is simple swirls or streaks from the final polish, they will go away after you give the truck a few good baths by hand and dry it off. If you feel it is not going away, get some 3M 5991 (machine glaze) and go to town with it by hand and new white tshirt rags, wax on/wax off. Do this in the shade. If the paint is at least 60 days old, finish up with a good hand waxing. Use a liquid wax that you can really work into the paint. Do not seal off the paint though if it is not at least 60 days old, it might still be curing. Every once in a while we have a customer complain of the streaking/swirling in a dark color. I always tell them to give it 2 months and come back if the markings are not gone by then after a few proper wash jobs. Have yet to have a customer come back except to do more repairs for them. __________________ *Why is every used 350 sbc out of a corvette?* There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys. *VEGETARIAN: That's an old Indian word meaning "I don't hunt so good."* When the going gets tough, switch to power tools.

09-20-2016, 05:36 PM	#3
HIGHWAY BY THE SEA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: BY THE CAROLINA SEA Posts: 922	Re: Fixing bad paint buff job...? I wish these were only swirls. It looks streaky and mismatched. This is a hand buffing job of the clear coat to clear out the imperfections that were created by an insect or two that landed in it when it was drying. Personally I wish he had left it alone because the insects would have looked far less sorry. I may have to have it re-clear-coated or something. __________________ FRANKENTRUCK 1981 Chevrolet C10 Shortbed Stepside GRANDTRUCK 1968 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Longbed http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=584617 PROJECT JIGSAW 1967 GMC C3500 GREAT WHITE 1986 Blazer M1009 454 engine w/700R4 transmission gas conversion

09-20-2016, 05:45 PM	#4
Westwind Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Glendale,Arizona Posts: 50	Re: Fixing bad paint buff job...? Pictures?

09-20-2016, 08:45 PM	#5
RandyP Getting Old; Going Broke Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Owasso OK Posts: 2,764	Re: Fixing bad paint buff job...? You literally can not cut and buff by hand, seriously. Find someone that can hit it with some 2000 grit and buff and polish it. As long as there is enough clear it'd be easy and no real harm would be done. __________________ *Why is every used 350 sbc out of a corvette?* There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys. *VEGETARIAN: That's an old Indian word meaning "I don't hunt so good."* When the going gets tough, switch to power tools.



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