Re: paint - oh my!

["Josh(MAD16v)Able" <kpa@wizvax.net>]

 I  was told with my new paint not to wax it for 6 weeks, and before that
the bodyshop is having me bring it back to be buffed out again, for no
extra charge, they want to do the first wax themselves.
go back to the bodyshop and demand it to be fixed.


At 08:15 PM 7/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I had a close look at my recent high-buck paint job this afternoon, and
>was a little dismayed by what I'm seeing..
>
>It appears that even on the smoothest surfaces (roof, hood, etc) that there
>is VERY fine orange peeling showing up, on the entire car.  I could swear
>that this effect wasn't there originally, and I looked at it from a zillion
>angles in all kinds of light right after it was done.  This new effect
>is VERY fine - just like orange peel but "finer" is the best way I can
>describe it.  WTF??  One thing that concerns me - the idiot foreman at
>the paint shop told me I could wax it immediately, which I did (with some
>decent Maguires carnuba stuff) - however checking the Maguires website,
>they say a resprayed car should be allowed to cure 3-4 months.  Could this
>be the cause of what I'm seeing in the paint???
>
>Any wisdom welcomed.. before I go down to the paint shop and get a bunch
>of runaround!
>
>
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>Kevin Collins
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