Poor Paint Job

[zakki786]

Hi guys,

I am new on here although I have been visitng LOC frequently buts it's the first time im posting.

One of my doors was dented and the paint chipped off so i decided to get it sorted and resprayed but the bloke has done a poor job on it (unless its just me being too fussy).

Ive been detailing since Jan this year when i got the IS200 and the the body work is mint with the surface being glass like (in terms of feel and reflectivity). However, the door that the bloke resprayed doesnt have the same gleam/reflectivity, the reflection is blurry

Is this because he hasnt sprayed a clear coat or is there another reason? I am taking it back to him on Monday. Has anyone here had their car sprayed and what should it look like when its been done properly?

ps Can I DIY this problem or is it a job for a professional?

Thanks a lot guys.

Take care

[Steve ( West Mids )]

It should look and feel like the rest of the paint on the car if he's done it properly. Trying putting some wax on a small area and buffing it up and see if that fixes it - if not take it back.

[fil4362]

If your not happy with any job take it back.Paint work is hard to get right, your opinion of good will be someone elses idea of not good enough. Colour matching is hard (due to enviromental influances on the paint} but if its just the finish a good buff will get rid of the orange peel look providing theres enough paint on the panel. A proper job should be clear coated and only clear coated ontop of a gloss coat that has been flatted back.

I used to run my local classic car club and the detailing some people did couldnt be achieved from a spray gun of any kind, no matter who sprayed it. The detailing is the important bit after any paint job.

One of my neighbours is a sprayer and he admits putting the paint on is the easy bit the prep and the finish it the skill. Depends on what job you paid for. If you paid for a job just to get rid of the marks and look right again then thats the job youve had. If you explained you wanted a mint job like glass then you havent got that job. If you have only had the car back a few days and the sprayer doesnt have an oven then he wont buff the paint anyway until it sets properly so you wont have that glass finish.

My sprayer charges roughly £80 a panel for a colour match get rid of scratches blow over job. He recently painted the roof on my IS i told him i wanted a mint finish so the job was £200.

[zakki786]

I washed and polished (with SRP) the car today and the sprayed parts still feel rough and the finish is still blurry.

I phoned the guy and he said he would give it another buff so will see what happens. If it is buffed with a compound polish, my worry is that there isnt much clear coat to play with if any at all!

I still have the car for another day just wandering if theres anything else i can try before handing it over.

Thanks for your replies.

[Parthiban]

If it's visually blurry that's probably a bigger problem than you can simply polish out..........I'd send that straight back, might need to have the clear coat reapplied as it doesn't sound like it's been done properly.