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Looking for some advice ahead of my return to the paint shop that recently fixed a large scratch...
So I have a new car, a 2011 VW in Tornado Red that I've only had a month. The recent hurricane resulted in my car acquiring a 12" scratch along the driver's door and just into the quarter-panel. A local paint shop did the work, filling the scratch and blending the paint to either end of the car. Their paint work itself looked great upon initial inspection.
I just washed it today, a week later, and found that there is what looks to be clear coat overspray (like a very fine, matte haze) on my windshield in spots, on 3 out of four windows including the b-pillar, and in a 4" x 10" patch on the *opposite* side's quarter-panel, complete with drip marks running through it. Also, on the painted side of the car, I can see evidence of poor buffing (?), as there's a ton of new swirls in the paint. There's also two tiny bubbles, or little pocks in the new paint.
What would you guys do? I know the clear coat can be removed from the windows easily, but I'm most worried about the overspray on the factory paint of the side they *weren't* supposed to touch. I'm going to meet with the paint shop and my insurance company in a few days, and I'm nervous they're gonna tell me "that'll buff right out." Will it?
Thanks!
CLIFFS: New car, poor work by paint shop. Can clear coat overspray be removed safely from my factory paint, or will I need extensive work?
So I have a new car, a 2011 VW in Tornado Red that I've only had a month. The recent hurricane resulted in my car acquiring a 12" scratch along the driver's door and just into the quarter-panel. A local paint shop did the work, filling the scratch and blending the paint to either end of the car. Their paint work itself looked great upon initial inspection.
I just washed it today, a week later, and found that there is what looks to be clear coat overspray (like a very fine, matte haze) on my windshield in spots, on 3 out of four windows including the b-pillar, and in a 4" x 10" patch on the *opposite* side's quarter-panel, complete with drip marks running through it. Also, on the painted side of the car, I can see evidence of poor buffing (?), as there's a ton of new swirls in the paint. There's also two tiny bubbles, or little pocks in the new paint.
What would you guys do? I know the clear coat can be removed from the windows easily, but I'm most worried about the overspray on the factory paint of the side they *weren't* supposed to touch. I'm going to meet with the paint shop and my insurance company in a few days, and I'm nervous they're gonna tell me "that'll buff right out." Will it?
Thanks!
CLIFFS: New car, poor work by paint shop. Can clear coat overspray be removed safely from my factory paint, or will I need extensive work?
