I did a bad thing to my car with rubbing compound. Lot's of swirls and scratches now on half of my black firebird hood. Some maybe too deep for detailing. Was hoping you could give me some trustworthy detailers that can look at the damage and tell me if it will buff out or if I need to repaint. If I need to repaint I figure guys are selling their stock hoods cheap just to make room in their garage. Just gotta find one in good condition. Thank you for your help.

 

01SOMSS hes a cerified detailer give hime a pm

 

Just hit it with clay bar and swirl mark remover, then with polish..should go away atleast a lot of it

 

Swirls arent the least bit scary, compound and polish will take care of swirls but how deep into the clear coat did u cut with rubbing compound?? can u feel some of the scatches with your nail? do you have any close up pics?

 

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what he said. post pics. kinda hard to say anything with out looking at the problem.

 

invest in a da orbital sander like the porter cable 7404... can get them cheap and NO swirls.. otherwise get some microfiber and meguires machine polish and go to work... black is the shittiest color to buff... it shows everything.. heres what it did for me... check the reflection..

 

No I cannot feel the scratches with my finger nail. I'll try and post pics later today. Thank you for all the suggestions.

 

Thats a good sign; you may have just marred the finish which is repairable.

 

Here it is...

 

From the looks of that picture it just looks like heavy swirls and RIDS (Random In Depth Scatches) which would be expected from rubbing compound. I'd say knowing hard GM clear coat on our cars that the classic M105 or M95 followed by M205 would be plenty to take care of that.

Repaint: not necessary. Compound + Polish: necessary

 

Found this link that basically gives the info you provided with more detail. Thanks guys I'll have to decide on which route to take.

http://www.detailedimage.com/Ask-a-P...ars-m105-m205/

 

RIDS stands for "random isolated deep scratches" not "random in depth scratches" lol!