david_oz
05-10-2010, 09:59 PM
hi everyone
so i was washing my car at one of those car wash places with a high pressure hose the other day, and i pointed it at what looked like a scrath or some dirt or something on the back of my car. I was extremely surprised to see the paintwork just unravel and fly off all around it!
Within a few minutes all the paint in an area around the size of my fist was gone.
Because I'm cheap, and sometimes not the smartest, I decided to try to repair it myself, since i read a couple of articles on the internet. I went down to canadian tire and bought all the stuff i thought i needed and gave it a go. As will soon become apparent... im no home handyman
here is a photo gallery showing the sequence --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/50060500@N03/sets/72157624037331298/
Ok so its a little better than what it was before... but its still pretty bloody awful. And on top of that, some primer ran down to a section i didnt mask off, so that looks terrible as well. and it also seems the paint i bought isn't quite as "colour matched" as the manufacturer claims
so i basically have 2 questions:
1. what the hell did i do wrong?
2. how the hell do i fix it from here?
the one thing i forgot to buy was some of the finish stuff... so maybe if i head back to that car wash, spray it again close enough then this paint will come off and i'll get a second chance?? but im not really sure what to do
any help would be appreciated
cheers
dave
so i was washing my car at one of those car wash places with a high pressure hose the other day, and i pointed it at what looked like a scrath or some dirt or something on the back of my car. I was extremely surprised to see the paintwork just unravel and fly off all around it!
Within a few minutes all the paint in an area around the size of my fist was gone.
Because I'm cheap, and sometimes not the smartest, I decided to try to repair it myself, since i read a couple of articles on the internet. I went down to canadian tire and bought all the stuff i thought i needed and gave it a go. As will soon become apparent... im no home handyman
here is a photo gallery showing the sequence --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/50060500@N03/sets/72157624037331298/
Ok so its a little better than what it was before... but its still pretty bloody awful. And on top of that, some primer ran down to a section i didnt mask off, so that looks terrible as well. and it also seems the paint i bought isn't quite as "colour matched" as the manufacturer claims
so i basically have 2 questions:
1. what the hell did i do wrong?
2. how the hell do i fix it from here?
the one thing i forgot to buy was some of the finish stuff... so maybe if i head back to that car wash, spray it again close enough then this paint will come off and i'll get a second chance?? but im not really sure what to do
any help would be appreciated
cheers
dave