Steven Bell

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Guys,

Today a guy came over to touch up some of the clearcoat finish on the nose of my Type S that had come off. He did a beautiful job blending the paint-it looks great! However, when I ran my hand over the rest of the car, the finish is not as smooth as it usually is. I've got a feeling it is paint overspray from the touchup job.

I tried some Zaino Z-6 Quick Detail on it and it did nothing to bring back the "smooth to the touch" feel.

So what should I do? Do I need to claybar and re-wax and polish to get my car's finish back to where it was?

exceldetail

Steve, if the rough area is on an area he painted, let it go for a while! You wouldnt think you would want to take a clay bar to a recent paint job......

Steven Bell

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Actually Patrick, I'm talking about the rest of the car. I'm not going to touch the nose for about 3 months, but the rest of the entire car is what I'm asking about. What do you suggest?

PortlandRL

I had a same-day bumper repair guy touch up my Santa Fe when I worked for the local Audi dealer. Even though he masked off the entire rear of the car, it was a windy day, the bumper is gray and the car is silver. You do the math.

Long story short I got home and there were tiny gray specks over every part of my car and boy could you feel them! I had to clay the entire thing (minus the part that had just been painted). I suggest you do the same. G'luck!

conan777

I would try the clay first depending on what you have. Some claybars are better than others at removing overspray. If your clay is too mild you may need to try a solvent that will easily remove the overspray. I have some but the name escapes me at the moment. If the clay doesn't work let me know and i'll try to find out the name of the solvent you can use.

Steven Bell

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Thanks guys...I appreciate it. I'll try to give it a clay job. I've got Zaino claybars, so I'm not sure of what grade they are. Conan, if you have a chance sometime, please check out the name of that solvent-just to be on the safe side.

exceldetail

Wonder if its prepsol?

conan777

did the clay work?

97BlackAckCL

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def try the clay if you haven't already

conan777

I have some stuff called XZOOM that works pretty good. Clay still sounds like your best bet as long as it is aggressive enough. The downside is that you may need to polish afterward if the clay marrs the paint.

here is xzoom
http://www.wowbrandproductsdotcom/products/xzoom.php

Steven Bell

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^^^I'm taking the day off Thursday and I'm going to give it (the claybar) a try.

Steven Bell

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I claybarred the Type S today and put on a coat of Z-5 from Zaino and it seems to be back to normal.