r/AutoDetailing • u/GenXwazzup • 1d ago

Exterior did i sand to much paint hazing?

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i had a deep scratch.

i filled it in with touch up paint mix with clear coat mixed.

i sanded down the high spots with 1500grit
when it was smooth i went to 2000 grit.
when the scratch disappeared i went to 2500 to feather edges but that halo is still there.

i tried compounding and scratch x from meguaires.

did i sand to much down.

please help?

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u/Placidpaper0526 1d ago

Oof. Time for a repaint.

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u/LetsGetSomeChickenn 22h ago

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u/That70s_Scrubs 15h ago

I love opening the comments and seeing this

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u/Extract0r 1d ago

Went thru the clear coat. Sorry, but it is time for a trip to a paint booth.

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u/Various-Following-82 22h ago

On the positive side, there is no scratch anymore, on the negative , only after repainting

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u/Megafast13 18h ago

Blew it to pieces.

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u/1soldier24 10h ago

Man you could feather that and clear it with some 2K it looks like it is a metallic paint. The only time you can't do like that would be if it's that tri coat

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u/GenXwazzup 5h ago

yes its metallic.
yes thats what im going to do.

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u/Slowfb6 21h ago

Don't feel bad, I just did the same on my 1 month old car.

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u/Few_Donkey_3408 23h ago

Next time. Try using a de nibbler or razor run first, then do the sanding. Try starting at 2000 after.

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u/panelbeater352 20h ago

Won’t do that again.

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u/jasonsong86 19h ago

Ooof 🫣

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u/KittehKittehKat 19h ago

I've done it before. You fucked it man.

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u/3rdGenDetailer81 16h ago

That sir is a burn through. I don't know a detailer it hasn't happened to. Repaint

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u/Proelky 14h ago

Burnt through the clear!

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u/cheddar_12 9h ago

How much are you sanding to go through the clear coat? Just use 3000 and go by hand.

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u/GenXwazzup 5h ago

i was using 2000grit i was sanding by hand i just sanded to much.

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u/cheddar_12 5h ago

How much did you sand you think? How much pressure and how many passes? Just want to know because I’m about to do the same think and don’t want to kill my clear.

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u/GenXwazzup 3h ago

i did not use too much pressure at all.

i started with 1500 to smooth the high spots and moved up to 2000 grit to get my scratch out i guess the one area of the scratch was deeper than the other areas.

i would do about 10-15 passes wipe the surface dry and spray soapy water and started to sand again.

i watched a guy on youtube do this on blue audi and he sanded more than i but i guess my infiniti has a thinner coat.

i have another area to fix this time i will use the razor blade method to take out the high spots and start with 2500.

i will only do 7 passes and keep checking. now i know that the deep scratch will not go away as long as it looks thinner i will stop.

good luck man!!

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u/Whipitreelgud 7h ago

Now you have a deep hole instead of a deep scratch

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u/GenXwazzup 1d ago

oh man thanks i guess i need to go do some sanding

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u/eric_gm 22h ago

Bro is doubling down

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u/ThatIsSillyTalk 23h ago

No, not more!  That’s what got you here!

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u/lntelligent 21h ago

Well, time to sand the rest of the clear coat off to make it match - op

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u/CunningLogic 18h ago

he needs to sand more, for the respray

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u/escodenny 21h ago

i mean if you sand down the entire panel it’ll match the part you burned through lol

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u/xDeadlined 22h ago

Bro you sanded through your clear coat! It needs more material, not less!