orange peel = :( PAINTERS plz read
05-11-2010, 06:48 PM
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orange peel = :( PAINTERS plz read
had some girl back into my front fender a while back causing some chipping and major creasing.
so i sent it to be fixed at a authorized Mercedes body shop (insurance is paying) thinking id be getting a trouble free A++ job
(hey my car is just aspen white, should have been a breeze for these guys since they are use to crazy metalics and flakes)
WRONG!
went to pick up the car and the paint is majorly orange peeled WTF!
so after pointing it out and showing them how hideous it looks that half the car is textured they said they will get it fixed and it should be ready tomorrow
question:
is it easy to fix this? so easy it should be GTG in 24hrs???? or should i be skeptical and demand they repaint it correctly??
so i sent it to be fixed at a authorized Mercedes body shop (insurance is paying) thinking id be getting a trouble free A++ job
(hey my car is just aspen white, should have been a breeze for these guys since they are use to crazy metalics and flakes)
WRONG!
went to pick up the car and the paint is majorly orange peeled WTF!
so after pointing it out and showing them how hideous it looks that half the car is textured they said they will get it fixed and it should be ready tomorrowquestion:
is it easy to fix this? so easy it should be GTG in 24hrs???? or should i be skeptical and demand they repaint it correctly??
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05-12-2010, 08:25 AM
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Orange peel is usually a sign of poor prep work, or unfavorable conditions when painting and/or drying of the paint. How much time it takes to fix depends on how deep the peel goes. If it is very light, then refer to ^^
05-12-2010, 02:29 PM
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What Choku Dori said. Wet sand and you will be good to go since it was just painted.
Also, my guess is that a place that someone would take a MB S-class for body/paint work could have easily given back a flawless paint job, but given that most new Subarus have orange peel from the factory (read: ****ty Subaru paint), they probably knocked it out quick and charged the insurance enough to make a nicer profit rather than spending a quality amount of time for prepping the body for paint.
Also, my guess is that a place that someone would take a MB S-class for body/paint work could have easily given back a flawless paint job, but given that most new Subarus have orange peel from the factory (read: ****ty Subaru paint), they probably knocked it out quick and charged the insurance enough to make a nicer profit rather than spending a quality amount of time for prepping the body for paint.
05-12-2010, 04:27 PM
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What Choku Dori said. Wet sand and you will be good to go since it was just painted.
Also, my guess is that a place that someone would take a MB S-class for body/paint work could have easily given back a flawless paint job, but given that most new Subarus have orange peel from the factory (read: ****ty Subaru paint), they probably knocked it out quick and charged the insurance enough to make a nicer profit rather than spending a quality amount of time for prepping the body for paint.
Also, my guess is that a place that someone would take a MB S-class for body/paint work could have easily given back a flawless paint job, but given that most new Subarus have orange peel from the factory (read: ****ty Subaru paint), they probably knocked it out quick and charged the insurance enough to make a nicer profit rather than spending a quality amount of time for prepping the body for paint.
but here i am
im sure they were like... "the guy in the stupid subaru is complaining about his repair... "
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05-12-2010, 04:59 PM
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Also, my guess is that a place that someone would take a MB S-class for body/paint work could have easily given back a flawless paint job, but given that most new Subarus have orange peel from the factory (read: ****ty Subaru paint), they probably knocked it out quick and charged the insurance enough to make a nicer profit rather than spending a quality amount of time for prepping the body for paint.
It's a fine line
05-12-2010, 07:18 PM
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Yeah, the ironic thing sometimes is that a car comes with orange peel from the factory, and when a shop color sands and buffs the hell out of the repair it made, it ends up looking nicer than stock and makes the undamaged parts of the car look like crap
It's a fine line
It's a fine line
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