I took my car to the BMW a while ago and some young idiot tried to buff my trunk and destroyed the clear coat. I let it go on for some while, looked like crap and two weeks ago was going to a meeting and the potential client said "wow, whats wrong with your trunk?"
So I had enough and thought, I can do this myself, how hard can it be... its ONLY the trunk?!?
I'm now well over $200 in and need to go to the auto store tomorrow to buy yet more primer and paint to try and get this done before I have to leave to go out of town Thursday
Here is the cliff notes:
Bought rubbing compound, buffed, polished... looked like shitty crap
Stripped all paint off car... almost all of it. primed & painted. looked good but high spots stood out. After clear coat, looked like there was something under the paint.
Stripped it all again. re-primed and painted, now have orange peel because my paint gun is junking out.
Spent tonight wet sanding until my arms fell off, then sanded it down to the primer and going in the morning to prime and paint again.
Ugh