Need Your Opinion / Input...Did they do good?

[PolishPete]

I'll get some pics up tonight when I get to my digital camera, but for now, hopefully the explanation will do.

So where I work, we have some body shops that work with us...and they offer to clean our cars when they're slow. The manager asked if they could detail the Audi, and I was very hesitant, but figured it could use a wax job before winter, and it would save me some time.

They returned the car, and it looked like someone sat on a buffer and rode all over the car. It was clean but had crazy swirl marks all over it. Straight swirl marks. They came back and I told them it didn't look good, they agreed, and picked it up today to fix it. I was hesitant to have them fix it, but figured I had the manager talk to them to make sure they knew what they were doing, and agree they could fix it.

I get it back today, and she is clean and smooth as class. Feels weird touching it with my nail almost its so smooth. But, the reflection is a bit different. It reflects "squiqly"...like orange peel almost. Like a straight line of a building reflection, looks like S's. Its not straight. Is this good, or bad, or what. I'm a noob when it comes to detailing, so any help is much appreciated.

[got boost.]

buffer trails FTL

shouldve let someone else touch it after they messed up the first time.

[got boost.]

does it look like this by any chance?

[PolishPete]

Thanks for the replies.

No, it doesn't look like the ghosting anymore. It did before they "fixed" it, there was crazy ghosting like that, but not anymore. Its clear deep black...just not like glass...like scaling, but clear. Its weird. I'll try to get some pics up.

[tamadrumr88]

If they agreed that it didn't look good, why did they even give it back the first time?

Then you gave it back? Lol I wouldn't let those guys anywhere near the car a second time

[fusionx]

haha pics would be a ton helpful

[lookaught]

Thanks for the replies.

No, it doesn't look like the ghosting anymore. It did before they "fixed" it, there was crazy ghosting like that, but not anymore. Its clear deep black...just not like glass...like scaling, but clear. Its weird. I'll try to get some pics up.

sooo is it just the orange peel that is distorting the reflection? It sounds like the buffer trails are gone, I dont understand what you mean when you described the problem.

[PolishPete]

Ok, here's some pics. The buffer trails are gone...yes. The car looks great when you're walking up to it...but the reflection is not crisp...like the line of stuff in the reflection aren't strait. Looks like orange peel or fish scales. Maybe this is normal...I don't know, but I don't think so.

[PolishPete]

Do you see how its kinda wavy? Like in the last pic, the TL in the reflection looks like you're looking through drunk goggles.

[Dowskeet]

Looks like good ol factory orange peel to me.

[swaigo]

use a higher polish

[got boost.]

use a higher polish

thats a negative

a stronger polish wont take away orange peel. you need to wetsand the paint in order to level the orange peel.

to the OP i thought you already knew how orange peel looks..

[Twista616]

Yep, its good old factory orange peel. You have nothing to worry about from the looks of it. Pull it out and take some sun pictures, thats where the real truth comes out. That orange peel was always there...it is now just enhanced due to the polishing and wax application.

[Poopie]

looks like they did a good job to me.

[PolishPete]

Ok, thanks guys.

Seems like they just did so good of a job they show off the bad Audi paint? Too bad. Front the factory I had some of those buffer trails, enhanced X 100 with the detail + added crazy swirls...now she's slick as glass, but I see that orange peel.

Oh well. She looks good when you're just looking at her, just the reflection from up close isn't crisp.

Looks like there's nothing I can do about it.

Thanks again for the input.