hey guys! need some help u experts! i have a question thats not strictly related to detailing but still, im sure ppl here wud be helpful.
Recently, i got both bumpers and rear wheel arches of my car painted. its been less then a month. The painter has very gud reputation n works on usually on upper class cars, which means people would trust him. so i trusted him too. the paint job took around 2 days, i sat in the workshop all the time which would total nearly 15hrs. paint was done, quality seemed to be good other then at a few nooks n corners but was acceptable. after almost a week, the bumpers n arches were compounded.
Now, just 2 days ago, i spotted something on the rear bumper that made me extremely annoyed n angry! something hit the bumper from the lowest point, it must ve been a small, edgy thing, i dont know what, and it scratches the paint. well thats not what made me angry bcuz i know my car cannot stay scratchless for more then a few weeks at best. the annoying part was that far away from the point of contact, almost 1ft up towards the bootlid, a lot of paint chipped n cracked. almost 4x3" area is completely gone. nothing hit there although the bumper may have bent a little bit due to the contact with sum object but that cant be much. only a little bit of flex shouldnt chip off the paint so easily. what could be the reason? did the painter use any bad quality material or what?
the process he did was this.
Sanding the paint on bumpers to make them smoother, then applying putty on the scratches or irregularities to fill them, again lot n lot of sand paper (very high grade), then astar (base coat may be?) sprayed on to all of the to-be-painted surface, then sanding again, then 3 coats of paint with 5-10min break between each, then clear coat 3 coats n few days later, compound polish...
please tell me what could be wrong as i ll visit the jerk n ask him to fix the paint for me...
