sucks man, i def know the feeling, plus BB is a soft soft paint

 

ironically, the other day i was moving furniture into my place and didn't realize my house keys were sticking out my pocket and somehow scratched up the wooden front door of my condo. (it looked really fucked up and i was all panicked when i saw it.)

so, once i had a chance i took a baby wipe and started wiping it off- initially it didn't do much, but as i slowly applied more pressure the scratch started disappearing b4 my eyes. (i couldn't believe it.) and even tho there's still some minor indentation where the scratch was, u really can't see any traces of the marking any more. i was really relieved and amazed at the same time. but, the more i examined the paint used on my door, the more i realized that it was a really good quality heavy duty paint job. maybe wood is more scratch proof? i dunno how this could be...

but, immediately my thought was... NOW WHY THE F CAN'T THEY DO AUTOBODY PAINT LIKE THAT?!!! GOD DAMNIT.

:ROFL: oh well, car manufacturers are cheap skates i guess.

 

According to Mom, in the bad old days some cars had paint was actually a glass that was baked onto the metal. It was put on as a kind of ground glass paste and cooked on in a big furnace. You could crack it if it took a hard blow, but it would not scratch unless you used a quartz crystal or a diamond ring. Took a great waxing. You could run a cheap spray paint over it without too much sanding, or even bake on more glass. Composites were a whole new game - supposedly the paint is still 'alive' in that it is supposed to be slightly tacky and reseal itself, and move with the plastic as it ripples and changes with heat. I don't think that has been even come close to being perfected. I heard that they were developing some anti-radar paints for planes and someone even tried it on their car but it gave it kind of an ugly flat muddy look and glass windows and edges would still appear and disappear on a radar, sort of like sunlight bouncing off a chrome bumper. Did not stop base police from catching them for speeding

 

sounds familiar... mine was hit with an egg 2 years ago and the damage is still there... bastards

 

Really sorry about that dude, I hope your 8 is back to perfect soon

 

Maybe glass flakes instead of metal flakes for bling-bling. The heat(still used) is used for faster drying & to help the paint flow, maybe 120F-140F any more..........Get the picture? Or powder coating may be what your mom is talking about. But never heard of anyone doing their whole car.