Hello Everyone,

I have a some body/paint questions that are holding me up. So I had some deep scratches and a few dings in my hood from chips. The scratches I filled in with some touch up clear coat (nail polish type applicator). That filled in the scratch and created a small mound. I tried to keep brushing over it to make sure I smoothed out the mound to streak. I then cleaned the surface and did wet sanding on that area with 2000 grit paper. I smoothed out the mound and made sure I didn’t scratch/burn the rest of the area around it. I hit it with some maguer’s rubbing compound (that says clear coat safe) and I hit it with scratch x. I see a small dull area on the hood. How do I eliminate the faint 2000 grit markings that dulled part of the clear coat? The chips that went to medal were faintly sanded, cleaned, painted with rest stopper/rust paintable primer. After it dried I hit it with the touch up paint. After that dried I hit it with the clear coat. It filled in but when I sanded the mound down with 2000 grit, I have the same issue again with a slightly dull surface that’s noticeable at certain angles.

I’m thinking that maybe instead of the magiers rubbing compound. That I really need to find some cutting compound? I don’t know this part is uncharted territory. I saw something about a foam applicator, can you use cutting compound on a rag and just rub at it if you don’t have an adjustable speed buffer?