Glennster, need your help

IHMANKY

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Wife's '05 pathfinder is giving me fits. Last week, had a thin layer of ice fall. Later in the day after the ice melted, the good of that Pathfinder looked like cracked ice all over. Still does. It appears to be scratched up all over the hood just like strained ice. If its coincidence so be it, but it was fine before. I wonder if the dealer we bought it from 2 years ago had done some sort of cosmetic deal. Is there a product I can put on this hood and run a light buffer over and disguise it again for any length of time?
 
hard to say what was put on the hood by the dealer. generally, a urethane clear will not spider crack. old lacquer clears could do that. i would try buffing with a fine compound like 3, finesse-it and see what happens. if the cracks/scratches are not that deep, you may be able to get them out.
 
i would not wet sand first, hitting with the buffer would be the safest. its the least intrusive in case it is some type of chemical or calcium that was in the ice when it melted. it could have been something the dealer sprayed on the hood too, if there was a minor repair done to it before it was sold on the lot.
 
I know you didn't ask my advice so won't give it but will give an opinion on the cause because I've seen it happen before. Used and sometimes even new car dealers will send their small fix-it-up jobs out to the cheapest yo-yo in town to keep their need to sell price down to make their commission higher. I have seen this very thing happen because the yo-yo will spray anything he has lying around on there for clear or just laquer the thing without any clear because he's doing it so cheap in order to get the dealers work in the first place. I've seen it happen to brand new cars sold as new with no disclosure at all. Was managing a Mopar body shop and wouldn't lie to customer about cause of his 2 yr old hood flaking paint off. Sales was busted for a free-bee. Car sat in a lot by a building that had burned and skorched a bunch of new cars paint. Idiot re painted them. You know the rest. All doccumentation was right in the dealer file on car. Happens at every dealer. All the crooks are not just in the Whitehouse.
 

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