The surface you’re looking at was painted about 7 years ago. The finish was excellent all around when the car was completed back then.
Over time, welting has appeared in varying degrees in limited areas. The front hood has it the worst. The rear hood comes in second place. The rear fender flairs come in third.
Front fenders as well as the doors and remaining parts have
absolutely none of this. All these parts look excellent.
For the painting 7 years ago, I replaced the front hood with a good condition used one because it was less costly doing so as compared to dealing with the dings and rust presented by the onboard hood. Based on the original appearance of the dampening and paint on the inside of the replacement hood, I have to rule out that hood having been in a fire. The fact that "the plague" is occurring on the car's existing metal areas
and on the replaced metal... this might suggest something.
I'm not a paint & body expert so when I had the car painted last, I had to leave it to them to decide how to do it. The shop came with a good friend's recommendation, they do all kinds of vehicles from new to classic, and I looked over the cars in-house before proceeding --- everything suggested a quality shop.
I’ve spoken with the same manager now as I dealt with years ago to see about getting this situation corrected. (Why not give them a chance to make it right.)
They’ll get the front hood as a test.
Before delivering the hood…
I’d like to know what I’m dealing with and if you have any recommendations.
(The body shop suggested I replace the hood. Not happening again because… while that might solve the hood problem, there’s still the issue of the rear hood and rear fenders --- the point of doing the front hood is to see if they can correct the problem. If so, they can treat the other parts to the same procedure.)
Various views from front hood:
