Paint issue anyone seen anthing like this

looks like blisters. touch up before you purchased? H

 

The hood is made of aluminum. It is likely that the original paint was chipped due to impact with road debris, and the hood surface had been repainted without proper preparation.

The fix would be to sand off the paint down to primer, then respray the color and clear coats.

 

Interesting to hear hood is aluminum...

To the OP...good luck with that

 

Improper repairs..it will get worse. Looks like the shop did not prep the surface prior to painting.

Lots of dealerships use "lot lizards" to cheaply fix imperfections prior to selling.

Good luck. Talk to a shop, to strip, prep and paint the hood can be done..negotiate.

SCH-I605 ? 2

 

Will not need to blend the bumper. Bumper is plastic and usually does not totally match the sheet metal anyway. (Look, closely and I bet there is a slight difference).

No grill paint for same reason.

At times, depending on the color, they will blend into both fenders for a color match.

Samsung Note 2 ?

 

Painting should match pretty close. You didn't notice it last time.

Typically they paint up to the seams where possible. That's a natural eye (and paint) transition point that will allow for very slight color differences that you will never see. I your case the hood has great seams all the way around.

Post pics of the result.

 

wjtracy,

I'm not trying to insult you or be condescending, but have you owned your '06 Prius since you became a member here back in 2006? It's a very light hood that I can lift with my little finger. A hood made of "normal" steel sheet metal would weigh way more. Maybe you just haven't lifted your hood that much to notice it. Are you aware that the rear hatch is aluminum too? It won't hold any magnetic signs where most people put them, so I had to put the few that I have on the rear quarter panels.

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

 

The hood requires a different primer and prep than basic auto sheet metal since its aluminum. If not done properly it does exactly what your car looks like.

They can match the hood paint really close using a spectrophotometer which tells the painter how to blend the paint to match the fade of the paint. Spectro's are used widely today in most high end paint shops.

It does not work on the plastic bumper's though as plastic cures different than metal. A good paint shop should be able to match the color of the hood really closely. The bumper if ever need to be repainted will be a pretty bad color mismatch.