welp… something is still wrong.
still have large deep scratches spider webbing on the panel I tested on yesterday... car looks good in low light, but once sunlight hits it or flashlight... all these scratches show up.
heres the section I tested on using the chemical guys line. (also tested in front of the wheel well with the meguiars line)
Results in brighter light vs lower light:
Now the scratches:
if you look in the reflection in the garage door opening on the right side you will see some significant scratches running diagonally...these scratches show up a lot through out the panel in all directions.
This is a pic of one of several DEEP scratches... theyre tricky to get on camera.
these scratches look way deeper than 1500. so where are they coming from? as far as im aware the paint will cover 600 scratches and that's what I sand with. after painting I started with 1500. do I need to go all the way back down to primer?
--edit--
just had a thought.. could the brand of sandpaper be the issue...I know different brands are better than others but could the lower quality brands REALISTICALLY cause this bad of scratches? I used the brand eastwood sells on the primer. but bought this cheaper stuff for the higher grits/wet color sanding;
https://www.amazon.com/Sandpaper-Assort ... =sandpaper mostly because it came in a set with all the grits I needed.