You shouldn't put much pressure when rubbing or polishing. I assume you were applying by hand? You should try an electric buffer and a good polishing compound.

If it doesn't shine up, you may be able to get away with wet sanding the color and spraying a few DIY coats of clear from a rattle can. That is if the only problem is dullness, and not deep scratches and chips.

 

Claybar will pull contaminants out of the clear coat
I used Mothers California Gold claybar
Brought my Indy paint back to life when it was looking dull

Could paint it yourself with a roller.
Need to prep it properly, as VW described
Use a professional high density foam roller & thin the paint excessively. By using lots of thinner the roller marks level right out. Paint will be real weak so you need to put on like 8-10 coats. Wet sanding & buffing will make it shine & cost next to nothing.

Guy with a mint 68 Charger up here used Tremclad (same as Rustoleum) orange & cost about $50(Cdn) for whole car. Also did a couple Beetles as well as a Honda

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Can you post a pic of the hood? Chances are you can clean this up with the right cleaning compounds. Do you have any detailing shops near you? If so why not stop in and get there opinion. Also check out this site and do some reading www.detailingbliss.com/forum/ it's a great place to get help with your paint.

 

i think i have like 20bucks in my roof and hood


https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...-and-pics.html
check out the thread^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

I wanted to get my roof repainted. It had a bunch of large chips and part of it was down to the primer. Both of my quotes were over $1000. I decided to save the money, paint it myself for $10, and make my truck higher so no one can see the roof.

 

EXCELLENT plan!!!

 

I haven't tried an electric buffer....... yet......

 

So if it costs 866 bucks to paint a hood then how much does it cost to paint the whole truck??

 

ya really...........

call your junkyard for hoods of the same color

 

Being so surprised about the quote......I asked that question can you believe 4-5 thousand dollars......????

Tomorrow morning I plan to try to use rubbing compound again.... and if that doesn't work I will have to live with a "cloudy" hood.....