Tiny Cracks In My Paint!

[Robbo VS3]

Hi all, just given my car bonnet a cut and polish as the swirl marks were annoying me. Now what I found while polishing was that I have about 6 or 7 small patches of these little white spiderweb looking cracks, at least I think they are cracks. I had noticed them before i polished the car but after polishing they seem to stand out even more, and being a black car it is an ugly sight. If i run my fingernail over them it is still quite smooth but i can feel them compared to good parts of the bonnet. I was thinking it may have just been the clear coat and i could wet sand and polish it out, but the more i look at it im not so sure, do you think the cracks are under the clear coat and what are my options?
Any advice would be good. Cheers

 

[NU13]

Had them myself in a Subaru. Only way to fix it is to repaint that part of the paint.

 

[ryan101]

Looks like bird crap etching, only way to fix is a re spray

Could try a light wet sand to level it abit and re polish

 

[Deuce]

That clear is farkd. Leave it a bit longer and it will start flaking.
Blocking it back and re-clearing won't help.

I recommend sanding off the clear back to base coat, prime it, block it, paint it (COB)

 

[Robbo VS3]

Looks like bird crap etching, only way to fix is a re spray

Yeah thats exactly what it is, just did a bit more research and found some photos of other cars with the same thing. I wish the person that owned the car before me made a bit more of an effort to wash crap off the car.

 

[ari666]

that looks like paint crazing to me. topcoat and materials underneath are having arguments when it gets hot. bottom layer (probably a fine coat of bog) moves in a different way to the topcoat and it "crazes".

will only get worse, only fix is a rub/respray.

 

[EYY]

I agree with Ari, it looks like a previous repair. Towards the top left of the first pic it looks like the clear, or the paint beneath has fried up a bit

If you don't plan on getting it fixed straight away, it would probably be a good idea to leave it alone since the more you try and fix it the worse it'll get

 

[mpower]

My whole bonnet has this on the Clubby, good news is it's getting resprayed next week!

 

[NORTI]

roof on the Senator is like this, doesnt look like ever been in an accident, so perhaps bird crap is the reason on mine?

 

[ryan101]

Could be coz that's what bird crap does