Gloss disappeared after wetsanding

[HelpfulRest7329]

Hi all, I have a Volkswagen Golf.
Someone dinged it and dented the paint and chipped off the paint (unfortunately I didn’t take a pic) in a car park.

I touched it up with Halfords touch up paint and wet sanded it down using 2000 grit and then 2500 grit sand paper to make it smooth (wasn’t applying too much pressure with it).

I then sprayed it with Halfords clear lacquer.
It now feels slightly different to the standard glossy bits on the paint.

Got the dent pulled out but when looking at the car from an angle in the sun you can see the shine has gone.

How can I get this shine back?
Have I taken off the clear coat?
I’ve been told by SMART repair companies that if they respray it, the paint might react.

[finlo]

You need to wet sand the new clear coat then polish that back up.

[Shanksy87]

Machine polish it to restore the gloss

[SteBrown91]

I get the feeling that leaving the original paint damage would have been a damn sight easier than all this faff for what will always be an average repair, no matter how you try to polish it.

[bosshog]

I tried doing the same on my family barge. I failed. The reason was it was slightly damp in the air when I sprayed the clear coat and this caused it to be slightly misty . No amount of machine polishing could bring it back to original.

Try machine polishing working your way down with the different compounds, but if that fails you’ll need to see a professional.

My 1 pence worth :-)

[stevemcs]

Are you using a DA or Rotary to polish and what level of cut for the compound/pads ? You probably need to go 3000/3500 grit, lots of water and keep the paper clean on a sanding block then refine.