Looks like "fish scales" on my passenger side door, used new Griot's clay towel a couple weeks ago...connection???

[Klasse Act]

Yeah, I've been on here for almost 5 years but check this out. So I bought both of the new Griot's clay towels over the Christmas sale, the fine and medium grade ones, but tried out the fine grade right out of the box. Now I did the entire car, used pre-soak RW for lube and didn't notice any issues...till this weekend, a couple weeks later when I was drying off my car from exiting a touch-free wash. I saw what appeared to be "fish scales" in the paint but only on the passenger door. I'm thinking I didn't use enough lube on the p/s door but what is the "technical" term for this? I thought it was weird that it didn't happen to the rest of the car but I'm happy about that, LOL!

I plan on polishing this out using Black Light to start as I had very good luck using it to remove some mystery marks that appears on my rear bumper (not the same as the door) and BL knocked it out without a sweat (GG6 set to #4 and orange GG pad)

Thanks in advance :props:

[Setec Astronomy]

Are they Swedish fish scales? I'll reserve judgment until you post a picture.

[The Guz]

Did you break it in on the glass prior to using it on paint?

[WillSports3]

Those fish scales are basically an exact copy of the texture of your clay towels. It could be from the fact that you used a rw mixture to do it since technically claylube has to be more concentrated. It's not a big deal, I've gotten it on my cars if I don't use a slick enough mixture as lube. Those can be hand rubbed off very easily with a finishing polish.

[kevincwelch]

Probably the towel, Roger. This happened to me last year when I slapped a nanoskin pad on my Rupes, lubed up my hood and went to town before breaking in the pad on my windows.

Gads...

Anyway, it got corrected when I hit the hood with SF3500...Or SF4000...Whatever it was back then.

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[Klasse Act]

Thanks guys, I guess I didn't spray enough on that door. I think Echo is going to be what I use when I decide to RW and clay my paint together because that stuff is concentrated!

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[FUNX650]

Did you break it in on the glass
prior to using it on paint?
Yes...This is a key step!

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9sct6gYLzxY


Bob

[Mantilgh]

It sounds like light marring on orange peel.

Maybe it was a lube issue if the door was done in the middle of the process.

[Mantilgh]

And then there's the theory/rule that you should plan on a light polishing step if you are claying.

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Marring from the clay towel. Should polish out easily. Always break in the clay towels on glass first.

[RaskyR1]

Marring from the clay towel. Should polish out easily. Always break in the clay towels on glass first.

^^^This

Marring on the high points of the paint from the towel. I've been using the Griot's towels for a while now as well as the original Nanoskin ones. I've found the Nanoskin Glide to be one of the best lubes for them and I never have any marring issues. The same cannot be said for other clay lubes I've tried with the prep towels.

[Klasse Act]

From now on I'm going to first, break them in on glass but even before that I think I need to take one in the shower and rub on the tiles a couple times before first (is there such a thing, LOL!) Next I need to have a designated clay lube, i.e. WW made with a stronger dilution rate. I know this is "closing the barndoor after the horse runs out" but its going to happen. I mean, I never had this issue with my speedy prep towel or my Nanoskin and I honestly can't remember how I broke those in but I bet I did it properly on those.

I"m thankful for everyone's help in the matter and I'm sure some noob saw this and benefited, so atleast something good came out of it.

[Klasse Act]

After I washed my car last night I used some DG #501 on the doors to remove the scales, by hand and it took care o it, no problem. It was pretty cool down there to apply a product to the car so after I applied and removed it I sprayed with pre-soak and dried it to even out the look.