Chukkie
01-25-2012, 04:46 PM
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Well, I started my first attempt at polishing using Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, PC 7424XP, and an Orange CCS pad. The car is a 1997 Honda Civic. My test spot went well but when I moved onto my next section I noticed these scratches. The way they are distributed they look as if they were caused by the DA. So I tried a new orange pad with Wolfgangs Total Swirl Remover to see if it did the same thing. It did. I got to looking at the paint that I had not touched and thought maybe I could see those scratches hiding under the faded nastiness that the paint originally was but I can't be sure. That picture is taken from the bottom half of the hood. After seeing the same thing twice I tried a white pad and the Meguiars on the spoiler (completely different area of the car to see if maybe it had something to do with harder hit areas by debris). No such scratches appeared. Now that would seem to be good news but the pattern that the scratches have appeared in look like they were inflicted in a random circular pattern (da orbital anyone?)
I'm hoping some of you have seen this a thousand times by over eager individuals new to detailing and can help me eliminate an already existing problem or one just being uncovered by the polish.
Edit: Polisher on speed setting 6. Car was properly washed and clayed before beginning polish.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/Chukkie/IMAG0274.jpg
Well, I started my first attempt at polishing using Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, PC 7424XP, and an Orange CCS pad. The car is a 1997 Honda Civic. My test spot went well but when I moved onto my next section I noticed these scratches. The way they are distributed they look as if they were caused by the DA. So I tried a new orange pad with Wolfgangs Total Swirl Remover to see if it did the same thing. It did. I got to looking at the paint that I had not touched and thought maybe I could see those scratches hiding under the faded nastiness that the paint originally was but I can't be sure. That picture is taken from the bottom half of the hood. After seeing the same thing twice I tried a white pad and the Meguiars on the spoiler (completely different area of the car to see if maybe it had something to do with harder hit areas by debris). No such scratches appeared. Now that would seem to be good news but the pattern that the scratches have appeared in look like they were inflicted in a random circular pattern (da orbital anyone?)
I'm hoping some of you have seen this a thousand times by over eager individuals new to detailing and can help me eliminate an already existing problem or one just being uncovered by the polish.
Edit: Polisher on speed setting 6. Car was properly washed and clayed before beginning polish.