Dry spots on my hood.

[pirex]

Hello! I got a little problem on my hood. The car is a black Audi A8, with no clear coat. After I used the xmt #4 with a orange ccs pad, xmt #1 with a white pad, then xmw glaze and sig series 2 wax. The day after the dry spots was there. Not before :(

I then tried optimum compund and pinnacle advanced finishing polish and souveran on the top. The dry spots is back again :confused:

I will get my menzerna tomorrow, so I will try the ff106 on the hood, and hope that will fix it.

Somebody who have a clue what it is? :o

[pirex]

no pics, but can try to take later. Its hard to see the spots, most see it in a special angle--

[P1et]

That's odd. Perhaps some product that wasn't removed all the way? Maybe your paint is getting thin in that spot?

[supercharged]

Need to see some pics first.

[pirex]

Going out to wash it now, try to take pics then ;)

[pirex]

Took some pictures now, not from the hood, but from the side of the car. Its the same on the hood. I belive its for jusing to hard pads, and not going over with a lighter pad, and lighter polish. I think its menzerna time. Some ideas?

Pics:

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[blkyukon]

That looks like typical hazing from either an aggressive product, pad or not breaking down the polish completely. A finishing polish with a polishing pad should clear it up.


Try working the polish in smaller area - no more then 2x2 area -

To make sure you are breaking down the polish completely try this:

Under good lighting conditions, preferably halogens:

* apply the polish to the pad and spread on the panel (~ a 2x2 area)
* using little pressure and speed 4.5 - 5 work the polish in.
* At each change in the polish remove a section and see how the paint looks
* repeat at each change until very little or no hazing is present (this will very depending on the abrasiveness of the polish).

The reason for speed 4.5-5 and little pressure is, it goes through the stages slower so you can determine when the polish is broken down without under or over working it. Now you know what it looks like when it's broken down you can increase the speed, pressure, etc. to get the job done.

[pirex]

Thanks for the tips blkyukon ;) I belive you have right. But its strange this is the only car its has happend to. I have detailed about 10 cars the last weeks, but not any of them got this. I went over with pinnacle finishing pad after compundig. Got to try it tomorrow. Thanks again :D

[supercharged]

Looks like swirls/hazing to me...

[blkyukon]

Thanks for the blkyukonblkyukonbelive;)I belive you have right. But its strange this is the only happend has happend to. I have detailed about 10 cars the last weeks, but not any of them got this. I went over with pinnacle finishincompundiger compundig. Got to try it tomorrow. Thanks again :D
There could be a lot of reasons why you didn't get hazing or see it in the other cars...
colors - It hard, sometimes impossible to see light hazing in lighter and metallic colors
lighting - even in direct sunlight, the slightest haze or cloud covering can filtered and not show you all the imperfections.
Temp - different temp/humidity can change the work time of a polish (this is why it's important to go by the look of the polish and not just on the time)


Practice with the polish you have (under good lighting) to know exactly how it works.....by doing this you'll get the best results with minimal hazing.