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Re: Micro-marring on black paint
I don’t know if your Golf has hard paint but I’m guessing maybe it does and when you use a soft pad and 205 it might have just enough cut to scratch it but can’t correct the defects. Try a polishing pad instead of finishing pad and see if that helps.
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Re: Micro-marring on black paint
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Re: Micro-marring on black paint
M205 is honestly too aggressive for a lot of applications. What I would suggest is to mix M205 about 50/50 with distilled water then spritz it onto your pad. If it's still marring, then reduce the amount of M205 to 25/75 with distilled water. You can make M205 finish down quite nicely, but it involves playing around with the formula a bit. The other reason could be lack of power from your polisher or you're spinning at too high a speed and causing too much heat.
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Re: Micro-marring on black paint
Originally Posted by
Osnapman
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For the life of me I can't figure out why I'm getting micro-marring after polishing/compounding.
I have a 2013 VW Golf with black paint that has lots of swirl marks on it, so I decided to finally try and fix it. I bought a harbor freight DA polisher and compounding and polishing pads from there as well.
First I cleaned and decontaminated the car (claybar, two bucket method etc..) I then used a compounding pad with Turtle Wax Premium Polishing Compound. And I used Meguiars 205 to finish after compounding. (Everything I used is linked below) [/B]
My opinion....you don't have micro marring you just simply haven't fully corrected the paint successfully. Not blaming you or poking at you so please understand that. IMO I've not used a HF product or their pads, but my guess is that it's an entry level polisher and likely is a PIA to correct with. I'm a rotary and forced rotation detailer and use completely different products.
I've owned many German cars and will tell you the paint on the VW is tough. It's going to take more than just 205 to correct it. I've not used TW Compound either. My go-to for German cars is CarPro ClearCut and Essence as the polish. Since you're not using a forced rotation unit, jump to microfiber with ClearCut. It will finish out very nicely and the light haze and marring left will correct with a light cutting or medium polishing pad very nicely.
Unless you're using dirty pads, etc. I'm tossing a new opinion at you but it's one I'm pretty confident in. I do a lot of German Cars, especially black, and it's not uncommon for me to have customers who have tried and given up simply bring me the car to do. In fact it's quite common given my business is mainly driven from car forums and local enthusiast groups.
Good luck and hope to help more where I can.
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Re: Micro-marring on black paint
I do the exact opposite of TTQ, I work mostly long throw instead of rotary/forced rotation. I just find it smoother. Perhaps try M105 with some water spritzed onto the panel. It keeps the abrasives working for longer (prevents lubrication from drying up too quickly) and does give you better cut. Test spot the hood. See what results you get? TTQ is most likely correct, the paint is too hard for M205 to handle.
I personally find that perhaps something like Sonax would give you a better result? Sonax cutting liquids and finishing liquids are pretty top notch. They also seem to work well on German cars from what I've seen.
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