Having trouble with hard black paint

[ToroInu]

Just dilute it if you get panel wipe. I’ve moved to the gallon of Meguiar’s M122 surface prep for a panel.

Eraser is good as well.

Read somewhere that panel wipe might be too harsh on repainted surfaces. Since my bumper was recently repainted, I’ll just play it safe with Eraser.

[dlc95]

Yes the yellow are both finishing pads for each company.
Wouldn't it be crazy if it's your towels........

I know Griots blue edgeless are softer than Ron Jeremy after an arrest warrant

Hahahaha!!! Hedgehog..

[dlc95]

My opinion... Those scratches in the door appear to be fairly significant. Maybe caused by opening the door into a bush or something like that.

My take is that you have not been aggressive enough yet to remove them. If the finish was all swirled up and now you removed the superficial swirls the remaining scratches are more visually prominent because they are no longer camouflaged by the swirls.

I'd be going after those scratches with the most aggressive compound and pad that you have available until they are removed... Assuming they are removable... Only you can make that determination.

Then once the scratches are removed, polish the entire panel using your finishing products and pads.

I see that a lot at work. The other Detailer has a habit of running an aggressive combo that doesn't remove the defects, but leaves terrible da haze.

It's not fun working with him, mostly becaise he "knows everything".

[WaxMaster1]

I see that a lot at work. The other Detailer has a habit of running an aggressive combo that doesn't remove the defects, but leaves terrible da haze.

It's not fun working with him, mostly becaise he "knows everything".

Dan, sounds like the other detailer needs a "Rude Awakening"

[fly07sti]

@OP, as I’m reading your post I see you’re in SF. I’m in Alameda but am in SF almost every weekend to detail. I have a few MF’s if you’d like to try a few different options.

[Coatingsarecrack]

@OP, as I’m reading your post I see you’re in SF. I’m in Alameda but am in SF almost every weekend to detail. I have a few MF’s if you’d like to try a few different options.

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[dlc95]

Dan, sounds like the other detailer needs a "Rude Awakening"

Haha!

He does!

[ToroInu]

@OP, as I’m reading your post I see you’re in SF. I’m in Alameda but am in SF almost every weekend to detail. I have a few MF’s if you’d like to try a few different options.

Appreciate the generosity! I pulled the trigger on some edgeless 300 in hopes it can work with coat leveling and polish removal. Now I’m waiting for a few more things to come in before starting the project.

I’ll defeinitely give you a PM if I ever feel like I want to check out some MF towels!

[psnt1ol]

Appreciate the generosity! I pulled the trigger on some edgeless 300 in hopes it can work with coat leveling and polish removal. Now I’m waiting for a few more things to come in before starting the project.

I’ll defeinitely give you a PM if I ever feel like I want to check out some MF towels!

There are several of us who are in the bay area. Years ago .... we met up and actually had a mini detail fest. We all brought our own tools and products to work on a project car. Everyone gets to try out the many different tools, pads, and liquids. It was lots of fun.


It would be great if we can do that again someday...

BTW... I feel your pain on soft german paint. I had a jet black 3 series that was that way. Out of that experience, I since have various dedicated polish removal, final wipe, and coating removal towels. I also want to say that some finicky paint systems simply dont like certain actions of the polishers. I ran in to situations where I couldn't finish down with a long stroke or a gear driven DA and had to use a rotary to do it.

[ToroInu]

There are several of us who are in the bay area. Years ago .... we met up and actually had a mini detail fest. We all brought our own tools and products to work on a project car. Everyone gets to try out the many different tools, pads, and liquids. It was lots of fun.


It would be great if we can do that again someday...

BTW... I feel your pain on soft german paint. I had a jet black 3 series that was that way. Out of that experience, I since have various dedicated polish removal, final wipe, and coating removal towels. I also want to say that some finicky paint systems simply dont like certain actions of the polishers. I ran in to situations where I couldn't finish down with a long stroke or a gear driven DA and had to use a rotary to do it.

That sounds pretty cool but times are different now. Hopefully things start going back to "normal" soon!

I've always thought Audis had hard paint so didn't think too much about towel marring. Now thinking back when I first corrected the car, Ultimate compound really did the job but it was just me having aggressive wipe off/Gyeon prep wipes caused marring. I should've known it was the MF towels when I realized the marring was moving after each pass. But to my newbie self, I thought it was the pads marring. When I finally got rid of the marring with the edgeless MF towels, I felt like I just won the lottery!

Now im just patiently waiting for my 5in and 3in pads to come from Autogeek and a non rainy day here in SF to get the project started.