Urgent Micro marring / hologram *Whatever this is*

[AutowerxDetailing]

I think the main thing to determine is if this is marring from the MF towels or really bad holograms. Have you tried doing a test spot on the paint wiping a certain direction to see if your towels are marring? This will give you a definitive answer without pursuing more aggressive compounding steps chasing after holograms that aren't holograms.

Looking forward to how this turns out. GOOD LUCK!

[D_Nyholm]

I think the main thing to determine is if this is marring from the MF towels or really bad holograms. Have you tried doing a test spot on the paint wiping a certain direction to see if your towels are marring? This will give you a definitive answer without pursuing more aggressive compounding steps chasing after holograms that aren't holograms.

Looking forward to how this turns out. GOOD LUCK!

Yes! You need to narrow down what is doing it instead of throwing a bunch of product at it!

Is it marring that has not been removed by the heavy polishing steps? You will need to repolish and then use a final polish.

If it is towel marks, you will usually only have to redo the final polishing steps and use different towels.

Figure out what it is first then work on fixing it. It is hard to tell from the pics, but it does look like the heavy polishing was not broken down enough and the final polish is not strong enough to remove the marring left behind.

[RPPM]

I would try a cleaner wax like ColorX on a black pad, speed 2-3, light pressure, 2 passes. There is a post on MOL about marring and very soft paint. 205 was too much, ColorX took it right out.

[fenderpicks]

Okay a small UPDATE

I just used Sonax PF with BLACK Pad 3-4 Speed on rupes 15
Wiped with the Adam single soft towel.
These hologram like marring is still there, but now im pretty sure it is not towel marks.....

[fenderpicks]

[swanicyouth]

Consider trying a paint cleaner on a soft pad with no abrasives, like P21S, on slower speed. Assuming the paint is very soft, you will only be getting the cut of the soft pad (minimal) and that should
be enough to clean up the marring. Add a spritz of DI water to make it a tad more aggressive.

[fenderpicks]

I also tried the following just now....

LC CCS Black Pad w/ Pinnacle paint cleansing lotion.
LC CCS Black Pad w/ M205

Still there.... but as it seems the M205 made improvement.... over the other combos

[RPPM]

Check out MOL, the challenge of delicate paint. Mike Stoops has a post on how, why and what cleaned it up...

[D_Nyholm]

After getting the replies to this thread, I was thinking about the 05 hyper blue mini cooper s that I owned. Granted it was much older and a different color paint, but that paint was very very hard. I could hit it with really aggressive pad and compound combos and not have much or any marring left behind. It was easy to finish up with SIP and a white pad and it looked great. I am wondering if this is just that the marring left behind from the first polishing step isn't being removed with the light combos that you are using. Those more recent pics look like buffer trails. I could see that they are buffer trails from the first step and they just aren't being removed with the second step. I personally think it might need a first heavy step again with care taken to finish that step carefully and make sure the polish breaks down.

[D_Nyholm]

Do you have any orange CCS or flat pads to try with the 105 and then follow with orange or white and 205?