Afraid to marr paint!

[Jersey John]

Use lots of lube and you wont have any issue with marring because the bar isn't insanely aggressive. If you're trying to strip off old wax so you can put something else on then use some dish soap to clean the car carefully. Note: Never do this unless you're trying to strip off an old wax otherwise you run the risk of damaging your car. Clays purpose is not to get rid of wax but rather all the other contaminants that embed themselves in the paint.

[Mulletman44]

What polish would you recommend for the circumstances?

[Jersey John]

What polish would you recommend for the circumstances?

You'll get a lot of different responses on this, but any polish is gonna suck to use without a machine. I'd recommend using Meguiar's Ultimate Polish bc no matter your experience level you can't really screw that up.

[Mulletman44]

I believe that is the polish I have. I washed and then clayed a test spot where there was a lot of over spray it got all the overspray off and left it very smooth but did marr the paint quite a bit.. Maybe because of all the over spray I don't know but something has got onto my paint leaving it VERY rough.. Just recently so too so I guess I will be saving up for a DA probably the GG6, and then I will clay the whole truck.

[Mulletman44]

And I also tried the polish there and it didn't help much at all but I may be doing something wrong.

[ihaveacamaro]

I believe that is the polish I have. I washed and then clayed a test spot where there was a lot of over spray it got all the overspray off and left it very smooth but did marr the paint quite a bit.. Maybe because of all the over spray I don't know but something has got onto my paint leaving it VERY rough.. Just recently so too so I guess I will be saving up for a DA probably the GG6, and then I will clay the whole truck.

Good first machine, if I had to do it over again, that's where I would start too!

And I also tried the polish there and it didn't help much at all but I may be doing something wrong.

You're probably not doing anything wrong, it could just be that you need a machine to correct the paint. Some paints are like that.

[Jersey John]

I believe that is the polish I have. I washed and then clayed a test spot where there was a lot of over spray it got all the overspray off and left it very smooth but did marr the paint quite a bit.. Maybe because of all the over spray I don't know but something has got onto my paint leaving it VERY rough.. Just recently so too so I guess I will be saving up for a DA probably the GG6, and then I will clay the whole truck.

How much lube were you using because you shouldn't have horrible marring.

[Jersey John]

And I also tried the polish there and it didn't help much at all but I may be doing something wrong.

When applying polish by hand it can have no effect because its done by hand. Think about it, your hand, no matter how strong you are, can't move as fast as a machine. There are certain abrasives in polish and it takes the right amount of pressure, temperature, and speed to break them down so that they can give you the look you want to achieve. If they don't break down before the polish dries up you will just be left with a barely better looking car and a pain in the a$$ job of removing it from the car.

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Don't waste your time polishing by hand.

[Jersey John]

Don't waste your time polishing by hand.

I tried hand polishing but it just doesn't work.