Abrasions...

[Mom2Boyz9600]

I had swirl marks and what looked like abrasions in a circular pattern. After much research on here and lots of help from all of you I did clay bar, polish, and wax and the car looks incredible. But, there still are a few of the abrasions, is this something that is deeper then the clay bar process gets to? If not does anyone have any suggestions I can do?

 

[nushine31223]

clay wont remove scratches in the first place

 

[vtec92civic]

you need to:



wash, clay, polish then wax.



Wax serves are a form of protection from the elements our cars endure. Depending on how bad the marks are you can probably use a mild to medium polish. If they appear to be really heavy you may need a compound.



post some photo's and we can help guide you in the right direction.



Warning! You can not do this by hand so you will need a machine to aid you in polishing out the defects.

 

[Accumulator]

I had swirl marks and what looked like abrasions in a circular pattern. After much research on here and lots of help from all of you I did clay bar, polish, and wax and the car looks incredible. But, there still are a few of the abrasions, is this something that is deeper then the clay bar process gets to? If not does anyone have any suggestions I can do?

You need to use a different polish. One that's sufficiently abrasive to "level" the paint. It's like sanding a piece of wood smooth to "remove" scratches in it; you're really bringing the surrounding surface down to the level of the scratches so everything's smooth and even.



How much do you care? It'd be opening a can of worms in some ways, especially if you don't have an electric polisher.

 

[Mom2Boyz9600]

I care a lot! I did wash, clay, polish, and wax. I used an electric polisher, but wasn't too aggressive because it was my first time. Someone told me not to use too harsh of a polish if it was my first time., maybe that was the problem.



Has anyone heard of "fish eyes" ??? And if so how important is that?

 

[Accumulator]

I care a lot! I did wash, clay, polish, and wax. I used an electric polisher, but wasn't too aggressive because it was my first time. Someone told me not to use too harsh of a polish if it was my first time., maybe that was the problem...

OK, then yeah...maybe you need a more aggressive approach, or just more tries with whatever you used last time.

Has anyone heard of "fish eyes" ??? And if so how important is that?

Those are almost always unique to repaints. There's no real fix other than having the affected area repainted. I'd live with 'em (that's what I do when I decide to *not* have the painter redo his work).

 

[vtec92civic]

I care a lot! I did wash, clay, polish, and wax. I used an electric polisher, but wasn't too aggressive because it was my first time. Someone told me not to use too harsh of a polish if it was my first time., maybe that was the problem.



Has anyone heard of "fish eyes" ??? And if so how important is that?

fish eyes are from painting and usually will come out with a color sand and buff job.



The key when doing any sort of paint correction on a vehicle is by starting with the least aggressive method first and work your way up. You don't want to take off any more then you really need to in order to correct the defects you are after.



I would invest in a DA machine to help you out:



Griot's has a life time warranty



Meguiars G110v2 & PCXP are also some great machines to consider in aiding you in the removal of those defects and you can also use those machines to apply wax as well.