Finger marred the paint. How you fix it?

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GS4_Fiend

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I got a black car daily driver. I get alot of dust acummulation where I work. Somebody decide to write words with their fingers and now I can see the word they wrote on my paint. How easy is this fix? I'm running low on clear so I don't really wanna use my PC. Any suggestions to this would be much appreciated. Thanks for looking.
 
That seems a bit off that you wouldn't have enough clear to correct marring from a finger. If you're certain that's the case, I would suggest using some sort of hand polish or glaze that contains fillers. That would hide it, but could come back after a wash or two.
 
Glaze... that's right. Didn't think of that.



Would using PBH by hand be good enough or should i use a PC with a finishing pad?
 
IMO, without actually seeing the marring and trying stuff, you just can't say what's called for. Just as, without measuring the paint you don't know if it's safe to correct it or not.



If you *do* want to correct it (and I myself would at least want to do a *little* something), I think the PC might actually be *safer* than doing it by hand, if only because the abrasion would be spread over the whole surface of the pad, which would probably be larger than whatever you'd use if you did it by hand.
 
GS4_Fiend said:
I got a black car daily driver. I get alot of dust acummulation where I work. Somebody decide to write words with their fingers and now I can see the word they wrote on my paint. How easy is this fix? I'm running low on clear so I don't really wanna use my PC. Any suggestions to this would be much appreciated. Thanks for looking.
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How do you know that the clear is getting thin? Getting light micromarring out from someone's finger should come out easily, maybe even with a white pad and some Menzerna Super Finish. Best of luck.
 
JohnKleven said:
.. Getting light micromarring out from someone's finger should come out easily, maybe even with a white pad and some Menzerna Super Finish..
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Though OTOH, my Yukon's light-as-a-hologram finger mark from the quick-lube guy reguired M105!
 
Have you used heavy polishes or compounds on this car several times before, or if not, why do you suspect that the clear is getting too thin?



I would use a finishing polish of some sort with the PC and a polishing pad. The amount of clear that would be removed by that combination would be very minimal. If that doesn't work, you can always use a glaze to hide the marring.
 
I posted a thread a while back about my paint thickness. I used the Highline Meter II. It's reading 3.5 mils left. That's the reason I don't really want to use anything abrasive because I fear for my paint.



I think I'm going to try 4" blue pad + PBH with a PC @ speed 3 see if it can do the trick.



Thanks for the help guys!
 
David Fermani- Heh heh, if you keep recommending 85RD I'm gonna end up buying some :o



GS4_Fiend said:
I posted a thread a while back about my paint thickness. I used the Highline Meter II. It's reading 3.5 mils left...
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I wouldn't be afraid to do a little more work on that.
 
David Fermani said:
Menzerna 85RD with finishing foam will easily remove that marring and not jeopardize your clearcoat.
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I do have that product. Never thought of that since it's just a finishing polish.



My question is would their be any difference between the 85RD vs PBH on this scenario?



THanks
 
Since I don't want to lose anymore clear. I think I want to hide them. :)



PO85RD, doesn't have any cut on blue pad correct?
 
GS4_Fiend said:
Since I don't want to lose anymore clear. I think I want to hide them. :)



PO85RD, doesn't have any cut on blue pad correct?
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You can get a little cut from po85rd on a blue pad (uber) if your paint is butter soft like mine.



It all depends on the paint really. I can get decent correction with 106fa on a green uber on my Aurora, but I have to follow it with po85rd on a blue pad (uber). I got a soft clear from factory ... GM's clear tend to be hard as hell.
 
I still think you're being overly cautious, and note that *I* am usually the guy who's lecturing about overthinning paint ;)



Also, consider that if other people can see that your car was "written on", they might decide to do the same thing. This is a case where I'd want to *fix* it, at least to some extent.
 
85RD has a cut of 1 on white pad i'm assuming.



PBH fills in the minor defects.



I think I'm going to try the PBH on blue pad and see how well it fills. If not I will try to polish it with PO85RD with white pad.
 
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