HELP: Identify Strange Spot After Polishing

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I was using Menzerna Power Gloss via PC on a 4" Orange LC pad.



Upon finishing, given the finicky nature of PG, I thought it was remnants from the polish. I sprayed the area down with QD and nothing gives. It's smooth as silk. Any recommendations? I can't imagine I burned through the clear with a PC and orange pad. I has the PC over the nasty scratch for about 2-3 seconds, which I believe may have prompted this.



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jdoria said:
You burned through....
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Agreed. Sorry dude.



If you can believe this, I burned through a piece of trim I had aftermarket painted on my own car with A G110 + white LC 5.5 inch pad + M205 in TWO SECONDS flat. It was the first time the piece was EVER polished. Heh.
 
Lumadar said:
Agreed. Sorry dude.



If you can believe this, I burned through a piece of trim I had aftermarket painted on my own car with A G110 + white LC 5.5 inch pad + M205 in TWO SECONDS flat. It was the first time the piece was EVER polished. Heh.
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Mark,

Oops! That just goes to show little paint some parts may have!







As for the original poster, yep...sorry, you burned through. :(



Tim
 
I can't believe it. After watching some videos with detailers showing how long a rotary must be on the paint to burn though, I was amazed.



This is literally the second time I've polished this car. OEM Mercedes paint.
 
Looks like a Chrysler Crossfire. That's kind of absurd it had that little paint on the car up there.
 
The "Milky Way" you see there was probably there before. Basically, the paint

was already gone/faded/worn. So, don't feel too bad...
 
2hotford said:
Mark,

Oops! That just goes to show little paint some parts may have!







As for the original poster, yep...sorry, you burned through. :(



Tim
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Yeah, it was clearly due to the painter cutting corners. There is absolutely no way it had the 2 coats of color and 2 coats of clear I had discussed with him. Oh well! :heelclick
 
Flashtime said:
The "Milky Way" you see there was probably there before. Basically, the paint

was already gone/faded/worn. So, don't feel too bad...
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Agreed. That was there prior to your work. You didn't cause that w/ a PC.



This highlights the importance of documenting flaws (burns, dents, scratches) on customer cars before you work on them.
 
Flashtime said:
The "Milky Way" you see there was probably there before. Basically, the paint

was already gone/faded/worn. So, don't feel too bad...
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602rwtq said:
Agreed. That was there prior to your work. You didn't cause that w/ a PC.



This highlights the importance of documenting flaws (burns, dents, scratches) on customer cars before you work on them.
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not to start anything............

but that is "easy" to do with a PC and orange 4" pads... I have done it

and so have many others

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I've never seen a burn through like. Generally, there would be an obvious

separation between the layers. But i'll take BigJim's word for it. :)
 
That looks exactly like the scrap door that i was playing around with last week practicing my rotary skills(or lack thereof for now lol) I had polished the door down to a perfect shine with m105 on a white ccs pad followed by m205 on a while ccs pad as well. however i got bored after i had perfected it, so i decided to play around with wetsanding to see how well m105 would take it out. Well as we all know factory clears are quite thin, it wetsanded down just fine and buffed out fine except one spot that I guess i thinned the clear just a hair too much and it had that exact same appearance, a much lighter colored spot right smack in the middle of the rest of the unharmed paint.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck with this one.
 
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