Holograms on a dark car

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jet_m3

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I've been told it's buffer burn caused by a hasty or inexperienced detailer with the wrong pad and/or compound and such. Question is how do you get rid of it and will only a rotary do the job? Thanks guys.
 
If it's a real "burn", you might have a serious problem there, hard to tell without seeing it.



But assuming it's not something especially awful, no, you don't need a rotary to remove holograms. Sometimes even the BEST rotary operators get 'em, and a PC is often the right tool to fix it. It's really just another form of "marring", one that happens to be specifically caused by rotary polishers. You polish out the holograms as you would any other marring.



Sometimes when I can't pull a car into the sun to check for holograms (following a rotary session), I just give it a good, sorta-aggressive PC session, ASSUMING that holograms are/might be there. Holograms are USUALLY pretty mild as marring goes, they're seldom DEEP problems like scratches, but rather light, shallow, surface marring. That's why they only show up under certain conditions. But again, it IS possible to have something pretty serious....
 
Cool thanks accumulator, I was hoping you would chime in as well. It does appear in certain lighting conditions ie direct sun and halogen so I'm assuming it's not as bad as I originally thought. Thanks for the input guys. I'll see what I can do because the car in question is a jet black m3.
 
jet_m3- Hmm...usually, "holograms" won't show up under halogen light, only natural sunlight. You might have plain old "buffer swirls"- similar, but more serious. Anyhow, the answer's the same...polish 'em out using something abrasive, only as aggressive as you need. Find one spot where they're REALLY noticeable, and work that spot until you find the product/technique that works (and if you can, check your results in sunlight, from different viewing angles). Heh heh, maybe don't pick the center of your hood to experiment on ;)
 
Ya it wasn't direct halogen I'm sorry, kind of an indirect angle which would catch it, really weird. I'll report back sometime and let you guys know. You're the man :up
 
I got these out by handing, using Meguiars DACP #83 and SFP #82 and finishing with American Shines California Clear Coat (glaze) and Meguiars NXT Wax (Rotary swirls courtesy of Moritz BMW in Arlington, TX).



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Whole car:



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Scottwax- That was a good example to post. Of course, what YOU do by hand is sorta like what most of us can do by random orbital ;)
 
rcurley55 said:
scottwax - how long does that glaze last though? Won't it diminish over time?
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The glaze was just for extra shine. DACP and SFP will remove rotary swirls when used properly (and the swirls are not too deep-which would require an even more aggressive product).



The rotary swirls were gone after just using DACP. At this point, some minor spider swirls are still visible.



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After all polishing steps, the finish is 99% flawless.



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Finishing off with NXT and I could see no visible spider swirls anywhere.
 
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