Need Help Finishing Down

LeMarque

LeMarque

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So this 59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud that had be repainted came in looking like this, bird etchings not shown:



I tried every combination of pad and product - the paint was really 'hard' - and went with a Megs light wool w/ 205 on a flex 3401. Did the job. I followed up with 205 a B&S green pad on the GG DA. Followed that with a B&S Blue w/Menz 4500 and still ended up with this:



If you look closely at where the leds hit the paint you can see I wasn't able to get it to finish down perfectly.

I tried speed 5 with light pressure, 4 with no pressure, etc. etc.

I did hit it one last time and was able to get it somewhat better, but I'm feeling like either my technique or something's not right.

Any help appreciated. Finished photos in a day or so.
 
That's the best I could shoot to show the results of 4500 on a blue. If you expand the image it may provide a better view.
 
LeMarque said:
<thud> I'll try that. Thanks.
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lemme know how it works, if its still micro marring try a red ultra finishing b n s pad.

I did read recently kevin brown mentioning that a customer had a hard time finishing down a black paint and it was micro marring with any polish and pad combo he used and i guess what was happening was the paint residue was lodging itself into the pad and working against the paint, creating the micromarring.


Mind = blown!!!!
 
Those definitively look like towel marks vs. not finishing down correctly. Are you getting a haze in the paint from the DA polisher?
 
kantonburg said:
Since I'm a complete noob.

When you guys say toweling marks do you mean that a cheaper MF towel is used and caused that?
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Yes, no and maybe...

Inferior microfiber towels OR even high-quality towels which have abrasive grit trapped in them can cause scratching (as can the compound dust of older-style rubbing compounds).

For whatever reason, the towel dragging across the paint is creating damage. Even super soft paints can scratch easily with all but the softest towels.
 
There are very few MF towels out there that won't leaves marks on soft paint. One is the "crazy pile" towel by MF madness. I just got some "woobies" from AG. I have a feeling these won't leave marks either. Will be testing them this weekend.


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Buried today with '08 M3 Jerez Black Pearl that the dealer thinks the orange peel can be muted in one day (Not!)


Will post pics of the Rolls when I recover ...

Thanks for all the feedback.
 
OK. So, this doesn't deserve bragging rights but considering the condition it was in, that it was a repaint, here's the result. And just to say, I had to use Cerium Oxide to remove the water staining on the glass.



The Bonnet was fibeglass. Took me hours to come up with a combo that worked



And the white stuff is not wax. It's where the paint is chipped.





 
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