Scratch removal without hazing?

[ptaylor_9849]

Here's my dilemma. I've got an 05 black vette with some scratches on the hood. Nothing you can grab with your fingernail. I have tried 106ff/yellow pad and P/C speed 6. This is making the surface glossy but not touching the scratches. Next I tried Presta Ultra Cutting Creme Light and even with a white polishing pad, it is hazing like crazy. In fact, it's turning the paint from black to light gray it's hazing that badly. After two passes with Presta and a yellow CCS pad, the scratches are pretty much gone. However, then it takes 6 additional passes with the 106ff and orange pad to restore the gloss and I'm not even sure I'm able to get the gloss back to where it was before I started this mess. My question is this, is it possible to remove scratches on black GM paint without all this hazing & dulling or is this just part of the process? It's like I'm taking 2 steps forward and six steps back.



Patrick

 

[Accumulator]

IMO it's just the way it goes when you're doing this stuff by PC (much less so by rotary). What you're describing sounds fairly normal, but I'd do a few passes with the 106ff and a milder pad to get the finest end-result finish.



Yeah, it *is* a x steps forward y steps back sort of process. 'vette clear is hard and it sounds like you're actually doing OK with it and that's saying something, so :xyxthumbs Heh heh, [insert lecture on wash techniques/etc. here] once you get it nice, hope it stays that way.