I recently purchased a 2011 audi s4 Black.There were some swirl marks on the car used a flex buffer with yellow pads and pinnicle swirl remover.Upon closer inspection in the direct sunlight I noticed cloudy(murky) patches on the car mainly on hood.In the shade it looks perfect.Any fix come to mind. Is there a possibly that I caused it or is this clear coat failure.Do you think I should try the warranty route or am I out of luck??Any suggestions would be great
cloudy patches on finish
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Dr Oldz
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Chances are that the cloudy patches are micro marring which came from using the PSR. All you most likely have to do is follow with a finishing polish and a finishing pad such as this:
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish is an incredibly mild polish that puts the finishing touch on the paint prior to wax .
Can you post a pic?
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish is an incredibly mild polish that puts the finishing touch on the paint prior to wax .
Can you post a pic?
dad07
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:iagree:with Jim and Jim! try a finer polish with a less aggresive pad.
Kristopher1129
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Take a wet terry cloth towel and rub it on the spots...if your towel doesn't come up with any paint color...then you should be able to polish out the hazy spots.
If there's color on your towel...well, you F'd up as they say, ha. I highly doubt you burned your clear though. I would go with these guys and try a fine polish with a finishing pad. It just sounds to me like you didn't follow through with the final step.
If there's color on your towel...well, you F'd up as they say, ha. I highly doubt you burned your clear though. I would go with these guys and try a fine polish with a finishing pad. It just sounds to me like you didn't follow through with the final step.
bw72
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Same situation happened to me today. Lucky for me it was not on my car, but instead on a test panel I have in my basement used to practice on. It is a front fender from a truck to there isn't a lot of surface to work. I put some scratches on it and then tried to polish them out. I started with a 3 inch polishing pad from Griot's Garage, Ultimate Compound, and a Porter Cable XP on speed 5. I wasn't removing all of the scratches and didn't think they were that deep. I started using a lot more pressure and slow movements. When I wiped it off I saw a cloudy patch about the size of a dime. Ultimate polish by hand didn't remove it. I turned the foam applicator over and noticed it was dark, like the color of the base coat.
Mike Phillips
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Thank you for the follow-up...
The Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish as well as the Advanced Swirl Remover work really well. We use them in both our Detailing 101 and 102 Classes. Here's the last two cars we buffed out at our classes, the 1962 Cadillac was single stage black paint the 1971 GTO was basecoat/clearcoat with a black base.
Before
The classroom is all set-up and ready to go!
After
Before
After
Do you want to attend a Detailing Class?
If you want to be notified when the next Detailing 101 and 102 classes are scheduled, then please send me an e-mail, (not a Private Message), with the subject: Class Request to [email protected]
Thank you for the follow-up...
The Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish as well as the Advanced Swirl Remover work really well. We use them in both our Detailing 101 and 102 Classes. Here's the last two cars we buffed out at our classes, the 1962 Cadillac was single stage black paint the 1971 GTO was basecoat/clearcoat with a black base.
Before
The classroom is all set-up and ready to go!
After
Before
After
Do you want to attend a Detailing Class?
If you want to be notified when the next Detailing 101 and 102 classes are scheduled, then please send me an e-mail, (not a Private Message), with the subject: Class Request to [email protected]
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