Help - I screwed up!

Pictures you posted makes it hard to see what is going on. Maybe if you took one with a bigger angle?

How are you cleaning the pannel after the compound/polish? It kinda looks like residue on there.
 
After the compound/polish, I just spray/wipe with 30% IPA solution. I'll get a better picture in the sun in a few hours.
 
you need to finish with something with less cut, M205 as the same results on my soft Toyota black. something like carpro reflect or Menz 4000 would help clear that up.
 
Zubair said:
Do tell pad and polish combo
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Green hex logic, Ultimate Compound. It was my one of my neighbors hot rods. Single stage paint.

Burned my car - which was a repaint, probably with spray cans. That was with m105 on a rupes microfiber pad.

I also burned off the clear of a test door over the winter, but that was after buffing out many varieties of sanding marks.
 
You may want to try out Meg's Ultimate Compound/Polish on the white pad. Did you prime the pad and everything. The only other thing ive heard with 105 is that it dusts a lot... maybe you were working it a long time?
 
Now what have I done? This was a test spot. Did a few passes with some pads and polishes, and now I have a light spot? Doesn't look any less black under bright lights, only evening sun set light shows this. Paint almost looks duller too.
 
MstrJosh said:
Now what have I done? This was a test spot. Did a few passes with some pads and polishes, and now I have a light spot? Doesn't look any less black under bright lights, only evening sun set light shows this. Paint almost looks duller too.
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That is burn through.
 
MstrJosh said:
Now what have I done? This was a test spot. Did a few passes with some pads and polishes, and now I have a light spot? Doesn't look any less black under bright lights, only evening sun set light shows this. Paint almost looks duller too.
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What was the machine/pad/polish combo?
 
MstrJosh said:
Now what have I done? This was a test spot. Did a few passes with some pads and polishes, and now I have a light spot? Doesn't look any less black under bright lights, only evening sun set light shows this. Paint almost looks duller too.
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Oh boy... Can you get us a few more pictures? Closer and different angles preferably.
 
MstrJosh said:
Now what have I done? This was a test spot. Did a few passes with some pads and polishes, and now I have a light spot? Doesn't look any less black under bright lights, only evening sun set light shows this. Paint almost looks duller too.
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Looks like a burn through on cc paint, not sure about single stage, but it sure looks like it.
 
That's probably the primer showing through on the bottom. My guess is the color layer is razor thin right now.
 
rut row houston we have a problem..... lets call the expert MIKE !!!
 
Not cc paint. Anywhere on the car, I can get paint transfer by hand. I don't think its the primer either, because on the rear passenger quarter, primer showing through is brown.

I'm considering a repaint on the trunk anyway, has some rust starting up, and the edges had no paint to begin with.

Should've just stuck with, what I was good at, interiors!
 
That's some type of burn through. Ussually, if you burn through cc - the bc looks darker - not lighter. So, I'll agree it's single stage. Since it's a repaint - who knows what's under the top layer on each panel.

Doing a post mortem here, you have to treat old cars / paint delicately. M105 may not have been the best place to start. My guess is you fiddled around with a bunch of combos in the same spot - and it finally burned through the paint.

The only way you can tell how hard / soft a paint is - is to work on it. Don't start with something like m105 on MF - start with a regular polish on a polishing pad - especially on an old SS car.

It looks like you initially put some holograms / marring in the paint - and didn't have the right combo or technique to remove it. Numerous people have had issues getting Meg's SMAT polishes to finish down correctly on difficult paints. I'm not saying it can't be done - I'm just saying it may not always be easy.

My advice - invest in some foam buffing pads and some Menzerna polishes.
 
Ok let's simplify this.

If you are making holograms with a PC you are using way too much pressure, not keeping your pad flat, moving too quickly, or a combination of the above.

Slow down, let the pressure up, and let the pad and polish do the work. Holograms are not hard to remove. Just let the polisher move for you.

Holograms are a technique problem, not a product problem.
 
VP Mark said:
Ok let's simplify this.

If you are making holograms with a PC you are using way too much pressure, not keeping your pad flat, moving too quickly, or a combination of the above.

Slow down, let the pressure up, and let the pad and polish do the work. Holograms are not hard to remove. Just let the polisher move for you.

Holograms are a technique problem, not a product problem.
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Some substantial wisdom in those words.
 
If it was just the holograms I was going to suggest going back over that area with your 105/orange pad and 205/white pad combo with light pressure and slower speeds and that should take care of it. Your latest picture is a whole new problem by the looks of it though - quite possibly burn through
 
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