Help! Seems I can detail every car but my own! Marring?

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Hey everyone

I finally had the chance to work on my Jet Black 328 E90 BMW. Its a 2007. I used m105 on a yellow pad to remove nearly all the imperfections and swirls and scratches, then I use mens sf4500 but it doesn't finish down well, it looks like marring or very light buffer trails that, not the result of a bad wipe down. I can't for the life of my figure out why it won't finish properly. Something in my pad putting in swirls? No idea.

Lake Country CSS pads btw.

Thanks
Scott

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What pad are you using with sf4500? Also what speed is your polisher being used at? How do you clean your pads?
 
I know from reading these forums that Jet Black BMW paint can be a nightmare to finish properly. I haven't had any experience working with that paint yet, but someone will chime in soon as that is a very notorious paint around here!
 
Don't the pockets in the CCS pads prevent DAT polishes from breaking down properly?

Might have better luck with flat pads.
 
I know you said it isn't a bad wipe down but what towels are you using. Looks like that might be an issue.
 
I was on speed 5, and correction is was SF4000! not 45000! They were some decently expensive microfiber I bought off of here, don't remember exactly what brand though I will check, please excuse the towel and pads on the ground, trust me that towel was never going to be used on the outside of the car, that ones to wipe my hands with.
 
If I get a flat pad, what should I be getting since the colors are different then ccs?
 
It looks like you're finishing it using a black CCS pad. The black pad is too soft and won't get rid of the marring, they're usually used to apply glazes, sealants, or waxes. You may want to look into using a white pad instead. I'm working on my step-dads 2006 Jet Black 745i. And M105/Orange followed by M205/White is working miracles. About 90% correction with no marring, and the black has been brought back to life!
 
Thank you for the advice @jbnery6465.

I was kind of thinking that a white pad might be better, the black pad seemed like it was too easy to smush down for lack of a better word.
 
I can see in one of the reflections that it appears you are laying your bottle of polish on the ground.

If you are repeatedly putting your bottle of polish on the ground, picking it up, applying polish to your pads and then later wiping off with a microfiber...I bet you are transferring from ground to polish bottle to microfiber.

Mike Philips has mentioned in the past that your goal should be a "Surgically Clean" environment when polishing.
 
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I can vouch for the effectiveness of Menz 4000 with a white flat lake country pad on my BMW paint. I own several other brands of finishing polishes and a healthy variety of pads because, well, playing with product combo's is fun. I almost always come back to the 4000 and white flat combo. I've used 4000 with hex, hydro, and CCS pads, but neither works anywhere as well as the white flat. (Using a GG DA. YMMV with other types of machines).
 
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