How to remove this mark?

What you have is halograms a combo like meguiars m105 and m205 should do the trick but work in small sections and check your progress
 
You're going to have to re-do. Like jamesboyy said, do a test area, when you get the desired results then work small areas (2x2).
Slow and steady does it. Let us know how it turned out
 
What products and pads did you use to cause that?


edit: I did not see your last post in this thread. Those do look like the holograms that come from most body shop buff jobs with a rotary polisher.
 
Guys, all I have is the maguires da polisher and optimum microfiber cutting and polishing pad. What should I do to get it off?
 
WOW!!!!

I've never actually used the MF pads, so I'll defer to someone else on this one.

If it was in my garage, I'd be hitting it with LC CCS orange pad, a good compound (take your pick of the many suggested/sold here), followed by a white pad with a finish polish, and finally a sealant or wax. Of course, these are all assumptions since a test spot would be required to prove this process.
 
Go to Walmart and pick up meguiars ultimate compound and ultimate polish. I don't have experience with those pads but they should work fine.
 
That Audi paint is going to be super hard to begin with. I'd personally not waste time and money working with Ultimate Compound in working on that car. I'd go with M-105 Ultra Cut Compound to remove those horrendous buffer trails with your Optimum MF pads on your DA.

I recommend working is sections smaller than a 2 foot X 2 foot work section. The harder the paint the smaller the work section as a rule of thumb, and there's not many paints out there harder than that Audi paint.

Have a read through this thread http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...ating-horizontal-vertical-section-passes.html for some food for thought on working in proper work sections, and think 12-16 inch squared work sections.
 
Is this an Audi TT? What's the history of the car and its paint This was not all caused by you from what I can tell. Some of it looks like rotary holograms and some like possible DA haze and dry buffing. I'm guessing this car was covered in a glaze/filler and you washing and DA work removed the fillers and revealed the finish you have now. Did Yu start by washing and claying the paint? And did you test the pad and product combination(s) before doing the whole car? What specific polish do you have? Your probably going to need something more towards a compound like 105 or Ultimate Compound(UC) to remove these marks and bring back the depth to you clear coat. If all you have is MF pads you may have issues get a haze free finish on black paint.
 
I believe everyone here has given you good advice. I know you said you have optimum mf pads, but I didn't catch what polishes you have. If no polishes, I like Dave's rec of 105/205. You can also try meguiars ultimate compound and polish as was pointed out. I've not used them but hear they're easy to use.

If you have time to wait you might catch a good sale on here, then the sky's the limit.
 
I think a lot of those rotary holograms come from someone using a really heavy cut compound with diminishing abrasives on super hard paint. I'd guess that there were fillers in the compound as well.

Upon initial use, the heavy abrasives cut the paint and as it's worked and the abrasives begin breaking down they no longer have the ability to cut the super hard paint like they did upon initial use. The abrasives are probably like rocks in a bottle but not nearly hard enough to perform through the entire buffing cycle, so they quickly break down and crumble away to nothing before really doing the work needed to produce a nicer finish.

Essentially the wrong product for that hard paint. In the end the fillers filled the resultant scouring and the finish looked acceptable to whoever sent it out the door as a finished product, probably a body shop or a dealership.

I'm certain there are compounds with great abrasives technology that are easier to work with than M-105 for someone newer to compounding and polishing. Having mastered 105's use, I personally feel no need to purchase and play with these newer products.

I had a guy bring me an Audi TT with that black paint and ask me how much to fully correct just one rear quarter that had some scuffs, light scratches and a ton of swirls in it. Having been there and done that, the quote was $100 and his visual response was :eek: but he agreed to the price and he was exceedingly happy with the results however that panel made the rest of the car look bad. It took about 2.5 hours with rotary and DA polishers to finish out that rear quarter.
 
k3nn4 said:
Guys, Mind to teach me how to remove this kind of mark?

http://alluredetail.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/562704_456832934347934_1371645275_n.jpg

I used maguires DA polisher to polish my car for swirl marks. It was all good until I drove my car under the sun. Please help..
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Oh those are easy. That's just your basic "professionally installed buffer trails / holograms" that were done by the body shop or dealership.

Check for a thread I'm putting up on a 2012 Mazdaspeed Hot Hatch. The body shop RUINED the dudes car with a rotary buffer! Took me 19 hours (plus my wife was helping half the time) to do a total correction and PBL coating. :D

Not saying it'll take you that long, but I was doing a total correction getting ready for a coating. Were it going to be 80% correction and a sealant I could have cut that time in half!
 
Get 3M swirl remover. It's the best stuff out there for black. Use the rotary and it will look perfect.
 
^He'd probably be back where he started. We need more info on the OPs skill level, and make sure hes using his DA right. The best first video you can ever watch.(for me at least)

[video=youtube_share;zUHRnHsSXZU"]Part 1 - How to remove swirls, scratches and water spots using a Porter Cable 7424XP Polisher - YouTube[/video]
 
tuscarora dave said:
I had a guy bring me an Audi TT with that black paint and ask me how much to fully correct just one rear quarter that had some scuffs, light scratches and a ton of swirls in it. Having been there and done that, the quote was $100 and his visual response was :eek: but he agreed to the price and he was exceedingly happy with the results however that panel made the rest of the car look bad. It took about 2.5 hours with rotary and DA polishers to finish out that rear quarter.
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This statement plus the fact that the OP is using a DA and probably not ready to use a rotary, means that it's gonna take the OP longer than most detailers on here giving him advice.
 
Ok guys, that picture is taken down from the Internet, just to show u all expert what mark is on my car. My car is Mercedes Benz C200K 2005. And I'm using the maguires ultimate compound and polish. It could cut down a lot of swirl marks but not the hologram mark.

Sorry, should have mention it in my first post.
 
It could or did? Gonna have to start working ur way up little by little. What color pad have u tried with the ultimate compound? Actual pictures would be helpful too.
 
JKL1031 said:
It could or did? Gonna have to start working ur way up little by little. What color pad have u tried with the ultimate compound? Actual pictures would be helpful too.
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OP quote: Guys, all I have is the maguires da polisher and optimum microfiber cutting and polishing pad.
 
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