Polishing Metallic Silver

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rogertheracer

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I have 05 Dodge bright metallic silver bc/cc on my nova.
When the painter buffed it out he left what appears to be some spots that are not as shinny as the rest of the car. I would call them dull or flat ,hazy.
You don't see them outside in the sun, but inside under the lighting at different angles they appear.
I plan on a PC buffer , but I'm asking what product to us with what pads is best for silver .
Any other advice will be appreciated.

Thanks
 
How bad is the rest of the car? How long ago was it painted?If it isn't bad you could go with menzerna 106FA(or other equal brand) w/LC white pad. Then some 85RD w/LC grey or blue to jewel it up after.

If it is bad use some SIP or IP w/LC orange. But you will need to follow up with a finishing polish to remove the marring.
 
could it be overspray, does it feel a bit rough ??
 
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The car has got 2500 miles on it since finished bout 2 yrs ago.
You can see it is a week end cruiser .
The paint is great except for a few dull spot or blems (dont shine in inside lighting that u can't see in the sun light.)

OH, I'm new to this and not familiar with the abriviations of the product u recomended, can you please identify more in detail.

Thank You very much

KILLR , its not overspray, its as smooth as the rest of the paint. just flat.
 
SIP-super intensive polish(menzerna)
IP-Intensive polish(menzerna)
LC-lake county pads

Pad aggresiviness most-least=yellow, orange, white, grey, green, blue and red

To jewel the paint means to shine it up after polishing. The more aggressive polishes and pads will get the severe stuff out, but leave marring behind. So you need to follow that up with a finishing polish.

It's like using sandpaper on wood. You would use the coarse stuff to get the big imperfections out of the wood. Then use the fine sand paper to smooth it out.
 
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