Background:
Hi everyone this is my second attempt to post this so sorry if its a duplicate! This is my first time attempting to correct / polish a vehicle. The vehicle is a 2018 RDX and the paint is black. I did some test panels and I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm wanting to tap into the wisdom on this board before proceeding.
Here is the paint condition BEFORE:
Tools:
* Griots G9 w/ stock 6 inch plate
* Griots black finishing pad 6.5 in (not BOSS)
* Griots Perfecting cream
Process:
The car was first washed, iron x-ed, and clayed.
I started with the least aggressive combination in a test spot:
* Perfecting cream
* black finishing pad
* speed 3
* 3 passes - slow speed and trying to keep as even of pressure as possible.
* IPA wipe.
The result in the garage looked great:
I roll the car outside and it looks amazing...at first :
Then I start bobbing my head around to reflect sun light at various angles and see TONS of micro marring. It almost looks like wax applied too thick. Re-IPA wipe. No Change. I pulled it back into the garage and did a couple more passes. Same result - micro marring everywhere.
Micro Marring: (Note: only the middle of this door panel is done)
In direct bright sun:
More direct bright sun:
In less direct sun:
My question(s):
I've read that black paint can be hard to finish out in some cases. What does this look like to you all?
1. Could it be deeper preexisting scratches and I need to go more aggressive? I'm doubting it since they are so fine and the second round of passes did nothing.
2) Could the Acura black paint be SO SOFT that the black pad and perfecting cream are marring up the paint as a I go? The scratches are not visible with an inspection light straight on and did not improve with another round of passes.What could I try that is even less aggressive to see if it cleans this up?
3) If 2) is true - could my panel wipe technique be marring the paint? I'm spraying down with a 10-15% IPA solution and wiping. Is there a more gentle way to do this? Can anyone suggest towels for delicate paint (assuming this is the issue)?
Looking for some wisdom on steps to troubleshoot! Thanks!
Hi everyone this is my second attempt to post this so sorry if its a duplicate! This is my first time attempting to correct / polish a vehicle. The vehicle is a 2018 RDX and the paint is black. I did some test panels and I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm wanting to tap into the wisdom on this board before proceeding.
Here is the paint condition BEFORE:
Tools:
* Griots G9 w/ stock 6 inch plate
* Griots black finishing pad 6.5 in (not BOSS)
* Griots Perfecting cream
Process:
The car was first washed, iron x-ed, and clayed.
I started with the least aggressive combination in a test spot:
* Perfecting cream
* black finishing pad
* speed 3
* 3 passes - slow speed and trying to keep as even of pressure as possible.
* IPA wipe.
The result in the garage looked great:
I roll the car outside and it looks amazing...at first :
Then I start bobbing my head around to reflect sun light at various angles and see TONS of micro marring. It almost looks like wax applied too thick. Re-IPA wipe. No Change. I pulled it back into the garage and did a couple more passes. Same result - micro marring everywhere.
Micro Marring: (Note: only the middle of this door panel is done)
In direct bright sun:
More direct bright sun:
In less direct sun:
My question(s):
I've read that black paint can be hard to finish out in some cases. What does this look like to you all?
1. Could it be deeper preexisting scratches and I need to go more aggressive? I'm doubting it since they are so fine and the second round of passes did nothing.
2) Could the Acura black paint be SO SOFT that the black pad and perfecting cream are marring up the paint as a I go? The scratches are not visible with an inspection light straight on and did not improve with another round of passes.What could I try that is even less aggressive to see if it cleans this up?
3) If 2) is true - could my panel wipe technique be marring the paint? I'm spraying down with a 10-15% IPA solution and wiping. Is there a more gentle way to do this? Can anyone suggest towels for delicate paint (assuming this is the issue)?
Looking for some wisdom on steps to troubleshoot! Thanks!