Pretty sure I burned my clear today..

blongo804

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Booooo..

Well, my swirls were really getting to me on my Obsidian Black Pearl Subaru paint. Rather than driving to my brother's to use his garage, I polished my hood outside.

Steps taken:
- Washed
- Clayed
- Griot's Garage Polisher using 5.5" orange pad and Menz PF2500

The hood is aftermarket paint if that's worth noting.

Basically now I have a one inch dash right in a body line on the hood. I've buffed my hood before with no problems until today.

Is it possible the black paint mixed with sunlight heat allowed the polisher to overheat the paint there and burn? I'll try to snap a picture tomorrow when I have daylight again.

Thanks in advance guys. Just trying to figure out what went wrong here. I was under the impression that these polishers can't burn paint. :(
 
Can you post pictures please? Cause with the Griot's I doubt you burned through clear coat.
 
Tomorrow a picture will come for sure. That's what i'm thinking too but i've never seen anything like this and assuming it's clear burn (it's brown - burny colored).

On edit.. Here's an attempt in the dark with flash.

 
Did you tape off a section? Does the line coincide with where the tape was?
 
Now that you mention.. Rookie mistake and I didn't tape off the body line.

Man, this sucks. I didn't tape off the first time I buffed my hood either and nothing happened. I guess I got lucky the first time then.
 
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