Scratches on a black car

Don't feel bad I experinced the same thing on merc's and a white volvo.. went right the wasy up to Yellow cutting pad and Scholl S3.. and whilst it was doing it it took multiple goes (6 pass, speed 5).....
After that i hit them with S20+ black and all was well..
Deffo candidates for MF pads though or my rotary as it just too slow with te DA and foam on vary hard factory paint....
 
This is about as good of pictures as I could get. This is a 2007, when I got used, the paint was so dry feeling that you could scratch it easily with your fingernail. Since I've had it I've gotten all of the swirls out and all of the scratches out except for a couple of these. Scratches below are same scratch at a different angle.
 
So you're working on a single scratch (on the roof? or is that the rear quarter?) That looks like it should come out but I'm not sure I'd keep chasing it since I'm guessing you don't know how much paint you've taken off, nor if it had been polished before you got it.

Paint looks good otherwise--sometimes you have to live with the RIDS.
 
Yeah, it's a single scratch on the hood. It's my car so I don't have a problem chasing it. I'm going to use a microfiber pad on it. If that doesn't work I might try to sand it. To your point Setec, I promote myself as a detailer and I should be able to get this out. Luckily this is the first time I've ever ran into this issue and it's on my own car. Black cars suck, but it is a good color to practice on.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Well, part of being a detailer is knowing when something is too deep to take out.
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I totally agree. It's better to leave a few swirls and RIDS than it is to go too far to where a repaint is necessary. On my own car (solid black), there are plenty of RIDS and a few swirls here and there. but I keep the gloss high enough to where 98% of the people can't see them anyway.
 
If you are planning on potentially wet/damp sanding that scratch out, I sure hope you own, or have access to, a PTG to ensure you have sufficient paint thickness to safely sand out the scratch and then compound out the sanding marks, then polish out the compounding marks....and still leave enough film build to ensure the clear doesn't fail prematurely....
 
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