Tick marks in black paint

[fightnews]

I polished my car over the weekend. It was already in good condition so I used 3800 on a finishing pad then jeweled it with escalate lotion. Looks perfect but after doing a quick safety pass with panel wipe I noticed the very fine tick marks.

I 've seen them before so I checked the panel on the opposite side that I didn't use panel wipe on and sure enough they were there. I didn't want to use anything more aggresive because they are so fine plus I know the lsp will fill them in.

They almost look like they are missing paint. Theres a lot of tiny little chips in the paint they almost look like that but they are a line not a circle. Always more noticeable after using panel wipe. Anyone ever have This?

I've only used heavy compound on it 1x but I've used finishing polishes a lot. I don't know that a compound would fix it. It might make it worse

 

[Coopers ST]

Is it crows feet? A picture would help.

 

[FUNX650]

I polished my car over the weekend.
It was already in good condition so I
used 3800 on a finishing pad
then jeweled it with escalate lotion.

Looks perfect but after doing a quick
safety pass with panel wipe I noticed
the very fine tick marks.

I 've seen them before
so I checked the panel on the opposite side
that I didn't use panel wipe on and sure
enough they were there.

they are so fine plus I know the lsp will fill them in.

Always more noticeable after using panel wipe.

I've only used heavy compound on it 1x
but I've used finishing polishes a lot.

I don't know that a compound would fix it.

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”Least Agressive First”.


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Bob

 

[oneheadlite]

I polished my car over the weekend. It was already in good condition so I used 3800 on a finishing pad then jeweled it with escalate lotion. Looks perfect but after doing a quick safety pass with panel wipe I noticed the very fine tick marks.

I 've seen them before so I checked the panel on the opposite side that I didn't use panel wipe on and sure enough they were there. I didn't want to use anything more aggresive because they are so fine plus I know the lsp will fill them in.

They almost look like they are missing paint. Theres a lot of tiny little chips in the paint they almost look like that but they are a line not a circle. Always more noticeable after using panel wipe. Anyone ever have This?

Are they impacts from road debris? Or all over the entire car?