[SuperBee364]

It's definitely a burn, or more accurately a "melt." The sun heating up the black bumper didn't help any, either. As you now know, the plastic parts of a car are much easier to damage when polishing. They just won't take heat like metal. Make sure you always keep the pad moving across the paint... I'm guessing that you held the polisher stationery for a few seconds with some pressure on it.

What really sucks is there isn't any warning when this is about to happen. You go from happy to sad immediately. Hence the need to be really careful.

Man, I'm sorry about your new car, but I can't get behind the idea of trying to make the dealer pay for something you did.