Marring from washing or drying?

[74 thing]

How do you tell if the marring is coming from your washing mitt or drying towel? I am using ONR so it is wipe on with a mitt and then dry off with a WW. I noticed slight marring today and I just polished out everything last weekend with Menzerna 106/RMG on a rotary with a green excel P2 pad. I am just trying to determine what I am doing wrong-using two buckets with gentle almost no pressure. Thanks for any suggestions.

[jamesuh]

My guess is the mitt

[StudlyJ]

You could wash with up and down motions and dry with side to side motions and see if you can`t isolate the problem

[74 thing]

I still cannot figure out if this was marring and I missed it when I poliched last week or I just caused it with the mitt or the WW. I was using a Meguiars synethitic mitt, maybe I need to get a good sheepskin one.

[the other pc]

Follow StudlyJ`s plan on a section of the paint that`s easy to inspect thoroughly.





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[Accumulator]

Yeah, do as StudlyJ suggested.



FWIW, I`d bet it`s the wash and *I* wouldn`t be using a synthetic mitt like that...from Meguiar`s or anybody else.

[imported_416 Auto]

I am not familiar with the Menzerna line. Was the polish bodyshop safe or did it contain silicone. Sometimes if you use a silicone based wax or polish the WW will mar the polish not so much the clearcoat. We use a silicone based wax sometimes and if you press a little to hard while drying the marring will show. Usually a little of the same polish on a pad will fix up the marks.

[Mach30SiR]

the RMG`s filling properties might be deminishing.

[74 thing]

You guys were right-it was the synthetic was mitt-I tossed it in the garbage and got a sheepskin mitt and all is well. Thanks.

[jamesuh]

no problem

[joe.p]

My guess is the mitt

I would think your right ,i noticed lite marring after wahing just after using a SMR. I use a FG Cobra Guzzler ,sheepskin mitt. the marring was light itpolished out when i step down to a finer polish.



That being said what can be done to lessen it . I use FG at 2 bucket method 2 grit guards etc. Sorry im not hijacking your thread but i think a solution or answers can help the 2 of us..

[Accumulator]

74 thing- Glad you found the problem. This isn`t the first time that Meg`s synthetic mitt has messed up somebody`s car, I sure wish they`d quit selling them. Doesn`t help my opinion of Meguiar`s any when they sell stuff like that :(






I am not familiar with the Menzerna line. Was the polish bodyshop safe or did it contain silicone..



Menzerna polishes are bodyshop safe. They`re one of the few polish lines my Jag`s painter has in his shop and he`s a fanatic about keeping silicones out of there.

[Mark77]

Which synthetic mitt was it ? I have the Ultra Plush and it`s wonderful, never any marring from it. I think the problem might be the dirt on the mitt, not the mitt itself.

[MorBid]

I`d like to know the answer to that as well. Here`s (http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_list.cfm?sectionname=Car%20Detailing%20Acc essories%3ECar%20Washing%20Tools&sectionID=22101) a link listing all Meg`s wash accessories.



I use the Deep Pile Chenille Wash Mitt and waffle weave`s for drying. While the poster stated he solved the probelm already making further discussion on his point mute, I don`t think it`s always the mitt.



I think the only way to really tell is by following `ol StudlyJ`s sugguestion.

[MorBid]

I`d like to know the answer to that as well. Here`s (http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_list.cfm?sectionname=Car%20Detailing%20Acc essories%3ECar%20Washing%20Tools&sectionID=22101) a link listing all Meg`s wash accessories.



I use the Deep Pile Chenille Wash Mitt and waffle weave`s for drying. While the poster stated he solved the probelm already making further discussion on his point mute, I don`t think it`s always the mitt.



I think the only way to really tell is by following `ol StudlyJ`s sugguestion.