Need Help Finishing Down

**LeMarque** · 12-18-2013, 09:19 AM

So this 59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud that had be repainted came in looking like this, bird etchings not shown:

I tried every combination of pad and product - the paint was really `hard` - and went with a Megs light wool w/ 205 on a flex 3401. Did the job. I followed up with 205 a B&S green pad on the GG DA. Followed that with a B&S Blue w/Menz 4500 and still ended up with this:

If you look closely at where the leds hit the paint you can see I wasn`t able to get it to finish down perfectly.

I tried speed 5 with light pressure, 4 with no pressure, etc. etc.

I did hit it one last time and was able to get it somewhat better, but I`m feeling like either my technique or something`s not right.

Any help appreciated. Finished photos in a day or so.

**The Driver** · 12-18-2013, 09:24 AM

Do you have some straight on shots of the paint? It`s hard to tell on an angle.

**LeMarque** · 12-18-2013, 10:29 AM

That`s the best I could shoot to show the results of 4500 on a blue. If you expand the image it may provide a better view.

**The Driver** · 12-18-2013, 12:16 PM

What are you wiping it down with, solution an towel?

**psynx** · 12-18-2013, 12:22 PM

try sf4500 on a black B n S pad if you have one blue is still light polishing

**LeMarque** · 12-18-2013, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by The Driver

What are you wiping it down with, solution an towel?

CarPro Eraser w/MF

**LeMarque** · 12-18-2013, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by psynx

try sf4500 on a black B n S pad if you have one blue is still light polishing

<thud> I`ll try that. Thanks.

**psynx** · 12-18-2013, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by LeMarque

<thud> I`ll try that. Thanks.

lemme know how it works, if its still micro marring try a red ultra finishing b n s pad.

I did read recently kevin brown mentioning that a customer had a hard time finishing down a black paint and it was micro marring with any polish and pad combo he used and i guess what was happening was the paint residue was lodging itself into the pad and working against the paint, creating the micromarring.

Mind = blown!!!!

**The Driver** · 12-18-2013, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by LeMarque

CarPro Eraser w/MF

What MF though? If a low gsm you might be doing it unknowingly. It`s happened to me before.

**Todd@RUPES** · 12-19-2013, 01:37 PM

Those definitively look like towel marks vs. not finishing down correctly. Are you getting a haze in the paint from the DA polisher?

**ZL1Mark** · 12-19-2013, 03:20 PM

Looks like toweling marks to me.
Doesn`t look like marring or typical swirls.

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**kantonburg** · 12-20-2013, 11:07 AM

Since I`m a complete noob.

When you guys say toweling marks do you mean that a cheaper MF towel is used and caused that?

**Todd@RUPES** · 12-20-2013, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by kantonburg

Since I`m a complete noob.

When you guys say toweling marks do you mean that a cheaper MF towel is used and caused that?

Yes, no and maybe...

Inferior microfiber towels OR even high-quality towels which have abrasive grit trapped in them can cause scratching (as can the compound dust of older-style rubbing compounds).

For whatever reason, the towel dragging across the paint is creating damage. Even super soft paints can scratch easily with all but the softest towels.

**ZL1Mark** · 12-20-2013, 11:38 AM

There are very few MF towels out there that won`t leaves marks on soft paint. One is the "crazy pile" towel by MF madness. I just got some "woobies" from AG. I have a feeling these won`t leave marks either. Will be testing them this weekend.

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**LeMarque** · 12-20-2013, 12:04 PM

Buried today with `08 M3 Jerez Black Pearl that the dealer thinks the orange peel can be muted in one day (Not!)

Will post pics of the Rolls when I recover ...

Thanks for all the feedback.