New paint + Zoom microfibre = scratches

[imported_Nate]

* Vroom, not zoom



I have brand new paint on my car, and washed it for the first time today... 2 bucket method, sheepskin mit, meg's gold class... looked awesome, no swirl marks, so far, so good.



So I went out 2 hours later and saw bird poop on the hood. I hosed it down hard, and it stayed there . So I decided to make this the first use of my Mother's detailing clay. I clayed it, and it seemed to get rid of it. It left a little clay residue in a couple spots.



So I grabbed a brand new Vroom microfibre polishing towel. Went out and buffed out the clay marks with medium pressure. Boom I have swirl / scratch marks for the first time :nixweiss. Not even just from buffing, there are a couple 6 inch long scratches where I must have just dragged the polishing towel along.



What the heck! I went out and bought all these products to make sure this didn't happen.



Do you think the paint is too new to stand up directly to a microfibre polishing cloth? (It's about 2.5 weeks old).



This will probably polish out later on, right?



Thanks!