products that cause and remove hazing?

any medium to strong abrasive polish has a chance to haze your paint if you dont break down the abrasives all the way. To fix it you just follow up with a less agressive polish :D
 
Yeah, abrasives that don't break down fine enough to leave a ready-to-wax finish will, by their nature, leave hazing. This usually happens more with a PC than with a rotary, which can better break them down. A product that hazes with a PC might not with a rotary.



Using a PC/Cyclo, I've had hazing from:



1Z Ultra/Extra (significant), 1Z PP (minor), 3M PI-III Extra Cut (extreme), PI-II FCRC (moderate), PI-III RC (minor), Meg's #80 (significant but rare, only happened once on rather fresh paint), Griots' Machine Polish #1 (minor), Meg's #83 (significant).



Key, most to least hazing: extreme, significant, moderate, minor
 
Accumulator, i have come to the conclusion, that no one will ever notice the hazing, it's to fine and you really need nice the right lighting and have to be so close. but i know that it's there and it gets to me a little. i have come to the conclusion that this is common with pc, and certain abrasive polishes. i have tried so many techniques that i'm all out of them. how might i go about solving this? i work dacp w/cutting pad till it is a thin thin film and dusting. then #80 w/polishing three times. and i still have hazing?

have you tried menz FP? i am looking for alternatives, that might work better? any suggestions? i believe if i remove these micromarring marks, my finish will look even better! thanks again Accumulator, and here is a link so you could checkout some work that i have done.



http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44706
 
Much of your micromarring is coming from the cutting pad. If you use DACP w/ a cutting pad and get a haze, try following with DACP and a polishing pad, and then #80 with a polishing pad. That should remove the hazing and give a great finish.



FP is an awesome product, but probably won't take care of significant hazing. It is meant to burnish the paint to a high gloss.
 
i'll give it a shot zaneo. i though that multiple passes with #80 would do it, but i may need to just step down to the polishing pad, then switch to #80. i'll let you know how it goes.
 
Cheapshot- Sorry, been out of town/offline. Yeah, try stepping down in more gradual increments if you need to.



I've used FP, but only after getting things almost perfect, I haven't really tried to do any "correction" with it.



I'm not very familiar with the DACP (prefer other products), but I agree that you should go from the cutting pad to polishing pad. That's what I do with the stronger polishes that I use.
 
Accumulator, thanks i've tried it and it's not very productive, i think the dacp and cutting pad are a haze nightmare, but i've gone over and over and over with #80, and polishing pad and it looks pretty good, i could eliminate all of it, but i would be there for weeks, the pc is just not aggressive enough for what i was trying to remove, but i did remove swirls and fine scratches, and the #80 brought the finish up pretty nicely, i'm left with a slight haze, that is tuff to remove with the pc. but i hit it with #80 enough to were it is so very light is some areas almost gone. much lighter then i started with. there are not visable even in sunlight. you need a 500watt, and your eye a few inches from the finish at the right angle to see the hazing.
 
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