Too much Polish??

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ForumZero

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Hi everyone, after washing my car today I went ahead and used a clay bar for the first time and got the smooth glass feeling (which was awesome) and then decided to use a polish (by hand). When I was finished polishing I felt more bumps on the surface then when I started. Does this mean I used too much product? If so, how do I remove the "new bumps" prior to final waxing?

I used the following:
-Meguiars Smooth Surface Clay Kit
-Meguiars Ultimate Polish

I also bought Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax & Ultimate QD.
 
Polishes typically contain a fine grit that is reduced as polishing progresses. I wouldn't bother using a compound or polish by hand - you might want invest in a DA polisher (or even a rotary) for the best, most efficient results. By hand, you'd be better off with a pre-cleaner or a 'wax' that contains a chemical cleaner. I've used Megs polish with my PC 7424 and I've never had any 'bumps' or grit left behind.
I can see why you'd want to remove any 'grit' before 'waxing'. Maybe with a QD product (same as you used to clay)?
 
Sounds like there are still surface contaminants on the paint. You may need a more aggressive clay bar if it's never been clayed before.
 
The Guz said:
Sounds like there are still surface contaminants on the paint. You may need a more aggressive clay bar if it's never been clayed before.
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I'm goinna disagree with you on that one....polishing by hand (with or without "new bumps" issues) can be problematic and aggressive clays will almost always mar the paint enough that a good thorough polishing is required (especially in the hands of somebody with limited experience).

ForumZero- First step is to figure out what those "bumps" are.

I wouldn't expect them to be excess/residual polish; I'd expect *all* the polish to have been buffed away.

I'd examine them under magnification and try to figure out what they are before doing anything else.

*Maybe* try claying again and see if that removes them but don't get so aggressive that you mar the paint and have to do even more (and more aggressive) polishing.

Does the paint look OK? Does it look ready-to-wax? If so, maybe just ignore the bumps and wax it and don't worry. Yeah, I know...more of my Autopian Heresy, but I hate it when people try to do something and end up dealing with new problems that they didn't know they had.
 
Thanks guys, I'm gonna go back out and re-clay the hood and trunk then repolish those two spots. I'm also noticing a few fine scratches were left too, so maybe I didn't work in the polish enough prior to buffing.
 
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