Hey guys, I haven't been on for awhile. Looking for some help. I was recently helping my housemate removing some tiny blemishes on his 2009 Accord. It look ok that day, but the following day, there were hazes on the spots that I was working on. I'm not sure what went wrong? I will take some pictures later tonight.

 

Well what was your process? Sounds like you're experiencing micro-marring, which are thousands of micro-swirls from not refining the finish enough. Go back over it with a finer finishing polish to level out the marring.

The reason you didn't see it yesterday was due to the fact that whatever you used probably contained some oils which hid it temporarily, but evaporated overnight leaving you with the true finish. If you want to avoid this, after you finish polishing wipedown the spot with a 50/50 dilution of Isopropyl Alcohol and water.

 

I was just polishing. Started with 1, then 3, and then 5. Which polishing pad should I buy from Pat?

 

Is that the PC speeds you were using? Which pads and polishes did you use?

 

...........or you didnt polish long enough.....

 

Yes, that's the speed. Orange pad. I believe it was either the Optimum Compound or the Polish; cant remember. Will check later tonight.

could be the case. usually how long do i need to spend on a certain spot?

 

Optimum compound would definitely leave a haze with an orange pad. Different paints have varying degrees of hardness, so what may work perfectly on one type of paint, may not work at all on another type. The orange pad is also pretty stiff and abrasive, do you have anything lighter?

Use a finer pad and a finer polish, and work the spot for a bit longer. And polish until the product is broken down, it varies from product to product.

 

My friend took the picture:

Link to picture

After seeing pics, what are your suggestion? buy finer pad or continue to polish longer?

 

You linked us directly to your e-mail account. You'll need to post the photo on a photo sharing website like Photobucket in order for us to see it.

 

That's your e-mail lol.

And buy a finer pad. If the paint is soft enough, it is not going to finish down well no matter how long you polish for if the pad/polish still has too much cut.

 

Yes, the guy who own that car sent it to me. So I just repost the link. Will the red pad work? I believe I have a red pad at home...

 

Always make sure the pad supports the product, red, is a finishing pad, and not recommended for polishing. I do all of my polishing with either Orange or White, and on rare occasions I use Yellow....

 

We can't see it because we don't have access to your e-mail account. Plus it's not wise to do a direct link to that account.

 

Oh whoops...let me upload that somewhere.

So is a white pad finer than the orange pad? I didn't use the red pad for polishing; I just the orange pad.

 

Yes the white pad has less cut to it.

 

Here is the picture: Link

 

I would redo the whole area with a finer polish and a white pad.

 

 

Thanks. Patrick, what finer polish do you recommend?

 

I wouldnt hesitate to go with the new Optimum Hyper Spray Polish. Are you sure its not a pigment problem? Im not convinced its topical......

 

After polishing with the white pad again, it looks better at the two other spot. The hood is still somewhat visible, but pretty hard to tell now. I'm not sure what you mean by it's not a pigment problem?

 

There are certain paints/colors where the pigment actually starts to fade below the clear coat. One thinks they can cure it with some topical treatments, but when in fact, its below the surface.....Ive seen it first hand.....