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Re: New car - does it need to be polished or just clayed and waxed?
The Menzerna polish you used, especially in conjunction with the black finishing pad, is neither strong enough to remove orange peel nor aggressive enough to create any sort of jagged appearance in the paint. While orange peel is quite common on most cars these days, it should be fairly consistent throughout the paint finish with the exception of perhaps the bumper covers as they are usually painted off line and delivered to the factory painted, cured and ready to mount to the vehicle. The rest of the body shell is painted all at once, so the level of orange peel should be fairly consistent throughout.
For there to be such a noticeable difference in texture seems odd. A once over with the combination you used should not alter the texture in the slightest, although it should have added to the overall clarity of the finish. Have you since tried going over the roof with this product combo to see what, if any, changes you notice? Is there any chance that the orange peel is just showing itself more when you're looking at it from a low angle while viewing the roof, rather than looking more directly at the pillars? Is there any possibility that a panel or two was repainted at the port of entry? This is more common than you might think, and it happened without disclosure to a fellow employee here at Meguiar's recently. His new German import had some paint issues on the hood and he talked to the dealer about it, and they said all they could do was repaint the hood. He didn't want the hood repainted on a brand spanking new car, but the dealer body shop guy found that a bit odd since, as he put it "the door has already been resprayed anyway". This was news to everyone and upon further investigation it was determined that at least one door had indeed been repainted at the port due to some transport damage, but this work was never disclosed to the dealer so they couldn't pass it along to the new car owner. Just a thought to consider with your car, scary as it sounds.
The Menzerna polish you used, especially in conjunction with the black finishing pad, is neither strong enough to remove orange peel nor aggressive enough to create any sort of jagged appearance in the paint. While orange peel is quite common on most cars these days, it should be fairly consistent throughout the paint finish with the exception of perhaps the bumper covers as they are usually painted off line and delivered to the factory painted, cured and ready to mount to the vehicle. The rest of the body shell is painted all at once, so the level of orange peel should be fairly consistent throughout.
For there to be such a noticeable difference in texture seems odd. A once over with the combination you used should not alter the texture in the slightest, although it should have added to the overall clarity of the finish. Have you since tried going over the roof with this product combo to see what, if any, changes you notice? Is there any chance that the orange peel is just showing itself more when you're looking at it from a low angle while viewing the roof, rather than looking more directly at the pillars? Is there any possibility that a panel or two was repainted at the port of entry? This is more common than you might think, and it happened without disclosure to a fellow employee here at Meguiar's recently. His new German import had some paint issues on the hood and he talked to the dealer about it, and they said all they could do was repaint the hood. He didn't want the hood repainted on a brand spanking new car, but the dealer body shop guy found that a bit odd since, as he put it "the door has already been resprayed anyway". This was news to everyone and upon further investigation it was determined that at least one door had indeed been repainted at the port due to some transport damage, but this work was never disclosed to the dealer so they couldn't pass it along to the new car owner. Just a thought to consider with your car, scary as it sounds.
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