Hood issues

[AlexP941]

I have a 99 silverado
The paint is ok with normal wear and tear scratches. I am not too concerned with trying to make it like new.
The hood was starting to get a little chaulky so I decided to clay bar, polish and wax after I washed it
The rest of the truck came out flawless however the hood as gotten extremely worse. I made the mistake of polishing in the morning while still damp. I came back later that night and re polished then waxed and it has gotten worse, while the rest of the truck looks great. Any input on how to fix this? I'll try to attach pics of the hood later this evening. Is appears as if the polish pools when I use the buffer and settles to the whitish grey finish. I believe the paint is ok under just the polish has hardened over the paint. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I was thinking of hand polishing to help refresh and reliqiufy the polish. Or use rubbing compound to remove it. Or worse comes to worse repaint the hood

[The Guz]

Re: Hood issues

Welcome.

Pics would be helpful. Also what actual products did you use.

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Welcome.

Pics would be helpful. Also what actual products did you use.

I don't know how to get them from my phone on to here lol. I used a mothers clay bar with their showtime detailer and Megs ultimate polish with Megs synthetic wax

[The Guz]

Re: Hood issues

You are going to have to post them from your PC or upload them to photobucket and upload the link to them.

Ultimate polish may not have enough correcting/cleaning ability to remove what sounds like oxidation. You may want to consider going to ultimate compound or white wax. Once you get your photos uploaded we can help you figure out what to try.

Also do not let ultimate compound or ultimate polish dry on the paint.

What color is the truck?

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

You are going to have to post them from your PC or upload them to photobucket and upload the link to them.

Ultimate polish may not have enough correcting/cleaning ability to remove what sounds like oxidation. You may want to consider going to ultimate compound or white wax. Once you get your photos uploaded we can help you figure out what to try.

Also do not let ultimate compound or ultimate polish dry on the paint.

What color is the truck?

I feel that's what happened, the wax may have dried. It's a black truck unfortunately haha. I was wondering if there was an easy fix before I decided to paint the hood.

[Eldorado2k]

Did you allow the polish to dry on the paint? How long did you work the polish before trying to wipe it off?

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Did you allow the polish to dry on the paint? How long did you work the polish before trying to wipe it off?

i would wipe immediately after applying the polish. I would work the polish 3 or four full passes with the buffer. The hood looks like the polish was liquified and dried like that

[Eldorado2k]

Strange. The hood is cool to the touch meaning you're not working in the sunlight right? Try using a bit of the Showtime Quik Detailer that came with your claybar kit. That usually helps with wiping off polish.

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Strange. The hood is cool to the touch meaning you're not working in the sunlight right? Try using a bit of the Showtime Quik Detailer that came with your claybar kit. That usually helps with wiping off polish.

I tried that earlier
it helped a little but barely enough to notice
the hood was cool enough to be worked. I feel the detailer mixed with the water And polish from the morninf moisture and dried to make a new layer

[The Guz]

Re: Hood issues

Ultimate was doesn't haze or dry like a typical wax. At least not the liquid version. So you should not be seeing any white residue from it. If anything you would see streaking from it if it was applied thick. I'm not sure about the paste version since I never used it. With ultimate wax you want to apply it very thin.

Try polishing one small area and see if it removes it. Work it in a little but no to much where it is going to dry on you. Wipe it off and see how it looks.

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Ultimate was doesn't haze or dry like a typical wax. At least not the liquid version. So you should not be seeing any white residue from it. If anything you would see streaking from it if it was applied thick. I'm not sure about the paste version since I never used it. With ultimate wax you want to apply it very thin.

Try polishing one small area and see if it removes it. Work it in a little but no to much where it is going to dry on you. Wipe it off and see how it looks.

The ultimate polish seems to be the reason for the issue
the synthetic wax helped but not enough to Truly notice it

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Here are some pics of the hood finally. The one from the front does seem a little extreme, but you can better see the "pooling", the side view is better showing the damage. I intend to try and do what The Guz said earlier and working in very small areas to try and repolish and remove the issue

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

Ill try and find a before pic, but there was only some chalkiness going on, not extreme discoloration or white/grey damage as in the pics above

[AlexP941]

Re: Hood issues

The ultimate compound seems to have the same effect of those pooling marks, but with less whitish remainder. Im
not concerned of the paint is shot like I said. I can repaint it. Just don't want to spend any more money on compounding products.