Removing wavy hologram-like lines

[turboawd]

hi all,

I just picked up my new civic from the dealership, and as part of thier pre-delivery inspection, they waxed the car. to my dismay, the person who did the job did not know what they were doing and it looks like they burned in some wavy lines into my paint. i did a little searching and these are called holograms or "buffer burns". what i couldn't find was how to remove these burns. i tried to buff them out with a cloth but that didn't work...

here's an example of the problem (this is not my car but i have the same problem):


anyone have any experience with this type of damage, and how hard is it to remove?

thanks in advance!!!

[Murr1525]

Ugh... thats going to be rough. It isnt like it is a bad wax job, it is actualy scratches put into the paint.

Here is a little more to read, till someone else chimes in:

Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle

Step 1 Wash

Step 2 Clean

Step 3 Polish

Step 4 Protect

Step 5 Maintain

What it Means to Remove a Scratch

How To Remove Swirls By Hand

How to remove a defect by hand with ScratchX

Recommended Products - G100a Dual Action Polisher

Using the G-100 to remove swirls with the Professional Line

[Mondeo Mk.III]

Take the car back and have them give you a new - unwaxed one!!

[sprbst]

bring the car back to the dealer and see what they will do for you
since it was there people that messed up your new car.

[Kickin Griffin]

The dealer shouldn't be putting a car out like that, but in my experience it happens all too often here in the UK. The car is prepared for sale with a quick wash and sometimes they throw on (with old rags) some Diamondbrite or Lifeshine or some such rubbish... While the dealer shouldn't put a car out in that state, if they pur it out like that I wonder if they will actually be able to fix it. The marks in the picture look like rotary buffer tails, fine scratches in the clearcoat coming from an inexeperienced rotary user, or a car thats just been rotaried in a hurry...

On the bright side, my experience of Hondas is that they have very soft paint so defect removal is actually quite easy, and possible even to get excellent results by hand. (By PC, using Menzerna Intensive Polish for very bad swilrs on a Honda Jazz, PTG readings revealed up to a 20um loss of paint). With this in mind, you may be able to get good results using Meguiars ScratchX - this is hard work to do over the whole car but the results are well worth it from it... Work small areas at a time, I use medium pressure on a sponge applicator and work in circular motion and remove the residue before it dries... You may need a couple of repeat application but perservere with the Scratch X as it can generate very good results with patience. Alternaively, you could try something like Meguiars #80 by hand also. I would apply in a similar way to the ScratchX. One you have removed the defects, then either glaze to add wettness to the shine (not necessary if you've used #80, it contains glaze oils anyway) then seal and wax.

[KLnyc]

M#80 will take it out. If you have DA w/8006 pads.