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Scratches in newly painted part
Hi everybody!
I had a small exterior plastic part painted to match my car's overall paint.
Immediately after picking it up from the paint shop, I waxed it with NXT Tech Wax. On first look, everything was fine, but then I held the part under a light and discovered that it was full of fine swirls.
After reading the forums here, I learned that you are not supposed to wax freshly painted parts. But now it is too late.
To get rid of the swirls, I tried Scratch X (didn't work) and a German brand wax/ polish product (didn't work either). If anything, there are now even more scratches.
Please help!
Should I maybe wait before trying to remove the swirls again?
Is it worth trying "Step 1", even if Scratch X did not work (maybe scratch X is for bigger scratches only)?
Or did I ruin the part for good and have to get it re-painted?
Is it very important to use the right towel for "swirl removing"? As it is just a small part, I did not want to use one of my meguiar's MFT/ terrys (to keep them clean) and just used an old, clean cotton shirt. Wrong decision?
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
I had a small exterior plastic part painted to match my car's overall paint.
Immediately after picking it up from the paint shop, I waxed it with NXT Tech Wax. On first look, everything was fine, but then I held the part under a light and discovered that it was full of fine swirls.
After reading the forums here, I learned that you are not supposed to wax freshly painted parts. But now it is too late.
To get rid of the swirls, I tried Scratch X (didn't work) and a German brand wax/ polish product (didn't work either). If anything, there are now even more scratches.
Please help!
Should I maybe wait before trying to remove the swirls again?
Is it worth trying "Step 1", even if Scratch X did not work (maybe scratch X is for bigger scratches only)?
Or did I ruin the part for good and have to get it re-painted?
Is it very important to use the right towel for "swirl removing"? As it is just a small part, I did not want to use one of my meguiar's MFT/ terrys (to keep them clean) and just used an old, clean cotton shirt. Wrong decision?
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
I would give it a quick wash/dry then straight to the scratchX and applicator pad as you would want to try the least aggressive method first. If after 2 to 3 tries with that and it still isn't removing them then go up to scratchX with a 100% terry towel. Try not to do an area greater than an A4 peice of paper as the product can dry out before you have used all of its swirl remover qualities.
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