Heavy Straight line scratching

[guitarman502]

OK, So i've let my truck go further than i'd like to tell. Between going out on skinny roads with lots of brush and no time to get a proper detail in, it's come down to this.

After 2 passes with 83, then 1 pass of 80 to remove the haze left from 83, it gets 95% out. (The swirls are not problem, it's the straight line scratches i'm having an issue with. Basically what i'm asking is there anything "easier" to work with than 83? BTW, this is on a G100. I get a ton of dust with 83 and it seems to dry extremely quick. Thanks in advance. The White spots you see in the photo is the dusting from 83.

[Murr1525]

Re: Heavy Straight line scratching

You might be able to apply more power with #105 by hand....

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Heavy Straight line scratching

If the scratches have any depth to them at all the like Matt said, you might try M105 by hand.

You can exert more pressure with 2-3 of your fingers to a small area than you can with a foam buffing pad on a DA polisher thus more paint removing power.

Just to note it is hard to remove scratches like these without wet-sanding them and then removing your sanding marks using a rotary buffer.

Then their's a risk factor because you only have so much film-build to work with.




Example of your hand's ability to exert pressure to a small area
After applying a paint cleaner by hand to remove swirls and scratches to a car with a red single stage paint job and then turning the applicator over you can see that red pigmented paint accumulated the most where your 4 fingertips pressed down on the applicator pad. You get these same types of results when you're working on a clear coat finish by hand, (with a paint cleaner), except you can't see the accumulation of removed paint because it's clear.