Paint Chipping During Polishing Process ?!!!

[khaled_topcare]

Hi, I am Khaled Osama and i own a detailing business in Egypt called Top Care Detailing. I am new to the forum but i have been reading the Megs forums from 3 years when i started detailing. I'm a huge fan of Meguiar's and the forum, i learnt so much from this forum. people around here are really nice and helpful.

Ok, so here is the deal. I was working on a 2007 Honda City with some minor chipping on the hood. While i was workinng on the hood, i was compounding using Megs Diamon Cut 2.0 and Megs Cutting pad i noticed that chips started to appear, then switched to Swirl-free polish and polishing pad and chips started to appear again.

Some chips get wider and/or deeper and more obvious than before. The same goes for the front bumber but not the rest of the car. i have been experiencing this problem for a while now on 20% on the daily driven cars.i started to notice these problems on dark colors especially black cars.


Does anyone have an explanation?

Thanks.

[Nuscence813]

Hey Khaled I know exactly what your talking about and what I think is that the machine and/pad your using is making it worse the deeper you go. I don't know too much but I think there are polishes with some cut for that. I have the same on my 2011 g37s. I can't believe that the chips are there already but what can I do. It used to be my daily commute. If you find out something solid let me know.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Paint Chipping During Polishing Process ?!!!

If a chip or open edge already exists, or there is a bubble in the paint (likely from extreme degradation or a lower quality repaint), it is possible that a pad or wool could catch an edge (existing chip) or burst/pull a bubble. When using extreme pressure and higher speeds on a rotary there can be a significant amount of force being exerted against the paint in a pulling fashion, which can pull up on edges or pull paint that is not well adhered to the body.

To avoid this try using less pressure or lower speeds on trouble areas (ie front bumpers, plastic bumpers, hood, etc). I have only witnessed pulled paint like this once or twice and after adjusting my technique the issue stopped immediately.