Removing buff marks?

ATR90

ATR90

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I had a bit of body work done a couple of months ago. Thing is, the body shop used a buffer on one side of my car to either polish or apply wax... I'm not too sure. I think it was a polish. In any case, the buffer left white vertical marks on the paint that are only visible in strong direct sunlight. How can I make these marks go away lol?
 
ATR90 said:
Any chance I can get rid of them by hand?

And what exactly are these marks?
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Another typical case of a body shop having no clue how to properly polish a car.

What you see on your paint are known as buffer trails or buffer holograms. They are caused by incorrect polishing technique, incorrect product used or incorrect polishing pad used or a combination of all 3 things.

Normally you need to re-polish the area with a less aggressive polishing compound by machine.

If you are working by hand, try something like Meguair's ScratchX, it is designed to be used by hand. That would be your best bet, however you really need to do it with a machine, in this case I would go with a DA polisher like the Porter Cable 7424.
 
Chump said:
Another typical case of a body shop having no clue how to properly polish a car.

What you see on your paint are known as buffer trails or buffer holograms. They are caused by incorrect polishing technique, incorrect product used or incorrect polishing pad used or a combination of all 3 things.

Normally you need to re-polish the area with a less aggressive polishing compound by machine.

If you are working by hand, try something like Meguair's ScratchX, it is designed to be used by hand. That would be your best bet, however you really need to do it with a machine, in this case I would go with a DA polisher like the Porter Cable 7424.
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what he said!
 
Just a question...

I just bought the Autoglym Resin Polish (and HD wax :D)... if I buff this on properly, will it probably remove the buffer trails?
 
ATR90 said:
Just a question...

I just bought the Autoglym Resin Polish (and HD wax :D)... if I buff this on properly, will it probably remove the buffer trails?
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I don't know the Autoglym products too well, however if it's a polish then it's designed to level the paint and it should be able to remove some imperfections depending on how deep the buffer trails are.
 
I'll try and get around to doing it sometime soon... I'll definitely let you know how it turns out! *tu*
 
ATR90 said:
Just a question...

I just bought the Autoglym Resin Polish (and HD wax :D)... if I buff this on properly, will it probably remove the buffer trails?
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Autoglym Resin Polish will not be able to remove those marks. Rule of thumb, if a rotary caused those marks, then only a rotary buffer can remove them "sufficiently". You will need a polish to really get rid of those marks.
 
EdT said:
Autoglym Resin Polish will not be able to remove those marks. Rule of thumb, if a rotary caused those marks, then only a rotary buffer can remove them "sufficiently". You will need a polish to really get rid of those marks.
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And the Autoglym Resin Polish is not a polish...? :dunno:
 
EdT said:
Autoglym Resin Polish will not be able to remove those marks. Rule of thumb, if a rotary caused those marks, then only a rotary buffer can remove them "sufficiently". You will need a polish to really get rid of those marks.
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It's true that in most cases you may need a rotary to remove them, however he might be able to at least improve the appearance.
 
Chump said:
It's true that in most cases you may need a rotary to remove them, however he might be able to at least improve the appearance.
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yes and no

glazes will just hide them for a while, and some polishes can diminish them but they remain there. There's a degree where a hologram is only visible to the trained eye.
 
CelicaGTS said:
yes and no

glazes will just hide them for a while, and some polishes can diminish them but they remain there. There's a degree where a hologram is only visible to the trained eye.
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I'm not familiar at all with Autoglym products, but is that product an actual glaze that they happenned to name a polish?
 
Chump said:
I'm not familiar at all with Autoglym products, but is that product an actual glaze that they happenned to name a polish?
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Not familiar with them either. However, as a rule of thumb, any product that claims to remove scratches, swirls or any paint defects by hand contains fillers.
 
EdT said:
The stuff they sell at Cdn Tire is like a cleaner wax, great one step product, but not made for real paint correction.
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LOL that doesn't tell me much if you're generalizing about products sold at Canadian Tire... they do sell compounds there and if you're going to tell me compounds = "cleaner wax", I can't really take you seriously haha.
 
ATR90 said:
LOL that doesn't tell me much if you're generalizing about products sold at Canadian Tire... they do sell compounds there and if you're going to tell me compounds = "cleaner wax", I can't really take you seriously haha.
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I believe what he means is that the product you mentioned by Autoglym is a one step cleaner wax, not really a polish capable of removing imperfections in the paint. It will give the car some shine and leave some protection on it without doing much for removing swirls etc.
 
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