How Do I Remove Dry Polish From Paint?

[blue_vl_t]

so i clayed my gtr and machine polished with meguires mirror glaze light cut number 2

panels are coming up great, but now i have small spots absoutly everywhere from machine buffing, they are so hard to get off it has taken me longer to attempt to remove the dry spots than to prep the whole car, they seem to dry before i even get to wipe them off. I am in the shade and the car is cool. Do i have to re polish the whole car by hand, windows, trims etc just to get rid of it?

surley i'm doing something wrong??>_<

i want to start on a black car soon as well, but not keen till this is sorted, what do you guys do???

my car is covered in spots and ive been scrubbing for hours

[GTR-N1]

Is your machine head random/orbital and variable speed? If not it should be.

Did you reduce the grade of cutting compound?

[blue_vl_t]

variable speed yes, i have used one before, bit i think i should have masked the whole car up, lol

may try a high pressure cleaner today on the spots.

I have not reduced the grade yet. will be next the step.

any easy way to remove dry polish?

[r31slpr]

You'll probably have to go back over it by hand with a fine cut to get the marks out.

Just my 2c I'm not a fan of meguires cutting compounds, it was drying too fast so left marks every where and just wasnt really that great.

Autoglym make brilliant products for pretty much anything you need, do like the meguires deep crystal wet look polish though.

[blue_vl_t]

yea thats the plan now,

also looked on a detailing site which recommended isopropyl alcohol, just tried it and it works not too bad.

[Fry_33]

Got any photos of the marks? It should come off without too many dramas. If you work on an area that is too large then it can dry out and cause a bit of grief. A quick detailer should help lubricate it and get it off.

Also is the buffer you are using a random orbital one or rotary?

[SS8_Gohan]

yea thats the plan now,

also looked on a detailing site which recommended isopropyl alcohol, just tried it and it works not too bad.

so as your polishing, the polish is drying? even after you've made a few passes on one spot??

or is it splatter/dusting or sorts that is drying onto the panel?

IPA has it's drawbacks, and i hope you diluted it. You're better off getting something like FI Cleanse (light, for smaller cars)

have you been spurring your pads?

[blue_vl_t]

sorry, all i meant was the polish was splatttering everywhere, but i have used this product again and use less water and less speed and seem to be having more success, i have a rotary polisher, not orbital.

[nobby]

Sound's like to much polish cut back amount and do smaller sections at a time.

Have a clean dry rag handy to remove this as you go, don't let the over spray dry for to long at all.

Think the cleaning compounds in the polish bite into paint, then dry and there's the problem.

May be try, as polisher starts up slide it along panel a bit to spread polish a bit, so less for it to fling off at start-up.

Cheers.

[ARTZ]

I just keep a spray bottle with water in it and mist it over if I need it..Guy at the panel shop recomended it and seems to work fine..

[Juz]

Keep applying water to the polishing pad as you go mate, And do small sections at a time and keep wiping the excess off With a clean microfibre towel. Most important thing is to keep the pad wet, and If your new too detailing use A micro pad instead of sheep wool (a lot easier to damage your paint)

[Antonio_Waxit]

Hi,

If you have a foam gun accessory for your high pressure washer, I would mix 1/4 car wash, half of that again with an all purpose pH neutral cleaner and rest water. Foam the car and let it dwell. This will soften the polish specs. High pressure rinse, then wash the car with normal car wash.

If they are still there you can lightly clay or wipe the car down with a solvent like Prepsol. This should remove them and be alot quicker than going over the car again with a polisher.