I got a black civic that I polished with the porter cable 7424 using the white colored pad and miguires polish. it turn out nice but when you shine a light on to it all you see is a white haze that almost turn the black into gray. I checked on some how-to sites and seems like a lot of people us glaze to get ride of the haze, but it seems to made it worst for me.

Anyone have any tips and tricks to get ride of it?

 

you most likely used a aggressive Meguiar's designed to cut and remove heavier scratches and swirls this will leave a haze behind kinda of like wet sanding.

you should follow up with a medium-finishing polish like a Menzerna PO106ff Polish and then glaze it since glaze wont help you except maybe hide and fill some of the hazing (tiny scratches from aggressive polish or what cant be corrected) but that's temporary

after you final polish then glaze you should look into a sealant wax to protect (yes i use both)

check out detailedimage.com for some products or visit detailuniversity.com and autopia.com forums to get a better grasp of what your doing

good luck

remember correct the paint not hide the damage

 

I use the deep crystal polish http://www.meguiarsdirect.com/detail/MEG+A2116 and the lake country white pad. I also use the meguiars sealant before I saw the haze. Do I have to remove the sealant before repolishing it.

 

two step bucket wash it , re-polish then re-seal the polish will remove the sealant check for hazing before you add the sealant next time

also if you like to detail invest in a cheap HALOGEN SHOP LIGHT so you can see your progression as you detail this will aid in helping you see the damage as you work (they have nice hand held ones too so you can spot check)

ex a : http://www.harborfreight.com/c...40123

ex b: http://www.harborfreight.com/c...40809

just to get an idea

also get some better products for that pc the pc is a good buffer i use a flex rotary(had a makita) and a flex random personally but dont skip out on the product being used it makes a difference but i don't see the deep crystal leaving much of a haze did you clay bar before you polished you may have had dirt on the pad creating a haze ?


Modified by blo2k1 at 7:04 AM 10/30/2008