IDK if this thread is alive, but ill try here first before starting my own
I recently bought a griots 6" polisher and it came with very mild polish, some wax and a pad for each.
I washed my car, clayed it, and polished it. About half of the swirls came out, guess i need to polish for longer, and maybe with more pressure?
I started around 330 and around 615 i was ready to wax. It was getting dark and chilly, i had about an hour left of light left to work.
I applied the wax to the car, let it setup and wiped it off, but it was dusk at this point and i couldnt really tell how the paint looked. The next day i noticed "smear" marks, not swirls and not holograms.... but it seemed like the wax was never really wiped all the way off.
I sprayed qd and wiped the car down with a clean mf and the marks are still there, just in whatever direction i wipe in. Very ugly, and annoying to look at.
I am wondering
1) what can i do to remove these smear marks, and
2) what caused them to begin with?
I have some ideas, like it was too cold, or the wax wasnt dry before i started removing it, or that i applied too much wax...all of which could be true, this is the first time detailing my car in 4-5 years, and i really dont know what too much wax is, or if it was dry enough.
i only applied a few dime sized drops to my pad, and that seemed like enough for each section.
i dont have pics, as it turns out it is starting to rain (have to laugh at that
) and its impossible to get pictures in this light. But basically its like a haze is still on the paint, and depending on which way i wipe, the direction of the haze changes.
Any ideas?
Should i wipe it down with a 50/50 solution of ipa and start over when the weather is nice enough? This time with less wax, and more cure time?
Oh and its a black car, so yeah, pita to maintain and detail. Might as well let it be dirty, just looks dirty 30 minutes after washing anyways.
EDIT:
Also, imperfections seem to be amplified now that i polished the car. The hood is covered with tiny little pits, or cracks, from rocks or hail idk. ...these are not coming out with a polish, so do i need to buy a glaze and fill em in? If so, do i start the process over but this time glaze after polishing?
