Junkman I need some assurances LOL
 

So after viewing a lot of you videos I decided to take out my hardly ever used meguires random orbital out to do some detailing. Fortunately for myself, you instilled the fact that one should do a small part at a time and check results before moving forward. Well, I checked and noticed "a few pigtails" on my rear fender. :shakes head:

I am aware that a foreign particle must have entered onto the pad to cause this, fortunately for me the pigtailing wasnt too deep and got removed by hand and the use of ultimate compound.

So I started doing the other rear fender with another pad, and guess what the same shizzle. I duly stopped as I have totally lost my confidence in this task.

Was hoping you could instill some advisories on this issue, I am thinking perhaps I moved the pad too close to the edge of the panel and some contaminants got attached. I dunno to be honest, the irony is when I do other peoples cars ( for free ) I never have issues, but when it comes to my own all crap hits the fan,.

thank you

Are you claying the car beforehand?

That particular panel yea was clayed. I'm glad I followed junk man's theory about inspecting after doing an area. I had to really check at multiple angles with various light sources to see the pigtails. If I hadn't have then perhaps my whole car would have been this way. Luckily they were shallow enough to come out.

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Have you washed the pad? Clayed? Tap of the corners.

I have noticed that if you get the pad into the corners it will pick up contamination.

Ryan

Ryan. I think you might be onto something. What does tap the corners mean?

Initially I thought perhaps the pad picked up a particle from a panel edge perhaps. But when I wash the car I clean all edges and door jambs etc also. This incident has really knocked the confidence in me. Especially that the pigtailing is only noticeable if the panel is scrutinized under extreme angles and lights to notice myself instilling this.

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Seems like you should wash the pad out. It's clearly something in the pad because I doubt whatever technique you're using is causing this.

Pad was washed.i don't use pads again after they were used unless washed.

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What kind of pad? MF or foam?

Also make sure you're not dry buffing meaning make sure you prime the pad correctly.

Foam one. I was pretty generous with the lube. ;-)

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Basically this occurance has knocked the confidence out of me.

Were you detailing outdoors or indoors? Were the pads brand new? I know sometimes when using older pads or discs of other kinds that lose their abrasive quality, and can form pigtails. Did you make sure to keep your hands clean, so often I transfer dirt from picking up the polisher or moving the cord, so im super careful and wash my hands often. Dont lose confidence, anything you screw up can always be fixed...for a price:)

Thanks for feedback. I was doing the process indoors. Yes the pad wasn't brand new but washed and cleaned. It had been in a closed storage box for a while before using it.

I need to remedy my light source , I'm using indoor flourecent lights in garage as well as the tripod type 300w halogens. Even with this configuration it took a while to identify the pigtails. It was just one pigtail on one panel.

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sounds like an anomaly to me. I would just get new pads for peace of mind, make sure I clayed and primed my NEW pads with detail spray, and get back to work. Sunlight is the true best light you can use, but try using the macro function on your camera it can show you a lot more detail of the paint in question

and if you feel like a laugh, this is making me crack up right now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LchHz7Wm5sg