last week a buddy of mine compounded a few sections of his car, only problem is too much was used. Which has now left a cloudy haze over his hood. and his car is black so its really noticeable. i have been hearing ALOT of different things to do and how to go about it. Just looking to seee what a few you really recomend. Someone give me a blunt answer please on how to remove it and get back that shine! Thanks guys, appreciate the help.

 

50/50 iso alcohol and water. Spray on and wipe off.

 

The ISO will remove polishing oils and any leftover residue. What polish/compound did you use? Was it by hand or machine? What kind of machine?

It sounds like you may have used too aggressive a compound and the only way to remove compounding haze is to use a lighter polish to polish out that micromarring. Without knowing what was used, how it was used and/or having photos, I can't make a definite recommendation.

 

I think Anime is probably right: the hazing you are seeing is probably due to the compounding itself. You need to use a lighter polish. One possibility is for your friend to pick up a bottle of Meguiar's Ultimate Polish from the local auto store and give it a try. He can apply it either by hand or by dual action polisher (preferred). Work it and buff off, one small section at a time (no larger than 18'x18'). If the UP doesn't work to clear up the hazing, he will probably need to purchase a good polish from an online retailer.

 

Since I haven't worked with UP, I recommended ScratchX, as it's meant to be applied by hand and I know it's a pretty middle of the road, foolproof product. Next step would be to hire a (trusted) local detailer to fix it. If it was limited to just clearing up a few areas, it should be an hour or two max.

 

I would be willing to bet that Scratch-X will leave hazing as well. On my 06 Berlina Black, I still had marring after using the M205 on one of my least aggressive pads. Granted, this was under a bright LED, but marring was still there.

If you want to grab something off the shelves, I'd recommend Color-X. I tried this as a test and it worked well, but ultimately landed on PO85RD.

Here's what Meguair's has to say about polish aggressiveness.

 

FWIW, OP PM'd me and said they were able to remedy the haze (tho he didn't say which product was used). It was on a 350Z.

 

used scratch X 2.o it got rid of 98% of the haze. only by one are may be the size of 2inches by 2 inches where you could see some haze still. but once we waxed everything it was gone and car looked great. so i am not sure if that fixed the probably or maybe the wax is just hiding the blemishes really well

 

You probably got the majority of the deeper marring and some waxes will fill very light marring quite well. Good job!

 

thanks really appreciate everyones help