Overspray on touch up.

[veezee]

Hey, just recently started touching up some of the cars body work myself, till I can afford to have it properly worked over - major scuff on the front bumper - gone!!

I moved on to the passenger door next, where, with the larger area, I got a fair amount of overspray around the target area. Now, it's dried hazy. I can't shift it by hand, with a super resin polish.

I do have a machine polisher though. I turned it on for the first time a few days ago, and the speed of the thing more put me off it than anything - not adjustable speed, as was a fairly cheap one

So, safe to use it? I have plenty of polishes and waxes I can use, and the thing has a microfibre bonnet over the "disc".

 

[truss]

personally, if you don't feel comfortable with it, don't use it. It should have variable speeds, otherwise it'd be bye bye clearcote!

 

[veezee]

Should've mentioned that some of the overspray issue was with the clear lacquer. The central area I was working to looks fantastic, but the overspray is making the job look shoddy. Would a clay bar be of any use in this instance? That's a slightly less intimidating prospect.

I've tried the polisher out on the old front bumper off the car. Far less scary than I thought. I think I'll give it a go once the weather improves, just being very careful to work it in short bursts.