Hello everybody. I have recently painted a vehicle with dupli color lacquer and had let it set for several days before buffing the clear coat. The problem is that I used 3m super duty polishing compound and the places that I put the compound on the vehicle it left a "wet" looking spot. It has been at least 10 days and the spots are still there. I have washed the vehicle with dishwater soap and the spots remain. These spots wont buff out and it appears that some of the product may have seeped into the paint. The vehicle was buffed in the shade on a warm but not hot day.Is this something that will go away with a good waxing or is something else necessary?Any ideas???????????

I have to ask, why did you use lacquer?

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The DUPLI-COLOR supposedly has polimers in it that resist cracking.It sets up fairly fast

solvent base compound on lacquer. not good. it will not buff out or go away. after you redo it use a compound like 3m superduty . most likely it will dry down and chaulk anyway .

Hmm, it resists cracking but can't resist the mildest solvents contained in rubbing compound? Maybe you could smear the compound more evenly on the paint job and buff it some more. A more uniform appearance might be obtained that way.

Yep, that "great" lacquer likely absorbed the compound. Can't give you too much advice, as I've only sprayed and buffed a lacquer car once, about 18 years ago. It was just to give us exposure to it. It was already headed on its way out way back then. See why the pros get ornary when people in other threads praise duplicolor and go on how great lacquer is. Its the bottom of the barrel in paints. Lacquer is not very solvent resistant, and most compounds have solvents in them. Maybe a waterbased would work better?
Also I believe it would probably soften and melt real easy from the heat of the buffer. Lacquer is not crosslinking system, but an air dry. I don't think a few days is nearly enough to attempt buffing. Best would be to get some air movement over it and probably wait several weeks at the minimum.