M26 Leaving an oily residue?

[PGA2B]

Is it normal for M26 to leave an oily residue on the paint?

[molerathlonfx]

what is m26?

What is m26?

[PGA2B]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

Hi-Tech Yellow Wax

[Selectchoice]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

No, it shouldn't leave any residue behind.

What did you apply before it (ie did you clay, polish?) and what are you wiping it off with?

[PGA2B]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

Polished the car with M205 and a PC with white LC pad, then M26 with a black LC pad. Wiped her down with a brand new MF towel.

[Murr1525]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

Also, how thick of a coat did you apply? How long did it dry?

[PGA2B]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

P.S.-Did the same thing on my Caddy. I just thought it was the M7 I used. I used M105 with Surbuf and LC Orange, M205 with LC White, M7 with LC Black, M21 with LC Blue, 2 coats of M26 With LC Gold all done with PC 7424XP. I had to wipe it down with M34 a couple of time and of course put scratches in it trying to get the redisue off. Overkill I know.

Here it is.

[PGA2B]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

The coat was so thin it almost looked like I didn't put anything on it. Dry time was 1 hour.

On my Caddy same thing only dry time was 24 hours between M21 and M26 coats.

I don't post much but am also not a noob.

[polaris]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

What were the weather conditions?

[PGA2B]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

It was in the garage and it was 73* today and low humidity

Car is a 2009 Nissan Sentra, and White in color.

[polaris]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

That sounds very strange being such nice weather conditions

[PGA2B]

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Thats what I thought. When it happened on my Caddy as I said I thought it was the M7 but today when it did it on the wifes car with only M205 I was dumb founded.......

It looked like the car was scratched all to heck on my Caddy until I ran my finger across it and it smeared...... I was like WTF???? It came off with some effort and M34. But of course I put some scratches in it....... For a ceramic clear it sure scratches easy.....

So now I know it was not my process.

[polaris]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

Not sure on what is wrong with the process everything sounds correct. Will have to what for someone with more knowledge to chime in on this one to get a better answer.

[davey g-force]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

It sounds like you are a fan of using multiple layers / products / steps (which is great).

Do you think there may have been a build-up of various products on there before you started?

*EDIT* just realised you polished with M205 first, which (you would think) would remove anything that was on there before. Hmmm...

[jfelbab]

Re: M26 Leaving an oily residue?

I've also seen this with M26 occasionally. Mist a MF with water and wipe or use UQD or UQW and the oily film is gone.