I was wondering if it's safe to polish my car with scratch shield paint? Paint color is black obsidian. I'm going to be using my portercable and a finishing polish to remove light swirls.

I'm wondering if there is any risks of ruining the clear?

 

If you use the right polish then you should be fine. Menzerna Super Intensive Polish (PO83) is designed for the removal of scratches, swirls, and oxidation on the scratch-resistant clear coats used by Mercedes Benz. so u know is good!

 

Yes you're fine. I use blackfire polish but as long as it's high quality polish (Aka not from autozone) you'll be fine

 

Thanks for the replies. The reason I ask is because I heard stories of the clear acting weird because of the heat generated by the buffer. As I recall scratch shield clear reacts to heat.

 

Scratch Shield Clear Coat

Some paints (isocyanate free paint formula, a clear coat with low heat and abrasion resistance; this type of paint heats up very quickly causing the polish surface lubrication to dry out, which causes an increase in surface resistance, the pad feels like its dragging and can skip, as the polish abrasives stick to the paint


Correction - use a firmer pad that has lees surface resistance or an LC Purple Foamed Wool. Or try to add surface lubrication (Gloss- it Pad Prime) alternatively apply polish with an orbital polisher.