Tried to remove a few scratches... now how to get the haze out

Interesting. What did you apply it with and how? Foam, Microfiber, Terry? Hand or machine?

 

Maybe Flitz?

 

I used some soft pads recommended by Mequiars, first by hand and then with a DA polisher. I was completely stunned at what happened as I have had real good luck with the Ultimate in the past and have recommended it. In the end I had the dealer guys who do the paint work do the panel. They said that they too were having some problems with some of the colors, notably the Barcelona Red, and they will no longer try to buff out scratches on that color. They also said they are seeing many of the new trucks having especially thin clear coats and it is becoming easier to burn through those.

 

That's disappointing to hear. The paint on my wife's 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe is leaps and bounds better than my truck. It cleans up so easily and doesn't show any swirls and so far I haven't seen a scratch or rock chip on it. I think trucks for the most part get the shaft on the paint department given their intended use and consumer market.

 

I've had a few deep scratches on my truck. The solution was simple, but time consuming. Wash the area with soap and water, then wipe down with rubbing alcohol. Wet sand the immediate scratch with 2000 or 3000 grit paper, clean it up and then feather it out with wet 5000 grit paper. Finally I polished it up and removed the haze with Meguiar's ScratchX 2.0. No buffers, no gizmos, no "1 step product as seen on TV!!" I've tried Flitz instead of ScratchX, but the Flitz didn't do much.

Pro tip - soak your WD sandpaper in a bucket of clean water and re-wet often during sanding. If the scratch isn't too deep, you can get away using 1500 grit and 2000 grit WD paper, but you have to go easier on it or the haze will never completely come out.