Swirl marks?

[johnnyd6404]

I recently had my car detailed and now that the shine is starting to fade I have heavy swirling all over my car. It is absoutly driving me nuts I dont remember it being so bad before they did it, I will say they did an awsome job with the clay cuz my paint is super smooth. So my question is can I get them out and if so how.

[D_roc]

turtle wax ice clay bar, then the turtle wax ice clear liquid wax, don't use a buffer use a microfiber cloth and do a left right or vice versa movement not the circle movement mine had a lot of swirl marks coz i used compound and that worked

[DevonD]

I worked at a few car dealerships detailing all throughout high school and personally I always hated the clay bar. What I saw the best results from is doing a 3 stage power polish. 1st step is use a very low grit compound that gets out the really deep scratches and imperfections in the paint, this stage also does make swirl marks though. 2nd stage is a high grit compound the gets out all the swirl marks and finer scratches in the paints surface. The 3rd and final stage is to use a GOOD WAX. nothing bought from walmart or somewhere like that. Carnibua wax is the only naturally produced wax and is the best for your car. Find a wax with REAL carnibua wax in it. Not something that's like "carnibua blend" or anything.

Since your cars paint is already been worked over you only need to do stages 2 and 3. But if it was just done I would take it back there and tell them that's not what you paid for. Also once the paint is looking good again don't ever go through automatic car washes. even the touch less ones are bad because they don't get everything off and it ends up sticking to the car. and don't use a brush at a self serve wash. get a sheep wool mitt, it wont scratch the paint. Good luck!

[johnnyd6404]

What do you meen by high grit compound? What brand do you recomend. The guy that detailed it did a good job I think I washed it too soon tho, he told me to wait a week before washing I washed it 2 days later...freeking pollen.

[DevonD]

well a low grit compound would have a larger i guess pieces of sand (if thats what they are) but not as many. And a high grit compound would have many more pieces of sand but they would be much smaller. Its the same sort of thing as sand paper. the higher the grit the smoother the end result is going to be. but you always start out with something with a low grit to get the big stuff done then progressively move higher and higher in grit.

for the rubbing compound I would recomend 3M. If its not easy enough to order online just ask the guy who detailed your car who he gets his supplies from and he will either have it or be able to get it. its not available in stores either. and he will be able to tell you what you need also. http://www.syntema.co.uk/3m_polishing_system_2.htmthat is what the stuff is. you will need two bottles of the 3M stuff. one high grit one low.

as for the wax...i cant remember the name. i will find out and let you know

[johnnyd6404]

Will I be able to do it by hand cuz I've never used a highspeed buffer before and definatly won't try to dont want to burn off my paint. Thanks for the info

[DevonD]

you can do it by hand and 3M actually does sell a compound that is for hand use only. It just takes longer and is going to kill your arm.

It is actually really hard to burn the clear coat though. most buffers you can adjust the speed on them and its only when your getting up around 4000 RPM that you need to worry about burning anything. If you got one you would just need to turn it way down (around 1600) and go at it. Its really easy and I think would be a good investment.

And remember wash the car really well with a good de-greasing soap between each stage or there will be bog long streaks under the wax. Im sure you have seen it before on a black car that has been polished badly.

[snwbrdr435]

Zaino Polish is amazing, many of the G owners on here use it.