i've been paying for it ever since...it finally dawned on me after 6 months that using a brush on a new car may not have been the best idea...this was before i got hit in the head with a gold club and acquired common sense!!!!

 

anyone ever use that 3M industrial strength swirl reducer/eliminator???

 

these pics were today after a whole bottle of Z5 mind u!!!

 

well i didn't use the WHOLE bottle today

since Aug, i've been alternating the Z2 and Z5, so in about 5 months, i went through the bottle.

 

I have never used a brush on my car and I can still see very tiny swirl marks.

 

What kind of brush, a carwash brush?

 

red is very hard to keep swirls out of...

but thats nasty!!!


just, just use 3M #39009.... it will get them right out.


otherwise use something other then zaino, most other polishes have better "hiding" abilities IMO.

 

mercedes benz gets the worst looking swirl marks, almost all blacks get swirl marks, sometimes from over pampering the thing. I like to let my car get real dirty so that when i do clean it, I can see a difference. I also got satin silver since swirls and reflections are hard to detect in a lighter color.
yesssssss!

 

I use Meguiar's SCRATCH X. It works GRRREAT! I've used it twice and couldn't be happier. Wash, use the Scratch X, Z6, then Z1, Z5, Z2, Z5, etc etc..

 

What the heck?!?!? I used Meguars with a $20 spinny thing from Walmart... No swirl marks here... Is red the most vulnerable to swirl marks?

 

SUCKERSS!!!

NO swirl marks on WHITE!!

okay sorry just had to say that. well I know JZ who has a black typeS had some swirl marks and used the 3m swirl/scratch remover and had good results.

 

Damn that sucks Scooter! I told you should of gotten silver! When are you going wash the car again and use the swirl mark remover?

 

this is how i c it...swirls are inevitable...i screwed up how i took care of my baby in the beginning...now, im much better in protecting it...choosing the color of my baby based on how swirls would show wasn't exactly the method i used the red rocket was the COOLEST color back then...Aegean Blue is cool, but i still think the Red on Black combo is better than Blue on Black...just my opinoon

 

When I wash and polish my car every motion is in a straight line. Never do I make a "wax-on a wax-off, Danielson" motion.

 

Daaaaamnnnn!!!!



Those are some nasty looking swirl marks dude!


EEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!



You used a BRUSH to wash it, and not something soft?!

 

in all my experience, the only way to completely get rid of those swirl marks is to bust out a nice orbital buffer. Keep in mind, if you don't know what you're doing it's easy to burn through the paint. I would avoid doing this too much on our paint considering we only have 2 (I think?) coats of paint.

 

 

in the beginning, i used a soft car-sponge to get surface dirt off but found it wasn't enough, so i took a bristled brush to get the really tough dirt, which worked, but u know the rest

 

To remove stubborn crap from your car use ppg dx330 on a soft terry cloth towel. Stiff bristle brush what the hell were you thinking? You may need to have your car professionally buffed out.

 

Oribitals don't cause burn in, rotaries do. That's the beauty of an orbital. Gives you almost the same level of performance of a rotary, without the fear of burn in.

Get the Porter Cable 7424 rotary buffer and go to work with some 3M Swirl Remover. I have minor micromarring on my silver TL and I plan to use this combo come spring.

 

so if we have swirls, we aren't doomed?

I thought my paint was gone for good. Is there any tricks to use with the random orbital buffers, or are they not likely to CAUSE swirls at all?

 

What is this and where do you get it?
Do you apply by hand?