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Hi Guys,

Looking for some advice for someone with a bit of experience, when i clean my car and do the wax and yada yada it looks super clean, but when the sun hits it or u look at it under a light there are swirl marks and billions of little scratches (all very light) how would I go about removing these, they crap me of grrrrrr. Looking for specific product names and tools you use, and how can i reduce the swirl marks in the future, what is mainly causing these, is it my sponge, my microfiber towel etc etc.

As usual all help is appreciated in advance.

Thx G's.

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mainly the scratches can come from the sponge you use when washing the car.

I use mostly all autoglym products as they seem to be the best I have used. The autoglym car wash, follwed with the Ultra Deep Shine, then the super resin polish.

Gets all those scratches and swirls right out.

Im thinking of using the "Ultimate System" from mothers has anybody tried this. What it is is a pre wax cleaner from mothers then followed with a sealer and glaze and finally using their pure carnauba wax. Does anyone have anything to say about any of these products.

Yeah, im actually gonna clay bar the car first to pick up all the crap and get rid of over spray then im going to do the rest, but whats the easiest way to get rid of swirls and micro scratches. I think ill just get the clay bar system and i think its enough, because you get the clay bar, that instant detailer thing, basically used to moisten the clay bar and a wax and that should do it, but i'd like to get rid of all the swirls and gagilions of little scratches u can see under a bright light. Whats the easiest way to get rid of these scratches.

Edited by AlexR34

Go to Final Inspection and check out the forums there. Plenty of detail about techniques, tools and products to use.

What I do on my cars is:

Wash - Random $15 car wash

Dry with Waffle Weave Microfibre Drying towel

Clay - Clay Magic Blue

Wash Again

Dry again

Polish with Menzerna Intensive Polish (I think its called) and a Bosch Random orbital with a Blue Edge Pad. I've also got Menzerna Final Finish and a White Edge pad if the swirls aren't too bad.

Wax with P21s paste wax

Seal with Zaino Z2

This will normally last a good 6 months before it needs doing again ;) Definetly get onto Final Inspection and order some gear from them. All the products they stock are the best :action-smiley-069:

I use all microfibre clothes on my car and a microfibre wash mit for washing the car. 1 for body n 1 for wheels. This helps minimise scratches from washing the car :D

Enjoy and hope you get your car looking smick :D

mainly the scratches can come from the sponge you use when washing the car.

I use mostly all autoglym products as they seem to be the best I have used. The autoglym car wash, follwed with the Ultra Deep Shine, then the super resin polish.

Gets all those scratches and swirls right out.

I think i use Autoglym polish too, its awesome.

Go to Final Inspection and check out the forums there. Plenty of detail about techniques, tools and products to use.

What I do on my cars is:

Wash - Random $15 car wash

Dry with Waffle Weave Microfibre Drying towel

Clay - Clay Magic Blue

Wash Again

Dry again

Polish with Menzerna Intensive Polish (I think its called) and a Bosch Random orbital with a Blue Edge Pad. I've also got Menzerna Final Finish and a White Edge pad if the swirls aren't too bad.

Wax with P21s paste wax

Seal with Zaino Z2

This will normally last a good 6 months before it needs doing again :( Definetly get onto Final Inspection and order some gear from them. All the products they stock are the best :(

I use all microfibre clothes on my car and a microfibre wash mit for washing the car. 1 for body n 1 for wheels. This helps minimise scratches from washing the car :(

Enjoy and hope you get your car looking smick :D

Yeah ill follow your instructions and ill do all this next week and then ill post pics up of how it looks and what products i used, before you freak out it will be a picture of a 2002 C200 Merc not a skyline i sold that a while ago lol. So yeah next sunday i shall post pics up, the only reason im not gonna get the products that you are recommending is because i can't be stuffed shopping online lol.

Alex,

I think you'll find the little scratch marks are called spiderwebs. Well thats what we call it. It is caused from either the spounge or cloth you are using to clean the car. IMO your always gonna get them because water will never removed all the dirt before the wash.

When we buff cars, we will clean the car first, leave the car wet and use a cutting compound to cut into the clear coat that will remove those so called marks. The we'll wash the car again, and there is a few different steps we will take to seal the polish and apply the wax.

The wax will fill-in the swirl marks left by hand polishing or machine polishing. You will always get swirl mark no matter how you polish a car. Different products do different jobs.

My advise would be to get a decent cut, to cut into the clear (no to heavy) then apply your final wax/swirl remover to finish.

If your car is a dark colour the marks will stick out like dogs balls but thats just the way it is.

I use a product from 'Autosmart' is not avalible on the retail shelves i dont think but if your up this way drop me a line and ill help u out.

Cheers Matt

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