Swirl Scratches

[paulos]

iv polished my car by hand, and with oribital pads neither will remove the swirl marks i have in my car

iv gone through the polishing and waxing thread and nothing seems to work

you can see the scratches only at night time and it looks very very bad

any ideas guys

cheers

[Spunky Munky]

Hey mate, there was a similar thread set up a few weeks ago...I suggest you see that for better details...

In brief, it seems you've applied too much wax and it's left grease residue on your finish that looks like oil or fat swirls, right?

Many will give you more methodical ways of removing this, but what I usually do is go and buy a small bottle of Eucalyptus oil from either Coles or Safey and with a clean and soft cloth, apply a few drops each time and clean it off slowly. It will work...and the good thing is it will leave your car smell nice and won't damage your paint job.

Good luck - it worked for me.

[paulos]

il give it ago but yea you described it perfectly

cheers for that

[R34 -_-]

The problem isn't just caused by too much polish, its as simple as not washing your car with a clean and suitable wash mit, usually in winter time or after its rained quite a lot mud/sand start covering the road and once it sticks to your car this can sometime cause problems to the unwary car enthusiast who just wants to keep his/her car clean.

When your wash mit gets clogged up there is nowhere for the grit to go and so it sits on the surface of your wash mit causing swirl marks ( depending on the motion your using), and in fact they are not "marks" but fine scratches.

To prevent this you should be using two buckets of water, one with detergent and another with just plain warm water (to rinse the mit in before it goes back into the detergent bucket), This stops debris staying on your mit and keeps the clean water clean.

I would not recommend sponges or anything with a flat surface if you are washing are car covered in grit, as this will practically turn into sand paper and just rub the grit around on the paint surface.

Some people will disagree with this, but i use a lambs wool mit, its great because the individual fibers are always randomly changing direction and are not in the same position when moving across the paint surface, so any grit picked up will be dispersed throughout the mit and not in direct contact with the paint all the time. Occasionally i use a thick "noodle" hand mit.. both create a high level off suds (lubrication + cleaning power) and trap debris inside the mit - this is why people will say this is not a good thing to use but if you rinse the mit thoroughly (a squeeze and a few seconds swirling around) 99.9% of potential scratching grit will be removed

Edited November 28, 2010 by R34 -_-

[buzz350]

just throwing this out there but clay blocking? by meguires.

ive used it on my skyline which does leave the surface nice and smooth (like glass)

i havent read the polishing and waxing thread butt if you have heard of g3 cutting compound, that might work for ya