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I visited a new client today to inspect his Mercedes. He's a coworker and friend of another good friend of mine, and she asked me to take good care of him.
The story goes like this:
A year after he bought this car, he got broadsided by a slow moving vehicle. The entire left side had to be repainted. Body reworking was limited to the doors and the rear quarter panel. When the owner picked up the car, he thought it looked great. A few days later, while at the local car wash, someone complimented him on the nice car, but wondered who wrecked the finish? Not understanding what he meant, they pulled the car into the sunlight and suddenly he saw all the machine swirls.
A visit back to the body shop didn't do any good. They told him that it's supposed to look all scratched, and that was perfectly normal. He consulted with another body shop who said he would have to repaint.
So I offered to pay him a visit, a 40 minute drive, and do a quick inspection. This is what I saw:
The hood had swirls too typical of a black car, but not like the buffer swirls on the side.
After having driven so far, I wasn't going to leave without having a bit of fun so I decided I ought to do a test spot, and taped off a section that was flat, and heavily swirled.
About 15 minutes later after using my rotary with M83, followed by the PC with M83 and M80 and M21 by hand, this is how it looked
The finish was darker, and swirl free and a day and night improvement. The customer thought it was an optical trick and said after he washed the car, would the swirls return? I assured him they wouldn't. He told me he also had an orbital buffer that he bought many years ago. He pulled it out--it was a single speed (Waxman???) with a foam pad that was disintegrating. He's like I also have a bonnet---it was a terry bonnet, very rough. I told him, if he wants to avoid those swirls, don't use this tool, and stick to the microfibers--which he did have a good supply of.
On Friday I will return to buff out the entire car, and will be posting the rest of this extreme makeover during the weekend.
The story goes like this:
A year after he bought this car, he got broadsided by a slow moving vehicle. The entire left side had to be repainted. Body reworking was limited to the doors and the rear quarter panel. When the owner picked up the car, he thought it looked great. A few days later, while at the local car wash, someone complimented him on the nice car, but wondered who wrecked the finish? Not understanding what he meant, they pulled the car into the sunlight and suddenly he saw all the machine swirls.
A visit back to the body shop didn't do any good. They told him that it's supposed to look all scratched, and that was perfectly normal. He consulted with another body shop who said he would have to repaint.
So I offered to pay him a visit, a 40 minute drive, and do a quick inspection. This is what I saw:
The hood had swirls too typical of a black car, but not like the buffer swirls on the side.
After having driven so far, I wasn't going to leave without having a bit of fun so I decided I ought to do a test spot, and taped off a section that was flat, and heavily swirled.
About 15 minutes later after using my rotary with M83, followed by the PC with M83 and M80 and M21 by hand, this is how it looked
The finish was darker, and swirl free and a day and night improvement. The customer thought it was an optical trick and said after he washed the car, would the swirls return? I assured him they wouldn't. He told me he also had an orbital buffer that he bought many years ago. He pulled it out--it was a single speed (Waxman???) with a foam pad that was disintegrating. He's like I also have a bonnet---it was a terry bonnet, very rough. I told him, if he wants to avoid those swirls, don't use this tool, and stick to the microfibers--which he did have a good supply of.
On Friday I will return to buff out the entire car, and will be posting the rest of this extreme makeover during the weekend.
I have a feeling from what I see in the pictures, that one is going to be a bit of work! But I am sure you can handle it! 
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