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Don't forget to check which way the wind is blowing when using wheel brightener...
I once put swirls in my paint just to see what it looked like. I don't always detail cars, but when I do, I prefer Meguiar's.
Remove swirls my friends.
For us amateurs: Don't go around trusting veteran detailing professionals who show at on-line forums that 2000-grit sanding marks can be removed easily with a dual action polisher. It is a lot harder than it seems! Practice it first.
If new to detailing. Don't give up if your using a product for the first time and not achieving the desired results. More often then not it is your technique, not the product.
#) Don't dry your microfibers in the dryer on high heat. It will melt off the micro-fiber ends of the cloth and make it useless.
The above statement is where there may be a variance in the cheap microfibers and quality ones. I've used both and from my experience the cheap ones are OK but not as plush as the quality ones. The cheap ones also wear out MUCH quicker and don't seem to remove as much product when cleaning.
Remember, just because they don't mar your car doesn't mean they won't mar other's.
#5 was a funny point that I am very guilty of. Heh.
I'm going to have to try using a waffle for #7. Sounds good.
We will always add new swirls to the paint, no matter how meticulous we try to be in the wash and quick detailing process. Moderate your expectations. Believe me when I tell you that nobody notices the swirls when they walk by your car in the grocery store parking lot--a sad but liberating truth.
This should be a sticky! My car's only been out of the garage maybe ten times in a year and a half. The dirtiest it's ever gotten since new has been from simple garage DUST. I've still managed to add a few minor scratches and swirls via UQD'ing, etc. I even carry a spare garage door opener with me so I can close the garage door while I'm out working in the yard; all just to keep my car pristine clean. The neighbors and my wife think I'm nuts, and I'm beginning to think the same. Having now given up a year and a half's worth of driving fun, I now drive my car and enjoy it. It still constantly turns heads and invariably starts conversations from most everyone who sees it. You can't take it with you. Enjoy it!!!
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research would it? (Albert Einstein 1879-1955) BOB
Do NOT buff out an entire vehicle without doing a test spot first! It is terribly depressing to spend hours with a paint cleaner, then polish and then wax only to pull the car out of the garage and realize that you only got rid of half the defects and you have to do everything all over again.
Heck, it's painful just reading stories about it!!
DO A TEST SPOT!!!!! TEST SPOTS ARE GOOD!!!!
Michael Stoops
Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.
Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.
Do NOT buff out an entire vehicle without doing a test spot first! It is terribly depressing to spend hours with a paint cleaner, then polish and then wax only to pull the car out of the garage and realize that you only got rid of half the defects and you have to do everything all over again.
Heck, it's painful just reading stories about it!!
Ok, I am most likely the newest guy here but after spending the last 3 days working on my new black Camaro I have a small suggestion.
If you're like me, living somewhere where the humidity and heat are beating down on you. The sweat just pours. As I was rebuffing an area for the 3rd time I thought, maybe some of the sweat and oils from my hand are getting on the expensive cloth I just bought specifically for this job and everytime I turn the cloth over I rub that oil and sweat where I just buffed. Becuase it is wet it takes just a moment to dry and show the smear.
Now I am really old and slow but I should and figured this out long before now. But in case some other old hot rodder out there hasn't figured it out maybe this might help him.... "Purchase some Rubber Gloves."
I can't believe I didn't connect it because just this weekend I saw a demo in tv for a Sun City product and they were all wearing gloves. I guess you guys that do this all the time or for years just figure us "old" newbies would figure it out...
Now I am really old and slow but I should and figured this out long before now. But in case some other old hot rodder out there hasn't figured it out maybe this might help him.... "Purchase some Rubber Gloves."
I might suggest microfiber gloves. Breathable, less sweating and perhaps more comfortable. No matter our ages.
"fishing for swirls in a sea of black"
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David
After reading most of the replies I can only say i think we have all been there on most. Bloody hard working re doing an entire car to find the swirls are still there previously owned a silver car and now I have a pearl black cant believe how visible the swirls are. Dont get me wrong I have spent best part of 20 hrs detailing my passat and by hand.
Car looks great!!!Just me being picky.
I'm thinking of investing in some ultimate compound. And just doing one pannel at a time. I have tried scratch x 2.0 and used it on the entire car. Some Panels look great but its the usual parts that show. Bonnet, boot and roof in direct sunlight. These are very fine swirls heres hoping the ultimate compound will remove them or can anyone suggest fillers?.
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