Rubbing out swirls in paint

[Smokey]

I was thinking of rubbing and buffing out some scratches from over the years of wiping it down with mist and shine.


A few weeks ago I thought I would practice on one of the work trucks that normally gets washed a few times a week that about a year old. I used the clay bar on everything with Mist and Shine. After that was done, I got out a white 3M waffle pad and went over it with some white Finesse It, washed it down, then black waffle with machine glaze and then some more Wizzards glaze. To do all of this, I humped at it and spent a good 10-12 hours at it with my Snapon 7/9 inch buffer. Now it has its fair share of swirl marks all over it.


Last week I see that Mequires has an orbital buffer and a 2 or 3 step package that will take care of all the light scratches and swirl marks. Has anyone used this? Did it really work?

Or do I need to buff out 100-200 cars again to get the hang of it with my 3M-Wizards combo?

[CamarosRus]

www.detailedimage.com has some good tutorials and professional advice on detailing.

I bought the Porter Cable 7429XP orbital buffer and variety of 6" Lakes Country pads.

[69 Post Sedan]

If you end up purchasing an orbital buffer, below is a link to the Meguiar's G110v2. It's one the best out there, as far as orbital buffers go from what I have read and experienced from guys that have purchased them. It actually has is a variable speed.....like cruise control. It's next on my list of detailing tools.

Meguiar's G110v2 Orbital Buffer

Kurt

[SuperNovaSS]

I have a dewalt variable speed buffer I have found that finishing with Meguiar's swirl free polish and a red foam pad works well to get rid of swirl marks.


Jason

[Salvatore]

Yea but that is only under the California sun Kid!

[WILMASBOYL78]

Karen polishes all of our cars...so we never have any streaks or scratches [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

wilma

[1969L78Nova]

I bought a Porter Cable 7424 a couple years ago....works great

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-pc7424.html

[copo69]

Check this thread. This old 'Vette really pops. Love the Meguiars M80 Speed Glaze. Then follow with Meguiars Showcar Glaze 7. Then a good carnuba like Meguiars Hi Tech Yellow wax. All applied with a Porter Cable with a foam pad. These products have been around for awhile but they work. We use it on every thing from lacquer to basecoat/clear with good results.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...corvette+swirl

[67 Nova Boy]

I use 3M Imperial hand glaze to remove swirls...{By hand}datailing for 36 years and all I use are 3M products. Tan in color and it will be alittle tuff to remove bit well worth it!. Remember...no circles when applying any glaze or wax as the buffer does the same so why do the same with your pad. Always follow the body lines. I use diapers to remove wax, It will take two diapers to remove the glaze as the one will almost smere and the second will remove the rest. I use this on my black paint and it works wonders. Very good on Lacquer {Spelling?} paint.

Dave
67 Nova Boy

[XXXGoldL34M20]

I use a Mothers Clay bar with Mothers showtime detail-er and then dry it up with a microfiber rag.
Then i wax the car by hand with that pink stuff called &quot;Liquid Luster&quot; (been using it for over 20 years on all my cars).
Paint was done in 1985 and it is a Black color.
If there are any stubborn swirl marks left i then use Scratch X on the direct spot were the swirl is.
I do this all by hand.
When i am finished all my friends think i just got the car painted again LOL
I also have the 3M wax that was given to me and it works as well as the Liquid Luster.
Everyone thinks Black is hard to take care of but i do not have a problem doing what i do as i have 4 out of my 6 cars being Black.
Here are photos from this Sunday that passed at sunset.

car house 020 by danvil1, on Flickr

car house 014 by danvil1, on Flickr

car house 005 by danvil1, on Flickr
This photo is at a friends house a few weeks ago in the sun.

danny's chevelle 097 by danvil1, on Flickr