I am really having a hard time getting the swirls out of my black stripes. The rest of the car looks great but the black shows everything, especially the swirls.

What you folks use to keep the swirls down and your car looking like new? I'm thinking about buying one of these polishing systems.

 

What I do is after I use a buffer to wax the car I go over it by hand and that seems to take out the swirl marks. I use a finishing glaze by hand and not the wax I used with the buffer.


It also depends on what angle you have the buffer too. If it is flat and you have a soft pad it shouldnt leave swirl marks.

 

It will all depend on how deep are your swirl marks. If they are just sperficial, meaning, just over the clearcoat then using different type pads will help.

 

i hate swirls!
my car has a bad case of the swirlies

 

If it is anything like my car (not a mustang but a black car none the less) then nothing short of rubbing compound and a whole lot of elbow grease. Be careful with those polishers, too fast or hold it at the wrong angle and you can burn the paint. I curse the a&*clown who owned my car before me everytime I wash it. Even with zaino they show pretty bad in the light. Nevar again will I own a black car or one with any black on it unless I buy it new.

 

Moving to 'Car Care,' but will leave a link for a couple of days . . .

 

I've never had the guts to use anything mechanical. Zaino and elbow grease. Takes all **** weekend. Wish I had a better answer for you.

 

Try having a completely black car.


I have to be religious about everything that touches the car. One small grain of grit in a wash mitt and my work is cut out for me. Using a polish helps that separate from the wax coat. I have a Portercable polisher and it does good work. The pads you use are very important though. Plus you have to keep the pads clean in a special cleaner and then you should always use them with some pad lubricant. It's all just such a PITA. I do it at least once and sometimes twice a year. It needs it right now.

 

Nothing is prettier IMO than a black car and nothing is more of a ***** to take care of then black car. I have owned one in my life and that was the last black car that I will ever own.

 

Now we cant go around and say that it is just black cars that do this. It is really any color that does it. The only difference is that black you can see everything. Every single little scuff to seeing the swirl marks to even seeing the tiny scratches that a towel puts on it from drying the car. Like I said before if you use a finishing glaze by hand it will leave the finish with no swirl marks or "spiderwebs" from drying the car off after washing it.

 

I'm a glutton for punishment then, I guess!

 

My wife has a black car and I tell her never to go through those brushless automated car washes, but she won't listen to me. I tell her I'll clean it myself and she still just does it. Talk about swirls.

 

I can't do much about my swirlies will have to wait to get it all done up in the summer.

 

How does a touch-less wash cause swirls?

 

Well they say touchless but they have those rags or strips that hang down and work over the car. That's not touchless as far as I'm concerned but that's wha they advertise here.

Anyway you get grit in one of those and it's hello swirls.

 

When they say "touchless" they might mean that you dont have to touch it. That the brushes and what not do the hard work for you. JMO

 

Kind of like 'handjob' I guess. Somebody's touching it. Just not yourself.

 

I think only you would come up with something like that. But yeah that is a good way of explaining it.

 

My black Mustang has some pretty visible swirl marks and what looks like fine scratches in the clear coat. They became especially visible when I had lights pointing directly at the car while I was painting my calipers last week. What can I do to get my car's paint and clear coat looking like new again?

 

Do you use a towel to dry the car off after washing it??