I have a black 2012 mustang V6 premium and although I take good care of her, it's still swirl city. How do you guys keep your black stands looking good?

 

There's a whole section on TMS dedicated to detailing. A bunch of the more eccentric detailed members here have filled it with good info. Check it out...

 

Black is definitely a challenge if you are a clean freak.

 

I've owned a few new black cars. In my experience, a person must stay far away from such things as "cleaner" waxes and others that advertise abrasives. There are many brands on the market and a guy must take some time and read all the labels to see what the purpose of a particular wax is. But, I may be wrong about the reason for your swirl marks. This is just one of the several reason why they appear.

 

I had paint correction done and I'm still seeing a good amount of swirls, I always get the car hand washed and I am very careful not to use anything abrasive, I'm getting to the point of wanting to just trade the **** thing in.

 

I've owned 2 black 5.0's, and never again will i be buying a black car.

 

If you paid for paint correction, take it back to them and get them to fix it.

 

Sell the car !!!! I couldn't take the stress of a black car. Every time I washed it there was more crap than the previous time. Its to be owned by better folks than me.........

 

Are you hand washing it or letting someone else, I would not trust a white car to someone else to wash let alone black, all the dirt from the other 30 cars are in the bucket and wash mitts.

 

You try clay barring it?

 

The guy who performed the paint correction supposedly used more than 3 clay bars, the car is smooth and it looked good but once the sun hit it, I really saw that I basically threw 550$ out the **** window.

 

I use super sonic car wash in bellrose NY, they only hand wash but I stopped taking the black mustang there. I only use them for my silver 5.0

 

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You could always get a Hello Kitty vinyl wrap for the whole car...

Kona Blue isn't a whole lot easier to care for. Mine's a daily driver, and I have no intention of ever trying to win anything at a car show with it, so I just do what I can to keep it clean.

 

MD1, that sixxer is beautiful but mine looked similar while it was in the shop but the sun is the ultimate judge of quality

 

I'll never own another black car....wife had one; looked great in the garage; 5 minutes out in the elements, and all the dust, pollen, and air born elements made it look like crap.

When I spent 8 years in Germany, I always noticed that the majority of their cars were silver. I asked a Mercedes dealership there why this was; he stated it was because silver shows the dirt and imperfections much less. Since they have lots of wintery snow, it made pefect sense.

 

Bucko: the only reason I got black was because I got the premium package with everything I wanted, I could have gotten the kona blue but I hear that is just as bad. I recently bought a sterling grey 5.0 and I'm loving the color. I may trade up to a 2015 as long as its sterling grey or silver

 

Black is hard to keep clean but it's still one of the best colors to have imo. Black on black just looks so mean.

 

That's what I have, triple black with blacked out windows, taillights and everything. It really does look sweet but my **** clean freak side keeps coming out when I see it in bright sunlight.

 

thats how I feel like mine is.

I wash and wax everytime I see her (one day every two weeks)

and when I get back its always a chore

but I love her