New Paint - Audi A6

[imported_ragman]

Hello All,



Had a door reapinted on my silver Audi A6. The body shop did a good job matching the paint - but - they did leave some swirl marks from their buffer.



Based upon my searching here on Autopia, it seems that I should not do any waxing on the paint for 30 to 60 days, but that polishing would be OK.



So if I were to take my PC to the swirls would it be Ok to use products like ...



P21S GEP

Clearkote VM

of Meguiars Swirl free polish



??



Thanks!

[tom p.]

FWIW, VW recommends using 3M Imperial hand glaze on re-finished panels as it is so gentle. Some product along that line should work. you really shouldn`t require any cleaning action at this time.

[Accumulator]

Ragman- Lots of different things you can use (just had paintwork done on the S8 and a friends A6, both silver, BTW), but VM is *NOT* one of them. To remove the swirls, just use a mildly abrasive polish. I`d go up to 3M PI-III RC (pn 05933) without worrying (that`s what the painter used on a few little spots on the S8`s fresh paint).



The Meg`s #82 would be fine; there`s a list Mike Phillips put together that shows which Meg`s stuff is safe for fresh paint (but I forget which thread it was in). The #80 Speed Glaze is my current fave for this, it has a "fresh-paint safe" polymer that gives a LITTLE protection and enough cut to get rid of swirls.



The 3M IHG is also fine for fresh paint, and is what I use if there`re no defects to correct.