advice needed on minor swirls removal

chet31 said:
It can be confusing, because there are a few (not many) companies that mislabel (in my opinion) sealants and waxes as "polishes." Most of the big boys do not do this.

If you want to get rid of scratches, you must use abrasives, which would be sandpaper, compounds, or polishes. A compound can be looked at as a polish w/ heavy abrasives. You can get a great final finish using a polish w/ very fine abrasives. You can hide scratches to a certain degree w/ glazes, sealants, and waxes.
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I still have plenty of the turtle wax rubbing and polishing compounds left so I'd like to use whats left of those to fix any scratches in the future. Obviously these arent the final steps though. What products are out there that have the finest abrasive known and is ideal for use to make the paint as shiney as possible just before the wax? I guess there called pure polishes?

When I bought the turtle wax polishing compound I was under the impression that this would be the last step before the wax but I found out that even this polishing compound adds spider webs to the paint.
 
You mentioned in your first post that your swirling is minor. I would skip the Turtle Wax rubbing compound, that is a heavy abrasive. The TW Polishing Compound is a medium abrasive. As several have mentioned, start w/ the least abrasive you can get away with. I would suggest starting w/ a finishing polish (fine abrasive) and see if it does the job. Truth be told, there are several that are good. I like Menzerna PO85RD or PoorBoy's SSR1. Both are carried by forum sponsor Autogeek. The only thing is, I have never tried using either by hand.
 
ok I've heard of those two, will have have to check them out.

I can't put up pictures now because I have already repainted the hood.
 
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