Thought I was doing everything correctly; 100% cotton mit from CMA; drying with initial Cali Waterblade and remainder with Neatitems MF terry then Zaino. Black Sapphire metalic; When done in certain light see lots of smear type swirls - definately tiny scratch marks, zillions! Gives it almost a wavy appearance in the sun if you know what I mean. Direction of marring is in direction of wash mitt or drying with the microfiber (horizontal across sides of car; waterblade and zaino in different direction - vertical and front to back). Suspecting the latter - MF towel. Probably drying incorrectly. Use Waterblade to push of much of the water. With MF then get rest, though in many areas there's not much water and perhaps wiping a fairly dry MF over the surface is doing this - would this happen over surface without much water?. Sick over it. Any thoughts appreciated.
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Help: Marring/Swirls
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imported_Tony
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Thats why PC's are so popular.
The only hint I can give is to rinse by sheeting. Then blow dry and finally wipe with a damp MF.
The only hint I can give is to rinse by sheeting. Then blow dry and finally wipe with a damp MF.
Steve:
With a black vehicle, you can probably always see some swirling, given the right lighting conditions (I've got a black F150). Go gently with the wash mit and make sure you're using a good car wash/shampoo (otherwise, you may essentially be rubbing too much dirt back across the clearcoat in the process of removing it). For drying, I use the CMA big blue towels, but I don't rub. I kind of "blot" with them; on a hood or roof, I blot, lift and relocate, then blot again (you did cut the tag off from the MF). A second big blue gets anything the first one missed. I personally wouldn't touch the water blade, but other folks here use them and like them. If I recall correctly, zaino doesn't do anything to hide swirls (I don't use zaino, so don't take this for gospel).
Don't know if any of this helps, but since you're trying to figure out the mechanism, thought I'd throw a few things out there.
ernie
With a black vehicle, you can probably always see some swirling, given the right lighting conditions (I've got a black F150). Go gently with the wash mit and make sure you're using a good car wash/shampoo (otherwise, you may essentially be rubbing too much dirt back across the clearcoat in the process of removing it). For drying, I use the CMA big blue towels, but I don't rub. I kind of "blot" with them; on a hood or roof, I blot, lift and relocate, then blot again (you did cut the tag off from the MF). A second big blue gets anything the first one missed. I personally wouldn't touch the water blade, but other folks here use them and like them. If I recall correctly, zaino doesn't do anything to hide swirls (I don't use zaino, so don't take this for gospel).
Don't know if any of this helps, but since you're trying to figure out the mechanism, thought I'd throw a few things out there.
ernie