Help on procedure for removing light swirls with PC.

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globemast

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hi guys,



last weekend was the second time i was using my PC 7424 for cleaning/polishing/waxing my VW Golf. Prior starting the whole process i noticed light swirls in several sections of my car. I have a blue/anthracite metallic paint on my car.



I started by washing the car with Mequiars NXT Shampoo and continued by claying the whole car (incl. windows and alloys).



For paint cleaning i used Sonus Paintwork Cleanser with the Sonus Blue Pad from the Sonus Dual-Action System Polisher Kit. I started with 2000rpm for the the whole area i was polishing each time and gradually moved to 3000 and 4000rpm.



I then applied Mequiar's Crystal Paint Stage 3 (Carnauba Wax) using the Sonus grey pad at 2000 rpm only.



After the whole procedure finished i noticed that although the car had now a more vibrant and deep color there were still some swirls visible.



Could you please provide me with some suggestions or possible corrections on how to "perfect" my procedure such that i will be able to remove this swirls and have a little defects as possible on my paintwork.



Thank you in advanced.
 
Globe, hats off to you for starting with the least aggressive method first!

Now lets get busy..........

Bump your pad up to either a White or Orange, and find a polish with some dedicated, diminishing abrasives. That Sonus is a cleaner, and I have yet to have used a "cleaner" with abrasives. You will find significant improvement switching pad and product.....Now you have to decide what product line of polishes your going to go with!
 
Your pad/polish combo are good at cleaning/fine polishing but not agressive enough to remove swirls. You would just need to precede that step with a more agressive paint correction step if you want to remove swirls.
 
Paint Cleanser strengths are not swirl removing. I would add a medium cut polish (Menzerna Intensive Polish, Optimum Compound, Poorboys SSR2.5) and then add a nice finishing polish (Menzerna FP2, Blackfire SRC, Optimum Polish) Test a finishing polish first, if that doesn't remove them, bump to medium cut. I always like too keep a medium and finishing polish in stock because theres nothing more frustrating then washing, claying, turn the radio on and then figure out you don't have the products to do the job:grrr
 
Thanks guys for your quick responses.



Can you recomend me any products to use? I certaintly so far like a lot the Mequiars products but i am willing to try anything new which you recommend me.....:) :) (of course i would do some research on your recomendations prior using them ;) )
 
Based on recommendations here, I used the Optimum Polish with a green CCS pad to get rid of some light swirl marks in my new car. It worked really great, but it left some really short, random marks on my finish. The small marks are barely noticable if I get within a few inches of the paint and have a bright light source on the car while focussing my eyes on the paint.



I'm totally thrilled with the results. I took a second pass (after the Optimum Polish) with Prime and a white pad. It didn't take away the short marks, but made the finish even smoother. Finally finished with AJT.
 
Depending on how bad your swirling is will determne what pad/product combo will be needed. However a very versatile combination that will take out severe - moderate swirling and still finish down nearly perfect would be a 50/50 blend of Hi-Temp Extreme Cut and Optimum Polish using an Orange pad. Another alternative but not as aggressive is Menzerna Intensive Polish and Optimum Polish 60/30 mix. If you want that flawless finish you can use Optimum polish on a green or white pad as for your final polishing steps.
 
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