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Today I cleaned my car using two bucket method, polished, and waxed.

However, under a street light, I noticed swirl marks (that were sort of removed by machine polishing a few months back) are appearing again.

I know this is my fault as I can hear slight scratching whilst polishing, but how can there be remains after washing and drying, and feeling the paint to be smooth?

Is this a sign it needs claying again? It looks ****.

Also, after cleaning I've drove around 5 miles and already there are patches of water splatter...how do people keep their cars so spotless for shows?

Honestly i'd appreciate any help, and I know detailers are good for shows etc, but if I drive a mile it seems the paint is too rough with **** to apply anything to without scratching it.
 
Claying is a good step to removing objects in the paint work that shouldnt be there

However, i've learnt now that even that isn't enough
Like me for example
Clay wasn't removing the visible contaiminates out my paintwork
So Iron X and Tar removers are needed so claying can get to work!

Ziggy
 
I just washed, iron x and tardis and clayed my mums car last weekend. (Fu**king painters...)

Claying took me 9 hours.

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Dom
 
AgnessGP said:
2 full days i dont know any one willling to do that :O
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This is why when i offered to give you a demo i said i couldn't do the whole car... ;)

If someone spent 2 hours to do all that what polish was used? if it was a dedicated machine polish (such as the meguires pro range / Mernenza / 3m ) chances are its inflicted more damage to the paint.....

THESE POLISHES MUST BE WORKED FULLY

or you find they inflict hollograms and leave a cloudy finish to the paint it really is a job that you cannot rush....




Unless he used a filler heavy "polish" such as super resin polish or the like...



Did they wipe the paint down with a solvent wipe or final inspection type product after polishing?

Chances are the polishing oils (the base product of the polish) filled the swirls to a fair degree which have now washed away

They should have been removed with a wipe down to assess the level of correction before waxing (as a side effect the wax will not bond to the paint very well if there is polishing oils present)

I know Most Easterly Pandas will vouch that it took about 2 hours just to get his bravo bonnet something like right (could have done with another hit)

but it did remove most of the swirls which would have added another half hour ish to that..
 

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I keep meaning to do my Tango, but waiting for a good day (Which im not working!)


I spent about 8-10 hours on my MK2 day before Stanford 2010,

I did have a more up close picture...but this is the best i got haha

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this pics before I removed the chav'y tinted rear lights :( sold it with the MK2'b's
 
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Andy Monty said:
This is why when i offered to give you a demo i said i couldn't do the whole car... ;)

If someone spent 2 hours to do all that what polish was used? if it was a dedicated machine polish (such as the meguires pro range / Mernenza / 3m ) chances are its inflicted more damage to the paint.....

THESE POLISHES MUST BE WORKED FULLY

or you find they inflict hollograms and leave a cloudy finish to the paint it really is a job that you cannot rush....




Unless he used a filler heavy "polish" such as super resin polish or the like...



Did they wipe the paint down with a solvent wipe or final inspection type product after polishing?

Chances are the polishing oils (the base product of the polish) filled the swirls to a fair degree which have now washed away

They should have been removed with a wipe down to assess the level of correction before waxing (as a side effect the wax will not bond to the paint very well if there is polishing oils present)

I know @Most Easterly Pandas will vouch that it took about 2 hours just to get his bravo bonnet something like right (could have done with another hit)

but it did remove most of the swirls which would have added another half hour ish to that..
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I don't really know anything about the products he used or the process used as I just left it with him.

Are there places that specialise in machine polishing etc then? Somewhere that would spend the time mentioned above? Unless you're volunteering ;)
 
AgnessGP said:
I don't really know anything about the products he used or the process used as I just left it with him.

Are there places that specialise in machine polishing etc then? Somewhere that would spend the time mentioned above? Unless you're volunteering ;)
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Yes, expect to pay a few hundred pounds for it to be done properly though.
 
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