Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

[areginato]

I just bought a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 650R motorcycle, and picked it up a few days ago. Upon picking it up, I couldn't help but notice that the paint is full of swirls It really upsets me since it's my first brand new vehicle and I was hoping it would be years down the road before I had to worry about blemishes such as swirling. But am I wrong or what?! Maybe I should have learned to stay away from black based on my current black car... So I'm wondering what the absolute best way to eliminate them now and what I should do to prevent them from ever occurring again (probably my expectation's are set way too high, but I'm extremely fussy over keeping my vehicles clean and extremely shiny - I also expect nothing short of perfection of a brand new vehicle, though I'm tolerant of a few blemishes on an older vehicle).

[yalerd]

Re: Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

First of all, welcome to Meguiar's Online!

You've come to the right place, for removing swirls and maintaining your paint looking perfect read the link, they will give you an idea on how to remove/maintain your paint.

Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle
How To Remove a Bird Dropping Etching by Hand using M105 Ultra Cut Compound (I know your problem is swirls but I post this for you to see M105 performance against ScratchX, it can remove more defects and faster with less effort)

[areginato]

Re: Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

So basically I use the same process as I use for my 10 year old car. I wasn't sure if it was slightly different given the vehicle's age of a mere 6 days.

[yalerd]

Re: Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

Basically it's the same, maybe it's be easier to remove the swirls since it would be new it won't have as much.

Your best bet is to evaluate the to a test spot, once you can make a small section look good just duplicate the process on the entire bike.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

Hello and welcome to mol.

Yes I would follow the same process as your car. Good luck and enjoy your new bike.

[Sydster]

Re: Question about Swirls in new vehicle paint...

Welcome!