How much is too much??

[BlackG35]

I have bought the porter cable, speed glaze and the appropriate pads.

I have swirls all over my car new black car. What I'm wondering is if I remove all the swirls from the finish, how long before the swirls come back?

This leads me too my second question...How often can I buff out these swirls without dangerously thinning my clearcoat?

[travisdecpn]

Well, if you remove them, they won't come back. Swirls are caused by improper washing, drying, and qd'ing methods. If you correct your technique, you will be able to avoid instilling any new swirls to your finish. To help get started, how have you been washing and drying in the past?

[BlackG35]

Well, its only 6 weeks old which means its only been washed 6 times.

I've been washing with NXT CAR WASH and using a lambs wool mitt. I've been drying with first the absorber then microfiber towels.

From what I can remember my car has had swirls from the day I picked it up from the dealership. I just thought they were caused by driving.....

[travisdecpn]

Looks like the dealer washed it before you took delivery, probably when they were instilled. Sounds like you have a good routine. You may want to look into some WW towels and a grit gaurd to avoid any marring during the wash.

In regards to #80 it may take a couple passes to effectively remove swirls, (it's not a very aggressive polish). To work make sure the pad is primed with qd or and "x" of product and start at about 3 and move up to 5 slowly. Work 2x2 foot sections and inspect your work before moving on to the next section. I don't think you run the risk of removing too much paint with #80 as it is not very aggressive, I use it once every couple of months on my truck (ss red) without any indication of excessive paint removal.

[wblynch]

My new black car came with horrendous swirl marks put in by the dealer's wash and prep department.

I first attempted to take the swirls out with the G-100 and #80. Unfortunately for me #80 wasn't strong enough in this case.

I switched to #83 and that did the trick. I got all the swirls and scratches out and the car looked magnificent.

I followed up with another pass of #80 just for a finer polish. I then used #7 Show Car Glaze (which is okay to skip this step) and I waxed with NXT Tech Wax.

The car was absolutely beautiful. This was in October last year.

Since then, I've washed the car at least every week, I've used the California Duster followed by Meguiar's Quick Detail and I even rewaxed with #16 a few months ago.

Until now I do not have any swirl marks in that car.

If you wash the car properly, (use the two-bucket method), dry carefully and QD with good quality microfibers the swirls will not come back like they were.

When you do get light swirling, then the #80 should be all you need to get it out again.

For an occasional light swirl or scratch, Scratch-X or a little #80 with a foam appplicator pad should get it out by hand - saving an entire repolish.