Bought My First Black Car

[Mikejl]

Hi everyone,

I just picked up a new 2009 Camry Hybid. It is Black and beautiful . I noticed it already has light swirl marks in the clearcoat as received from the dealer.

I came across MOL looking for a way to get rid of them and keep from getting more. I'm hoping to find some tips and tricks that won't require me having polished through the clearcoat in a couple of years.

MIke

[Nappers]

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to MOL

Check out the list o' links on the homepage upper right side. Good threads on treating your paint by hand, PC/DA/G100/G110 and for more aggresive problems, rotary.

[VoicesInMyHead]

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You've found the right place! Lots of great info and awesome people who are willing to share their knowledge!

[Sal329]

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Welcome to MOL
Check out the sticky's there are a lot of great readings

[Funkster]

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Great purchase on the Camry. They are quite luxurious little cars. Welcome to the site as well! I would start off reading the stickies. They have a lot of great information.

[yalerd]

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Hi and welcome to Meguiar's Online!

[J. A. Michaels]

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Hello and welcome to mol.

[Marc08EX]

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welcome!!! Congratulations on your new acquisition! Post pics of your pride and joy!

[SRT84JM]

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Congrats!
Your just a hop skip and a jump from Meguiars HQ, 17991 Mitchell S, in Irvine.
They have an "open garage" on Thursday evenings. They can evaluate your swirls and tell you what to do.
As the owner of a Brilliant Black Magnum SRT8, I highly recommend the California Duster for between washes.
Mike has a thread to sign up for the garage.

[08MKZ]

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Welcome Mike. I just bought my first black car also. You will find tons of info and friendly people in this forum. Good luck with the new ride.

[9C1 MAN]

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Hello welcome to mol . I just bought my first black car to 08 honda civic . And as i posted earlier the car came with the diso at no cost to me. lol Try the new d 151, im going to do my car tomm.

[SHYNEMAN123]

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WELCOME

[Mike Phillips]

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Introduce yourself in this forum, but please ask your questions in Detailing 101 or another forum out of this selection.

List 'O Forums

Welcome to Meguiar's Online!

Not trying to be hard on any of our new members, but this forum is to "Introduce yourself to the community, not ask how to or product related questions. If we start answering questions in this forum then it becomes a the Detailing 101 forum.

Make sense?


Here's the link to the Detailing 101 forum which is a great catch-all forum and if you don't know which of other forums to post your questions then Detailing 101 is always perfectly acceptable

Detailing 101


Thanks!

[Mike Phillips]

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Just to note... most daily drivers with a clear coat are always going to have some level of swirls as clear coat paints swirl and scratch easily.

It's possible to remove all the swirls and maintain a swirl free finish but it will mean always paying very careful attention to how the car is "touched" after you initially remove all the swirls.

Since daily drivers see a lot of wear and tear over time you will see the swirls show up again over time, so it's important to have realistic expectations for clear coated daily drivers especially clear coated black cars.

If you think you want to make polishing paint and maintaining a show car finish for this car your new hobby then we can show you how, if you think you want a more simple approach to just doing a good job of maintaining the paint to keep the car looking good then keep it simple and use a quality car wash like Gold Class Car Wash or NXT Car Wash and then apply a coat or two of NXT Tech Wax or our M26 Hi Tech Yellow Wax and maintain this coating of wax over the life of the car.

KISS

Keep it Simple Simon

[Mikejl]

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Thank you all for the warm welcome! I think I will attend a Thursday evening open garage"open garage".