Swirl marks?

Hi all whats the best way/products for getting rid of swirl marks? i use auto glym to wash and polish my car once a week. cheers mathers

3M or Meguiar's are probably the 'best' but difficult to get here. In saying that, check this -  http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/Store/Product/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=851&gclid=CJLGxoD6srECFYQKfAodPygAMQ

Cheers Cero :wink:  so whats the best way to go about it ie: wash, then swirlx, then polish????

I think the swirl stuff polishes as well  :wink:

Cheers dude

Depends how bad the swirls are.

Personally I think swirl x aint that good.

I would go for meguiars ultimate compound if working by hand.

Halfords sell meguiars so you can take advantage of there 3 for 2 offer.

If there really bad you may be better off getting it professionally machine polished.

If you want to go down that route then go onto 'detailing world' and look in the region section at the bottom.

There will be a list of pros in your area.

Cheers Bignorm yeah swirl marks arn't that bad any idea on what sort of price i should be looking at to get it done by the pros??

If its just swirl removel you want then I would have thought it would be around the £200 mark.

You could always buy some polish/wax ect from halfords and have swirl x or ultimate compound as the free item.

That way if it doesnt do the job you aint wasted money on it as it was free.

You will need some good applicators and microfibre cloths (i always buy meguiars)

Once the car is swirl free or as good as you can get it then its quite simple to keep it that way.

Dont forget that polish wont give any protection to the paint. All it does is add extra depth ect (some will hide swirls with fillers, like autoglym)

After polishing you need to lock it in with some wax.

Once again I use meguiars (i dont really use anything else to be honest)

Also get yourself a nice wash mit and get as much dirt off the car as possible with hosepipe or pouring water over it before you start washing it.

I like using Auto Finesse Tripple on a Sonus foam applicator. It's a polish and wax in one.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=222998

Thats a fantastic product but mainly fills the swirls like autoglym

I sell the Poorboys range of super swirl removers (SSR) and as a paid member you receive a 10% discount with us.

Something like SSR2 would do the job for you

http://www.shopnshine.co.uk/poorboys-super-swirl-remover-ssr2-16oz-473ml

Or if they are very light swirls Dodo Juice Lime Prime might be perfect for you

http://www.shopnshine.co.uk/dodo-juice-lime-prime-250ml

However the key to removing swirls is to get a nice even finish on the surface of the paintwork so it is easier to achieve with a machine polisher, this is something I can also do at very competitive prices so get in touch with me on dom@shopnshine.co.uk

Once polished you do want to protect with wax.

Hope this helps

My Nissan X Trail is now 8 years old. It's black and is my usual hack.

Black will show any blemish very easily and I began to notice the swirls.

I bought Swirl X and have to say its done a great job. Very time consuming by hand on a big car but once I put the Meguiars NXT wax on it got a really good deep shine to it. I did the job last night and was very pleased with both products.

Dan

Hi
removing swirls form VW rock hard paint will be pretty tough by hand unless you are the six million dollar man!!! All paints are different and it will depend on choice of pad and product used. From my experience The . meguiars microfibre system does a pretty good job and as it is used with a DA , a novice machine user can achieve a good result. Scholls concepts polishes and compounds are excellent aswell S17+ and a polishing pad via rotary will amaze you,  finish with S40 for a wet look finish.

i use farcela GS product and the scratch remover worked really well on some swirl marks and stuff i had

But also i used some of a friends poor boys product the other day and i have to say awsome stuff!

3m / farcela / poorboys / great for removing swirls !!! for heavy swirls i would use a 3m green top ! but most of these products do use masking oils and will advently show once again ! after a heavy machine polish i would then go over with two more stages with gtechniq p1/p2 ! both great products by there selfs to finish use a sonus soft black pad to seal and finish ! once done ! dont take your car to a car wash ! use the two bucket stage clean if you have to wash you car thats where most swirls come from ! also snow foam your vechile first !!!

Best stuff ever Swissvax, paint correction.
Light rubbing with clay block
Full buff with foam pad using Swissvax polish
Then full coat of Swissvax carnauba wax

Looks better than factory finish!

Clay bar first then paint correction

That is correct. Get some cellophane off a cig packet, put our fingers inside it then rub over your paint, you can feel all the shite on the paint.
Then do it after the clay block/polish and wax, it will be as smooth as glass!

Thats an old zymol deta iler trick I thought u meant clay after correction and I was like noooo