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hi all,cleaned car yesterday and last night had a take away delivered and thought the guys bag brushed against car.it was dark but thought i would check if it had marked it as the light in the cul de sac was shineing on car.couldnt see anything but i did notice quite a few swirl marks!
not sure how long they have been there but i used to use a normal yellow sponge and chamois.used these for years.i now use a m/fibre sponge or noodle sponge and the last 3 - 4 times a m/f cloth to dry,which has passed the cd test to the best of my knowledge.could not see any visible scrathces on cd.
i take it a polish with s/resin polish is in order to remove these marks?
and what is the best way of avoiding this in the future. as you may know my car is 13years old and silver. please help. thanks

[216secoupeessex]

Polish in straight lines, front to back of car.
Same as T- Cut.

My old man is old school x trade and he always swears by doing in straight lines - he doesnt even use a rotating polish machine as he says you get swirls!

[mattw]

hi all,cleaned car yesterday and last night had a take away delivered and thought the guys bag brushed against car.it was dark but thought i would check if it had marked it as the light in the cul de sac was shineing on car.couldnt see anything but i did notice quite a few swirl marks!
not sure how long they have been there but i used to use a normal yellow sponge and chamois.used these for years.i now use a m/fibre sponge or noodle sponge and the last 3 - 4 times a m/f cloth to dry,which has passed the cd test to the best of my knowledge.could not see any visible scrathces on cd.
i take it a polish with s/resin polish is in order to remove these marks?
and what is the best way of avoiding this in the future. as you may know my car is 13years old and silver. please help. thanks

Get it mopped. That will work

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Clean the paint first either with a clay bar or Paint cleaner as in Maquires 3 steps. When you come to wash it don't use a wax shampoo as drying of can leave swirl marks also when polising use only just enough, as to much is a waste, and let it dry throughly, if its slightly damp you create swirls when buffing off.

[martinhodge]

you only create swirls when you are using abrasive things like sponges, grity cloths/chamois etc .

also paint cleaner will not remove stuck on parts like a clay bar will .

being damp of not has nothing to do with it, the swirls are due to you having a dirty drying tool and using a leather instead of a nice big proper drying towel.

you need to use the 2 bucket method when cleaning cars

one bucket to rinse your cleaning cloth/implement . and the other with clean soapy water etc so your not taking dirty mitt etc directly back to the clean bucket of soapy water .

dont use cheap microfibre cloths either .

your only get rid of the swirls by machine polishing them out with proper polish that will break down as its machined something like the poorboys range etc . i wouldn't touch the cleaning range of a local factors or halfords does more harm than good.

cleaning a car should be

washx2 with the two bucket method
claybar the car
polish the car with a couple of differnt grades of polish .
then a layer of glaze/sealent if you wish (optional)
then at least one layer of a decent hardwax if not 2

you should only only need to machine polish a car once .

from then on . you will only need to wash the car clean it with paint cleaner /claybar then wax .

stay away from sponges and leather chamois etc . dodojuice to a good range of cleaning stuff at decent prices . http://www.dodojuice.com

[mattw]

I would use autosmarts Finishing Glaze Its a Non-silicone polish. Covers minor blemishes and swirl marks. New formulation leaves a deep gloss finish and is even easier to use.

[fordsmith]

I will suggest you to use the product from the DODO juice. They are good car care making leading company. You have problem with your wax that after cleaned the car there is swirl, If you use DODO juice than there will be no problem at all. DODO juice is good wax liquid you can shine your car just like the newly arrived car.

[2rovers]

A clay bar would be my port of call, as this will remove any debris or surface contaminates that will cause future swirls by being picked up by cloths , then make sure you use one cloth for every single application, one for application of wax's, one for polish etc etc, then using separate cloths to remove each application too, one to remove residue from wax, another to remove polish etc etc. Adhere to the 2 bucket rule, as even though you may be sure that the bucket/ sponge may appear clean, minor debris still lingers inside the sponge which will then become abrasive on the cleaned surface.

May be worth having a spare polishing cloth to hand, as even residue that collects on the cloth can leave swirl marks.