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It was in the garage at about 55-60. I'll try and get another coat on tonight to see if that helps. I prepped it the same as the other pieces that came our great which is why I was so surprised. Thanks for the reply.

This ceramic trim coating made a huge streaky mess out of my rear bumper cover on my 11 mustang. Is there anyway to get it off, or am I stuck with it looking like this for a year? It worked good on the side trim pieces but the rear looks horrible. I'm not sure why. I used the same technique and cleaned it well with both rubber tire cleaner and the trim prep cleaner. Edit: attached some pics... 2 are what I was referring to. 1st pic is bottom side piece that I tested on with half of it coated and half not. Last is the side rear which turned out good as well. I'm at a loss why the rear turned out so messed up.

Thanks for the link! Do I need to clean them with APC every time, or just before the first use?

I had a suspicion this was the case. Just did a little test. Taped off a square in the driver side door that had the marks. Washed, clayed, swirl remove, polish, and waxed this little portion. No swirl marks left. I then went and washed JUST that square with a full bucket of soap/water just like I normally do. Then I blew the panel off with a electric leaf blower and didn't touch it with the towel. Some of the marks are already back, and yes I am 100% sure they were gone before, I took before and after pics. UGH. After this I went and sprayed some detail spray and used the great white MF towel on part of the spot that was still swirl free. No swirls. This leads me to believe it is the wash pads. Where can I buy a merino mitt from? I thought adams offered one but don't see it on the site. I stand by my suggestion to add some RW in the soap bucket!

Top half and then bottom half.

What do you mean by a swipe? I'll have to try the waterless trick, I have really hard water and heard that helps for that too. I use MSW when I polish 2x a year and in between use adams buttery wax(still using old formula bottle) Good to know. I actually have an extra, so I will start using 2. How long do you think its realistic to expect the car to stay swirl free after removing them? I wash the car about once a week sometimes every other week.

I've gotten halfway decent at using my DA polisher and removing swirls. However, it seems that EVERYTIME I do this after 2-3 washes the swirls are back again. I assume I am doing something wrong that is causing this. My washing technique is: Prepare my 2 buckets with grit guards, I use an adams jumbo pad and adams car wash soap Rinse down the car with a hose nozzle Use a glimour foam gun w/ adams car wash soap to get a coating of foam on it Use the jumbo wash pad on the car, working my way from the top to the bottom Rinse with water/hose Mist with Detail Spray Use 2 adams MF big white drying towels Feel free to critique/give me any tips or suggestions. Should I get a power washer to knock off more dirt initially? The car is a 2011 mustang gt candy red metallic. It is my DD and gets driven 5-6 days a week. Is it possible to have a swirl free daily driver, or should I not worry about it?

Is this stuff safe for stainless steel appliances?(serious question)

i actually just popped the hood and left it popped but thats definately a good suggestion. I'll make sure and tape around the other edges next time.

I went ahead and gave it a shot with the PC and my big pads tonight. It would have been nice to have the smaller ones as there was a little bit I could not reach in the very corner of the light but overall good results. 2 passes with SHR and 1 pass with FMP. Love Adams stuff!

Is it possible to do headlight correction with a pc and the normal 12" pads, instead of the 4" ones? I'm assuming the 4" are easier because of the smaller size but wouldnt they both work the same?

I too washed the pads with my MF after reading that on the website. Good to know I shouldnt be. How do you people that wash the pads by hand get all the dirt stuck to them out? I try to knock it on the grit guard in the wash bucket to get it off before I wash the pad but it still seems to hold on to a lot.

Nice lightning! What all do you have done to it?

I am planning on detailing my wifes camry either this weekend or next. I washed it last weekend to see what kind of condition the paint was in. There is a dime sized rock chip on the bottom of the hood that is already rusted!(the car is a 2007) Is there anything I can do about that besides getting it repainted? I dont want it to rust below the rest of the paint.

I dont have the boars hair brush..... yet, just the fender one. Its on the list thou.

The brush is gentle or I should use it gently? Thanks for the reply.

Is the fender brush ok to use to clean machined aluminum wheels? It says safe for chrome or wire wheels on the description page but I wasn't sure about machined aluminum.

I gave in and washed it. I couldnt resist. for no rain or only rain while its in the garage tonight.

That and I think I'm turning into a hypochondriac about my car. I always think any little thing on the paint is going to eat thru my clearcoat and ruin it.

Good info thanks! It's forecasted to rain until the weekend so I'll just leave it till then.

This is probably a stupid question but here goes... I know water spots from local water(out of the hose or sprinkler or whatever) can leave calcium deposits etc that will eat into the paint. Does rain water do the same thing? Car got rained on yesterday at work and has dirty rain spots all over it, I wasnt sure if I should be concerned about it eating into the paint or if its fine to leave till the weekend.

Good to know. Thanks. I'm assuming painters tape works best for taping?

Heres a few I snapped this morning with the iphone(need to buy a new camera). You can kind of see in the last one the spots on the fender and a few on the edge of the hood(I need to work on going over edges more with the PC).

I didnt clay it since I did it yesterday. I used SHR with the orange pad, then fmp with white pad and then a coat of buttery wax for when I drive it tommorow. I had to start at 7:00 becuase of the heat around here so I finished up right as the sun went down. My garage lighting sucks but I can see spots on the fender(only did the hood) and none on the hood so I think it worked. :pc:Guess I'll find out tommorow in the sun. I'll be doing the rest of the car tommorow night and all day Friday. Oh and thanks to everyone that helps me and answers my threads.

Houston, Katy area.