swirl marks

[Cjbarton]

Spent all day yesterday cleaining, claying, and polishing my car. I did a test area and it looked good, so continued on throughout the car with the same process. The car looked great then the sun it going down tonight and i look at my car while walking from class and there are still swirl marks all over the car.

[Cjbarton]

Can i cheaper microfiber towel cause swirls like that? im amazed at how it causes that.

[colodude18]

I try to improve the quality of the MF I use as I go though the steps. In order words, I use the oldest towels (but still Adams) for cleaning after clay bar, and if at all possible, I try to use brand new Adams towels for wiping after glaze and Americana.

I do have some non-Adams MF towels but they NEVER touch paint.

[THE Mook]

 

Anytime.

[bigcarrot]

Thanks for the new addition to the sig Mook

[THE Mook]

Cheap MF is like Mad Dawg 20/20. It gets ya messed up REAL quick.

[XQIZT]

Can i cheaper microfiber towel cause swirls like that? im amazed at how it causes that.

 

Sure can...check this out:

 

http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/microfiber-products/7331.htm

[Cjbarton]

Thank you very much for the help.

Im glad im and adams forum member

[camaro2ssblack]

Be sure you strip off the sealant and wax before polishing and reapply afterwords...

[BlueGenCoupe]

Amazing what cheap MF towels can do to your paint!

[Cjbarton]

Thank you very much. Appreciate all the advice. Learned my lesson now.

(stay away from the cheap stuff)

[Doug123]

Yes they can. Often times the cheaper microfibers have a more harsh construction or the binding may scratch also. There IS a reason that they are cheaper. Those ones are good for use in areas that are not paint. I used all my old ones for oil rags.

 

Adam's uses the best So. Korean microfiber they can find. If the USA made microfiber (they don't), I am sure he would get them from the USA.

[camaro2ssblack]

Bingo.

[Cjbarton]

i applied machine sealent with the black pad. let cure for 30 minutes then buffed off with adams microfiber. I let that cure then applied Americana but didnt use the adams microfiber. i bet that is the problem, slipped my mind till now.

[camaro2ssblack]

I picked the hood of my car. It was the worst spot, and it now has swirls. I have no idea what happened. this weekend im gonna go over the car again and see what happens. From the looks of it i will only need to use FMP.

 

 

Well then you have isolated the problem to one of your steps after polishing. You didnt say anything about applying a sealant or wax afterwords, did you? What exactly did you did between polishing and when you first saw the swirls again?

Its important to find out so you dont do this again after you re-correct it.

[Cjbarton]

I picked the hood of my car. It was the worst spot, and it now has swirls. I have no idea what happened. this weekend im gonna go over the car again and see what happens. From the looks of it i will only need to use FMP.

[camaro2ssblack]

If your test spot came out perfect, then the only answer is that you did not use the same technique on the rest of the car that you did on the test spot. Do you remember exactly where your test spot was, is it still perfect?

 

Of course you may have also picked a super easy almost swirless spot to correct as your test spot, and then the rest of the car was in much worse shape and you used the exact same process.

 

If its not one of those, I am stumped

[Cjbarton]

I used adams super plush microfiber towels. The ones that come with the porter cable kit.

[TK427]

What type of micro fiber towels are you using! The damage may have come after you did the correcting!

[Cjbarton]

Yes. used sunlight, flashlight, and work light. Im still new to the detailing world, but i watched junkmans videos and adams.

[Team Adam's]

Did you inspect your test areas under good lighting before proceeding around the whole car?