Swirl marks?

[G8chick]

Are they supposed to disappear or just be less noticable? Polishing car right now! And I can still see them but not as much. Would it be easier to see if I did this outside ? They haven't been flashing either only the polish did. That's after quite a few passes on all 3 pads

[Stryker]

Ok there's alot going on here. Polishing removes swirl marks by leveling out the clear coat. Because swirl mark can be difficult to see at times a solid light source is KEY. A lot of people use halogen flood lights to show the imperfections. Also, if the polish isn't flashing you arn't working it long enough. Polishing is a very time consuming process.

 

I'm assuming you strip washed, clayed before you started. Start with a small 2X2 area and get the perfect to see how long it will take you. each pass should take you 2-5 minutes before the polish flashes. Different factors like temperature and humidity come in to play with polish work time.

 

Once again, assuming your using the PC. You want to put enough pressure to to slow the machine but still allow the pad to spin. Let the machine do the work don't be in a hurry. You won't be harming anything by going too slow. Make sure you over lap each pass by 50%

 

Use a 50/50 mix of rubbing alcohol and water and wipe down the panel after each pass to check your work. The alcohol will remove any oil from the polish that made be hiding imperfections.

 

Hope this helps good luck keep us updated

[Theis]

They should not be noticeable from everything I've read/heard they will still be there but polishing it out simply changes the swirls appearance to where you should not see it at all unless they are deep ones not to much you can do from that

[G8chick]

So should I redo what I have already done again??

[ExpressThis13]

do a small section first or a panel if you prefer. If your working on a car or truck try correcting your fender until you are satisfied with the results after that you will know what it will take to complete the rest of the car. please watch the videos it will show everything exactly how were telling you now.

[Doug123]

So should I redo what I have already done again??

That's one of the good parts, you can always go over an area again. I have had to do that on specific parts of the car (for me, on my hood up near the front window, seems to require more polishing up there.)

 

Often I can't get the whole car finished before need to drive it (it's my only, my daily driver) so I wax it to protect what I have, then go back again and strip (with IPA/H2O@50/50) the panel or panels I want to work on next.

 

example: Say I strip and clay the whole car and get everything ready to polish, and I can't get the hood finished. At that point (for me) I put sealant (what I used when it's done) on the finished panels. Then I wax (I use buttery) on the hood. Next weekend, I strip the hood, check if I need to clay and do so if necessary, then polish the hood. Then I seal the hood. I don't waste the sealant on something that's not finished, at least for me.

 

I would rather have a few panels in excellent shape, than a whole car in so so shape. I will continue working the remaining panels each weekend until I get the whole car done.

 

Does this make sense?

[Court M3]

So how did it come out? I'll be doing a Toyota Supra this weekend and can echo everyone's thoughts that correction does take awhile.

[G8chick]

Came out great!! Just took some time for them to flash and they were dusting so I had to hit them with the detail spray again. No more swirl marks! ? took me 14 hrs that day to get it done then I spent another hr on Monday doing glaze on everything. This weekend I'm picking up some buttery wax. So I'll do that and possibly another coat of glaze

Im getting better pics this weekend lol.. She's in the shop right now

[THE Mook]

Sounds like you are getting a handle on it!

 

Remember, if you are using the PC7424, typically 2-3 Passes of each color will yield you as close to perfect as you can get with it. Car looks great too!

 

Mook

[G8chick]

Thanks!! It was 3 passes with each had to use severe swirl on it to

[GXPaycheck]

Gr8 job Megan!

[JBlack151]

Great job, she's looking purrdy! Love the color too.

[Ralfy]

can i ask a stupid question? what constitutes a "pass" is it going left to right then up and down "1 pass" then doing that again "2nd pass" then the 3rd? sorry to thread jack.

[G8chick]

Lol that's ok. I considered every pass as when I needed to mist my pad with detail spray. As it revived the polish cuz it was dusting on me or it when you add more product to the pad.

[BlueGenCoupe]

Nice job.

 

3 passes of each pad is soo time consuming, hence why I got a flex.

[mc2hill]

can i ask a stupid question? what constitutes a "pass" is it going left to right then up and down "1 pass" then doing that again "2nd pass" then the 3rd? sorry to thread jack.

 

I think the term 'pass' is used for two things:

• section pass - number of side-to-side or up-and-down motions until the product flashes - each movement is a pass
  
• product pass - working the entire section (panel or whole car) with a polish