Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

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Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by jason » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:58 pm

First detailing post :wave :lol:

About the only thing that's dampened my first year of Elise ownership has been 3rd party-inflicted swirl marks :evil: I've never been obsessed with paint finish before (the Tomato is a witness to that!) but the Persian Blue paint really shows the swirls. I've tried Autoglym SRP to fill them, but not hugely successful and always felt like a lot of elbow grease for a temporary fix. I'm sure at some stage I'll be giving Ali/360 Complete a call to get a 'proper job' done on the car, but in the meantime...

...I thought I'd try Menzerna Final Polish II applied using this Orange Lake Country German CCS Pad on a few panels. Rather than being a filler, it's abrasive only... and I have to say I am delighted with the results 8) Some marks are still there - but it's a huge improvement over anything tried before, and good to know it's not just a temporary disguising job. Sorry, I don't have any before/after pics.

Thought it may be of interest :thumbsup

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Re: Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by mainsy » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:35 pm

TTIUWP :lol:

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Re: Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by renmure » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:04 pm

mainsy wrote:TTIUWP :lol:
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Re: Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by jason » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:10 pm

...well, I guess I asked for that :roll: :lol:

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Re: Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by dezzy » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:02 pm

Will definitely give these products a try :thumbsup

Don't suppose you're coming along to Dom's Spanners & Sponges session on Saturday? :D
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Re: Removing Swirl Marks by Hand - Product Recommendation

Post by jason » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:43 pm

dezzy wrote:Don't suppose you're coming along to Dom's Spanners & Sponges session on Saturday? :D
Considering it... but not sure if fits with other plans yet :roll:

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