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03-02-2006, 11:05 AM
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Swirl Marks....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I purchased my X5 pre-owned. And with most pre-owned cars the paint is riddled with swirl marks. I very comforatable using car care products and well as using a orbital buffer.
How do I remove (not gloss over) the swirl marks? Thanks in advance.
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03-02-2006, 05:09 PM
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I would recommend talking to a local body shop. I had the same issue on a car in mid-90s, and got great info from the local body shop I was referred to. They were not too interested in doing that work (labor/time for little reward), so gave up plenty of details on how to work through the swirls then build up top coat.
Since that was not a Bimmer and it was a decade ago now, some details will be different (water vs solvent based, etc), but getting tips from a Euro body shop should definitely point you in the right direction. They might be able to show you compatible products they have in shop. Good luck.
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03-03-2006, 07:13 PM
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No need to go to a body shop fom past experience they ll add a few more.If youve got a buffer try www.chemicalguys.com.
They have a range of super swirl removal products that will remove the marks ,but be sure to protect the paint work with a good quality of wax and then a seal with one of their paint sealants.
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03-05-2006, 10:54 AM
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Here is what I am going to do..
I bought a bottle Z-PC Fusion Dual Action Paint Cleaner Swirl Remover and Z-2 Polish. Any decent non-abrasive wax will fill in the swirl marks and make them disappear. The problem is that after a few car washes the swirl marks re-appear as the wax is slowly degraded and removed.  My goal is to permanently remove them. According to Zaino, the Z-PC is abrasive and will remove the swirl marks. I'll let you know how it goes. The goal is to have a clear, swirl mark free shine without any wax! Once I achieve that, the wax will lock in and protect the finish. 
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03-06-2006, 06:28 AM
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Just tried Z-PC for the first time yesterday, and it did a damn good job on a 94 e36. Car doesnt even have to be that clean either..we were just screwing around with it as an experiment, and threw some Z-8 right on top of it...PRESTO!
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03-23-2006, 01:04 AM
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You're definitely on the right track. Lots of folks at Autopia.org are very high on the Finish Kare FK1-125 sealant. Starter kit at $18.95 seems like a very good deal.
http://www.fk1usa.com/products-consumer.htm And post pictures of the polish job! Last edited by asawadude; 03-23-2006 at 01:25 AM.
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03-28-2006, 11:57 PM
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If you want to permanantly remove the swirls I would probably go with these steps.
Wash the car, clay it so you get all the contaminants off the car, then I would use a Porter cable with the right cutting pads and go with these steps. 1. Menzerna Power Gloss with a cutting pad/heavy cutting pad 2. Menzerna Intensive Polish light cutting pad/cutting pad 3. Optimum Polish/Adam's Revive Polish polishing pad 4. A good coat of wax Adam's Butter Wax, Optimum Spray Wax, Zaino, P21S whatever you like. Here are some links that will be helpful to let you judge the degree of swirl marks etc... http://paintcare-n-detailing.com/ssr.html Here is the link for the correct ways to use a porter cable: http://paintcare-n-detailing.com/pc_video.html Thanks to blkyukon on Detailcity.org.
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