HIDING swirls

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drrac2

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Been away for a while so please forgive this basic question.



In your experience what is the best product for hiding swirls? AOI, VM, NXT?



I simply do not have enough time to prep, so in between major details, whats your product of choice to hide swirls?



Thanks
 
If you are asking which one out of those three, I would say VM, but I prefer RMG followed by a nuba.
 
Menzerna Final Touch glaze does a great job. So does Zymol HD-Cleanse if you don't mind doing an upper body workout at the same time.
 
I'd have to say any decent carnuba will make swirls do a temporary vanishing act. It probably helps more if it's applied by machine instead of by hand. Make sure the paint is as clean as possible too. So claying might also be a good idea. I've found that it's more effective to remove swirls from cleaner paint.
 
I always liked RMG - I've gone through most of the glazes on the market, and that's the one I would recommend to a newcomer. I prefer the look of Meg's #7 for my own car, but it is such a pain (and has such a learning curve) to apply and remove that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
 
Before I took action to actually eliminate the swirls in my black Corvette, I found NXT did a great job of hiding them, at least for a few car washes anyhow, then the swirls would come back.
 
Glare pro polish, Prima Hydro, Driven to Perfection polish (awesome stuff), Aussie Gold showroom glaze QD, Permagard PD5000, Blackfire GEP.



The glare needs to be sealed in with itself or another sealant so the fillers in it get locked in

the swirls won't wash out for some time if you do that

The gang at north american motoring forum really love prima hydro for many reasons. apparently it fills holograms.



I let glare cure for three weeks and washed a few times since and checked with sunlight, sodium vapours and halogens and all the tiny little things I can't remove or prefer to hide to save clear are still hidden.



Driven will give a terrific super high gloss finish and high slickness and fill in quite alot of marring/swirls. Not as good as glare but definately good. works terrific by hand.

provides a heap of protective polymer oils to the paint and can be used as a sealant too.
 
So would using NXT followed up by a sealer lock in the glaze so it does not wash off after a few washes? I'd like to try this with NXT and some Poorboys EX that I have.
 
Rats. I was hoping it would only take waxes off and leave sealants alone :(



Perhaps RMG would leave the sealant alone? That way the swirls would be hidden but the protection of the sealant would also remain.
 
It all depends on what sealant you use, how you use NXT, and if you are using the paste or liquid version of NXT also.



Sealants first. Some are a lot more durable than others, and depending on how many coats you have of your preferred sealant will determine how much is removed, if any.



How you use NXT makes a difference. If it is applied and removed like wax, its cleaning ability will be minimized greatly vs. using a machine polisher to work it in, which will have much higher cleaning properties.



Last, paste vs. liquid. In my opinion, the liquid seems to clean more than the paste. I have both, and I have found that by cleaning with the liquid and then following with the paste provides great results. If you want to minimize the cleaning portion of the product, use the paste by hand.



Hope this helps.
 
Thanks! I should have mentioned that I have the NXT liquid available and the car is sealed with Acrylic Jett over Prime Acrylic.



There are some water spots and some marring left after a couple of rounds of SFX-3 with the Scratchbuster UDM pad. The AJ and PA were applied after the polishing, but the water spots and the marring are still visible if looking closely/at the right angle, so I'm trying to hide them for now. Longer term, I was considering some OP or OC (maybe SIP, but don't think it will do well in S. Florida heat/humidity).
 
I wonder about the supposed cleaning ability of NXT :think: Meguiar's says it can be used after their "pure polishes" so I assume it doesn't clean *them* off. No first-hand experience with NXT though...



A layer of Collinite on top of the NXT oughta last for a while, what with the Collinite on top taking the wear and tear.



But I dunno about something hiding waterspots, that's asking quite a bit. For that matter, I dunno how well NXT hides stuff anyhow; a pal of mine uses NXT and thinks it hides his marring...but I still see it quite clearly (Sorry Bob, your MKII is great but is really needs properly polished out ;) ).
 
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