I just want to strip one panel....

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BlkonBlk

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So, you're out in the garage QD'ing the garage queen and you notice a glaring swirlmark. The rest of the car looks great....but there on your rear quarter panel is this......@#%$&*! swirl mark.



I don't want to wash the whole car. I don't want to take the wax off the whole car. I just want to strip the wax and re-polish this one panel.



Any thoughts as to the best way to approach this?
 
Did this on my car, clayed the bonnent only polished with swirl free, glazed and rewaxed. Alternative if you want something other than clay, meguiars medallion paint cleaner, remember GEPC will also strip wax.
 
Actually if only a small area of the affected panel is marred just do that section ( spot repair). Re-cleanse ( paint cleanser/polish) the whole panel. Wax and be on your way. of course, the rest of the vehicle must be in as good a shape as you stated, especially if black. :cool:
 
Am i missing something here, or wouldn't it be just a simple as polishing that one panel? No need to strip the whole car, just have at the one with the swirls. Polish, buff and then re-wax or seal.



Michael
 
Yep....that's the general idea. But if you have a number of products layered onto your paint then the polish has to work its way through those layers before it can begin to impact the clearcoat. If your polish is one that has abrasives that break down, then you are diminishing the effect the polish will have. My goal was simply to clear that one panel with something that wasn't too aggressive before applying a polish or swirl mark remover.
 
I don't think you'll have to worry about the existing layers of protection dramatically diminishing the effectiveness of any polish. Most polishs will go right through anything you have with ease.



If you really are worried about it, I suppose you could wipe down just that panel with Prepsol of some other body shop prep solvent. That will take off anything you've got on there and leave just the paint in all its swirlness.



Michael
 
Like mpauly said, just use a polish to cut right through what is on the panel now. That is what I do when I find problems on my car. Most of your shine is from the prep anyway, so whatever you wax it with shouldn't make it look any different from the rest of the car.
 
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