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When using #9 for removing swirls with a PC how should you work it, and is it necessary to use polish on a new vehicle?



Did this today:

washed: NXT Wash

Clayed: Mothers

Used #9 and followed up with NXT



Did not think I needed to use polish on a new truck, could be wrong, I still have some swirls.



So is a swirl free finish virtually impossible on a black car?
 
A swirl-free finish on a black vehicle is not impossible, but it can be a challenge. How old is the truvk? If it's brand new, I usually like to let the paint cure for a few months before doing anything to it (let the flames begin).

If you haven't done this before, you are probably using too muich product and/or the surface isn't really clean, although the claying should have taken care of that.
 
I have a 2003 Jet Black M3, and have been working on my detailing skills for about 2 1/2 years. I have finally come to the conclusion that I will aim for perfection, but be perfectly happy with slight iimperfection. Because with a bright enough light looking from the right angle one will always be able to find some paint imperfections. That is the nature of very dark colors - the imperfections shows. With my wife's bamboo pearl Lexus the imperfections are very difficult to detect, but I assure you they are here. So instead of constantly polishing, using somewhat aggressive products, I now am more inclined to use a mild product and a glaze, being satisfied that my car looks stunnning. In fact, it looks better than 99.9% of the cars on the road. Only an autopian close up will notice this mild degree of imperfection.
 
I've got a black truck and Carl is right,it will never be perfect and swirl free being driven every day.I like to think that it's better taken care of and looks better than the average joe's truck.
 
GO Dawgs said:
When using #9 for removing swirls with a PC how should you work it, and is it necessary to use polish on a new vehicle?



Did not think I needed to use polish on a new truck, could be wrong, I still have some swirls.



So is a swirl free finish virtually impossible on a black car?
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If you have marring (such as swirls), then yeah, you need to polish no matter how new/old the vehicle is. Well, you need to polish if you want to get rid of the marring.



#9 is often too mild to remove anything by PC. I'd use at least #82, probably nothing milder than #80. Using a "heavy" LSP and washing the vehicle before it gets too dirty will help too.



I had a *lot* of black vehicles before deciding that life's too short. It's perfectly possible to get a swirl-free finish. *KEEPING* it swirl-free is the challenge. Do a search on "Accumulator's Non-marring Wash Technique" to see the kind of wash regimen you'd have to do to avoid marring. Probably more sensible to get the finish *decent* and then work at hiding the marring that's left as best you can.
 
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