Restored Jaguar Returns with swirls

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After resoring a 1960 Jaguar MK 2 for the last 4 years, my car has finally been returned from an out of state restoration company. The car was painted 18 months ago with a metallic grey base/clearcoat. After being at the restoration shop for so long where dust accumulated on the finish, and the handy employees decided to drag a car cover on it after each days work, the car was returned with an excessive amount of small hairline swirls and light scratches.



My objective is to have a flawless "show car" finish since the car will be a weekend driver and also be driven to local shows.



I have read and researched all the threads for the last six months waiting to finally put the finishing touches on this major project.



I plan to use Blackfire. Any help with these swirls and hairline, superficial scrathches would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance for the insightful ideas I know will be coming my way.
 
My first thought, given the the amount of money spent already, is to have them come to fix it. Frankly, if they were just two blocks away, you'd be all over them to fix it! And they would, I'm sure. So...



Good news is that a PC and any "finishing compound" will pull the described imperfections out. This procedure will, of course, remove any and all sealant/wax, so reapplication of THE SAME PRODUCT(S) becomes mandatory. Who pays for these 4/5 hours?



Just my thoughts...



Jim
 
fran o'neil- Welcome to Autopia. Sounds like a nice Jaguar, sorry to hear about its getting swirled up. That's one of the problems with restorations, keeping the already-done work from getting messed up during subsequent steps.



If you can't get the shop to help you with this (and I'd be careful about who you let work on it from now on), you can either polish out the problems yourself or see if there's an Autopian (perhaps one of the pros) nearby who could help you out. Swirl removal is more time and patience than anything else, but if you're not experienced in this area you might want to get some help since a) you have a new paintjob on a to-be-shown car and b) more experience often = better results c) good learning experience.



To do it yourself, something with a light abrasive, like a SMR or Vanilla Moose glaze, should work IF the scratches/swirls aren't too bad. If you need to use something stronger, like FI-II or DACP, you might want to consider getting the PC, although the MK2's curvaceous body just SCREAMS "polish me by hand" :D
 
Geez you'd think a company that specializes in auto restoration would know better than to put a car cover on a dusty car! :nixweiss
 
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