What causes swirls?

ok seriously ..any type of contact with almost any type of abrasive whether it be water, towels, or product can induce a swirl ...
 
DCT said:
Well, at least the post didn't go over everybody's head.
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Actually, you received quite few responses to what people thought was the point of your thread.
I happened to be one that didn't agree with your blanket statements so I guess since I didn't agree with you, your post went over my head.
One thing you mention in another thread is people having issues. Most of us do. Not all of us have all the right answers all the time.
I didn't use a smiley face here since I didn't want anyone to think I was joking.
So as to not offend you in the future, I'll try to stay out of any threads that you have become involved in.

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
So as to not offend you in the future, I'll try to stay out of any threads that you have become involved in.
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That won't be necessary.

Personally, I wish some of the old "smileys" were still available. I know of one that would fit in perfect here.
 
This is where our industry needs to somehow become standardized in our terminologies... swirls are strictly the byproduct of the buffing process. They are the byproduct of uniform micro-scratches introduced when the abrasions of a rotating pad are left behind causing what appears as a swirling line of reflectance off of the peak of each scratch. They are often referred to as holograms because they have the same effect as a holographic image somtimes apearing to float above the surface. Marring, on the other hand are mostly non-uniform in direction and tend to look like that of a star filter without a true defined or distinctive pattern. Marring, or what was once referred to a light or towel scratching, is the result (as some have mentioned) caused by the moving of one object against another. In laymen’s terms, friction. Anything will cause some form of marring when introduced to standard cured automotive paint by the induction of friction. Some things will leave more than others, some will be seen, others will not -- this is probably some law of physics, but if I recall this is DetailCity not RocketScientistCity. So I will repeat this swirls are only caused by rotary polishing. These terms swirls, marring, towel scratching, micro marring, holograms, whatever, are thrown around the detailing industry just as haphazardly and with as much confusion as wax glaze and polish. As for a fingernail scratching a paintjob, it will mar it, it may leave an impression in it, it may even be able to chip it off if gotten underneath and used as a lever, but on a Mohs scale paint is by far harder than that of a common fingernail.

Now, having said (typed) all this, I can't help but think :hmmm: this thread had no other purpose than to cause disharmony amongst our group... :wall


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