View Full Version : Swirls and clear coat scratches?


Wing
08-15-2003, 09:57 PM
I'm just being anal, as you can only see the above mentioned things when looking at the car on a funny angle with the sun glaring down on it.

Anyway, I used meguires 3 step process and I can still see these things. I thought this would remove / prevent this from happening.

There is one rather long straight "scratch" on my hood, it's more like a clear coat "line" than a scratch. You can't see it unless you do the funky chicken when the sun is beading on the car.

I used terry cloth towels to polish / wax the car but it seems like these cloths are rather "Scratchy", if I took one and rubbed your arm as hard as you have to rub the car it would rub your skin off. Or at least feel like an indian rubber burn! :D

should I wash my cloths before using them? Maybe some nice fabric softner? Or is that bad?

They just seem like a rather rough towel, they are suppose to be 100% cotton they said Terry cloth on the package.

Wing
08-16-2003, 10:14 PM
Another coat of meguiers solved my problem!

alarabie
08-17-2003, 09:10 AM
The best product I found for removing swirls is 3M Imperial Hand Glaze. It is not a wax, it simply prepares the pain for the wax. Your 3rd coat probably just filled the scratches and they will probably come back once the wax wears out.

Wing
08-17-2003, 09:12 AM
No no I did the second coat again :) the polish.