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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:24 PM
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hey guys what do u guys use to remove those nasty looking swirls on ur car i now ive been told a good wax will do but what name brands are good for that kinda job u guys recommned meguiars and what do yall use to prevent it when washing the car i now if u use the wrong stuff u will get those swirls i use the right towels but unfortanely thats how my car came when purchased doesnt loook to bad but when u have a black car in some angles u can see them ther not too bad but yeah lookin to get rid of the ones on ther any info will help thanks
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:28 PM
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If you have a dark colored car, use the 3M swirl remover for dark cars, it works wonders...
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:31 PM
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If you have a dark colored car, use the 3M swirl remover for dark cars, it works wonders...
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:34 PM
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You can fill them in a the gelatin oil based by product a.k.a WAX but as you wash the car, more and more oil's will be stripped leaving you with the surface you began with.

You can use either of these products, they all can be purchased locally and they are pretty much fool proof.

Meguairs Swirl Remover
3M Swirl Mark Remover
3M Finesse It-II
3M Fine cut rubbing compound

They are listed in order of strenght, it's a pretty complete collection. The Meguairs is the weakest of the bunch, useful on cars that are near perfect and need touching up or for bug guts.

The 3M product Swirl Remover is stronger and can be used to tackle light to moderate swirls but try to use this in combination with a machine, by hand it's very time consuming.

3M Finesse It-II is great for moderate swirls even by hand, by machine it's all that much better.

Last but not least, the 3M compound is awesome, equal to 2500 grit sand paper and you can remove some serious swirls with one or two passes of a cheap random orbital polisher, I can only imgaine how strong this product would be with a rotary.
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:35 PM
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UMMM yeah.

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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:37 PM
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The time it takes me to post one post two other people posted.... jeepers, this two finger typing has got to stop.
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 01:59 PM
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anybody now where i can purchase zaino products for a good price
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Old Sep 11, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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www.zainobros.com or any re-seller. It is not sold in stores.
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E-mail Zaino and ask who the closest distributor is to you.
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Old Sep 12, 2003 | 06:23 PM
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Camaroz03, could you use sentences when posting? It is much easier to read than one long runon.
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Old Sep 12, 2003 | 09:24 PM
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You can also try The Wax Shops "Safe Cut"....goes on like syrup but buffs off squeeky clean, does a hell of a job on swirls....trust, me Navy Blue Metallic...."Nuff' Said!"......
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Old Sep 13, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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My car never gets washed because it never see rain. I do, however, dust it often. It tends to pick up swirls over the course of a cruising season due to the constant dusting. At the start of each spring I hit the surface with the following:

1) Meguairs Scratch X (different from the other Meguairs swirl removers, it's stronger)

2) Meguairs Mirror Hand Glaze

3) Meguairs Gold Class Wax

This system has worked great for me. All easy stuff to get, any auto parts store has it. For surface cleaning and dusting I use Meguairs Quick Detailer.
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