Swirl Marks

[Skylinedc505]

Paging detailing gurus-
How exactly does one get rid of swirl marks? I also have these weird patterns in a certain angle of sunlight....it distorts the light into these weird curvy patterns...it started happening when the lot dealer buffed some scratches and nicks out of the paint. Any suggestions would be most helpful.

[kennious]

3M rubbing compound and a buffer

[Pureaudi]

that sucks, ive herd that the swerls come from when drying your car, you might have little rocks in your towel or drying device. and it makes little scratches. but you cant see it, only in sertin light shades.

[Hassmeister]

3M swirl remover, a high speed buffer with a Foam Pad.

Swirls are not normally caused by washing your car, over a period of time you'll see very fine marks like a spiders web (due to washing), periodically refreshing the sealant or wax will get rid of the them.
Deep swirl marks are caused by inexperienced detailers standing the wool pad on its edge(not using the entire FLAT surface of the pad and not allowing the product to do the work, instead of the pad).

[DDQ]

There are many high-end products out there that work great. I paid a detailer to do my car in the beginning of summer and he did a great job.

But, lately I noticed they came back. I had some Turtle Wax brand swirl remover polish, so I used some of that (even though I normally don't care for Turtle Wax products). I was very surprised, it came out great. I just did it by hand, and it filled in the little marks nicely.

[Skylinedc505]

Ah yes. I was going to ask about the Turtle Wax Compound b/c I can't find any 3M products at my local kragen and autozone.

I also bought a Black Magic Hand Waxing buffer....can I use it to polish too?