Noob, Swirl Removal (How aggresive?)

**Yardik** · 08-22-2004,ï¿½09:03 PM

Hi all,

Upon inspection after washing today, I noticed some pretty ugly swirls on a few panels of our Mazda6. It was in for body work not too long ago and I`m assuming the idiot kids who wash the cars post-painting at the shop are the culprits.

Now, my question is... how to remove them? I do own a PC, along with a pretty wide variety of products. However I`ve never really had to worry about removing defects before, mostly because I baby our cars to the point of obsessive.

I dont really know how aggressive to start on the swirls either, not really being experienced at knowing how bad is `bad`.

I do see a lot of talk about using the lake country orange pad, along with DACP. Is this the place to start, or too aggressive? I`d like to start with the bare minimum and work up from there if need be.

Regards,

**ZaneO** · 08-22-2004,ï¿½09:10 PM

Start with a white polshing pad and DACP and if that doesn`t do the trick, use a cutting pad.

**imported_series1** · 08-22-2004,ï¿½09:33 PM

Couldn`t have said it better ZaneO. You can also go with poorboys ssr 2.5

**Yardik** · 08-22-2004,ï¿½10:14 PM

Alright, polishing pad it is.

Is DACP too aggressive to start with? Would I be better off starting with SSR1 or is SSR1 way too mild to get any results? Also, in the case of DACP, I assume its only used where the swirls are, whereas SSR1 can be used across the entire surface as a polish.

Could I cut the difference and start with something like SSR2?

**imported_series1** · 08-22-2004,ï¿½10:20 PM

DACP can be used across the whole car to remove all scratches and swirls. I think you would be just fine starting out with DACP and then if you want to smooth the paint out more go with a finer polish (P21S Paintwork Cleanser or somethin like it)and then go from there.

**Accumulator** · 08-23-2004,ï¿½09:48 AM

Yeah, I`d start with the DACP. If the clear on the 6 is the same as that on our MPV it`ll be fairly hard, so don`t be surprised if you have to go to a cutting pad and then follow up with a milder combo.

**stainbuster** · 08-23-2004,ï¿½10:21 AM

Have you contacted the body shop and addressed this with them?

Many times, they will own up and put more experienced hands on the wheel, then have the work QC`d by a mgr. This is what they should be doing in the first place, though, IMO.

If you`re not comfortable letting them "redo" their screwed up work, have a professional detail shop do the work, and charge to the bodyshop per mgr OK. Then,....... Better Business Bureau?:nixweiss

Mike