Guys how should I go about tackling this project?! I washed the car did one part on the hood, got scared wiped off the excess and came up to ask you fine gentlemen.

 

best with a machine (porter cable is my first choice)

i do small "squares"- about 2+' by 2+' or so...

i work the product side to side, then corner to corner (over entire square) and finish front to back. if the swirls are bad, then i do it all again... usually work the product until it is almost gone.

you cant mess it up (unless you go side to side too much and leave it that way, or go in circles- dont do that!) very easily... the only thing that can usually go wrong is if you dont work it well enough, the product wont be able to do its job.

btw, how did the part that you did look, compared to the rest of the car? if it looked the same, its cause you didnt work the product enough.

the above is just my procedure- will track down an article for you and post it here...

here is some extra credit reading for ya!!:

http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=17

http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=15

and the product that i use on my car (i use others on other cars too, but prefer this for black cars, and now they have my car in this ad!):

http://properautocare.com/3mperswirmar.html

 

ah so a normal terry cloth to apply or MF cloth?? I was doing it by hand i couldnt tell the difference, but i got scared after a while that it didnt go away. I detailed sprayed the excess off.

 

I had a hard time getting it off and then i found I was using too much product and not working it in enough. Once i got the hang of it it was easy to remove.

 

how do you remove it? just work it in til its gone right?

 

yes and don't apply it too thick

 

Just my 2 cents, but I prefer to use the 3M Imperial Hand Glaze. It does the same job but relies more on solvents than abrasives. I use a terry towel to apply and remove and have seen very good results. I also used to use it on my black Integra, and it worked wonders.

 

wannabe: what pad did you use with your PC to apply the swirl remover?

 

thanks man...imma try for first time this tuesday...and if it works out well im planning to buy a pc myself.

 

Thats flippin' sweet they used ur car in the ad