DougEFresh

Well due to a peice of road debris i ended up with a new hood. There lots of swirl marks left behind by the body shop and i know i can get them out thats not the prob. I was told that i need to wait a month before polishing the hood by the body shop but its driving me crazy. How soon is to soon to start the swirl removing process. I picked the car up last thursday and i want the swirls gone. Don't get me wrong the body shop did a perfect job with fitment and paint match and the average person probably would'nt notice the swirls but i'm anul. Any thoughts?

-Doug

Harpoon

Wait for it. You'll do permanent damage if you try to correct the swirls now.

diabolus2k

wanabe

actually, the main problem with new paint is not allowing it to "gas-out"-
this is more of a wax/ synthetic protection issue than it is a polish issue. there are "new paint" safe polishes out there- unless your paint is very old school, it has already hardened and cured. it just has not gased out yet.

did the body shop say that you could not poliish, or that you could not wax? there are lotsa folks who use the terms interchangeably-
so you have to make sure that they know what product you are talking about.

here is a "body shop safe" glaze, as an example of one that specifically says so:

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

if there is any concern, you can try a small area (like a corner) and see how it does. if you get color on a rag or pad, it means that they did not clear coat properly (on a black car).

you could also print out the info on the link above and take it to the body shop to see what they say...

DougEFresh

Sorry they told me not to WAX the car. They did apply a glaze for protection though.