hey guys im a noob to removing swirl marks so today i decided to goto the store and pick up some meguires swirl remover. can anyone tell me if it is pointless to try to hand apply this? Also after applying i find that my towel is all red. Is this normal or am i causing damage? Any products you guys recommend for hand applications? thanks all

 

you can do a swirl removal by hand, but its a lot of work and you will be sore if you do it right...
any polish has to be worked really well, unlike waxes. with polishes, you dont just apply and remove- you really work them.
i am guessing that you are working on a red s2000- they do bleed for some reason. especially the hood.
i strongly suggest that you post up and borrow a machine from someone in your local club. i have no idea where shorthills is so i cant help you with that... i do like the idea of you bringing product and someone else brings the machine and the no how-

 

thanks wanabe ur always very helpful. shorthills is in NJ.

 

Vin, I haven't talked to you in forever man! Give me a call, we should cruise sometime.

Oh, and on the subject of polishes, I'd try to get someone who really knows what they;'re doing to help, the difference between hand application and application by someone skilled with a RO buffer is HUGE.

 

Be careful using too much polish on your car. The Red's do not have a clearcoat on them that is why you'll see red on your applicator. Honda mixes something into the red paint to make it look like it has a clear coat on it. All the other cars do have clearcoat. My suggestion is to do it either with an orbital or by hand small sections at a time.

 

thanks a lot

 

Red s2k's have a clearcoat... all s2k's do. The red's actually contain a small amount of red color in the clearcoat though. Do a search, it's been discussed before.

Honda has done this in the past with other red cars they've produced. My old integra was red and had a tinted clearcoat. Whenever it was polished my pads would become pink.

 

either way i think imma give up trying to do it by hand. scott do u kno anyone who can use the orbital locally? or anyone in north jersey wanna help?

 

after my attempt to polish i am going to put on a nxt coat and many many coats of meguiars carnuba. is there anything wrong with this combo? i heard nxt doesnt last at all.

 

hey whats up my04----i'm in central nj but i frequent ur mall alot---i used to detail cars and i use the meguiar's mirror glaze 9 swirl remover and follow it with meguiar's # 26 yellow wax--i do it all by hand and my paint looks like water--i have an 04 rio yellow pearl---but if ur doing the swirl remover by hand get ready for a wrokout--its like a 2 hour process by hand if u wanan do it right but the results are worth it----and for anyone with polished rims or exhaust i've used about every product on the market and i just tried mequiar's next metal polish and have to say its the best ive used---its made my rims look like chrome and got all the water spots out of my exhaust as well---my mufflers look like mirrors when your behind me--good stuff--lata