bash

My blk/blk had swirling when I bought it but I Zaino'd anyway rather than remove the swirls first. Since then, a cat has climbed onto (and slid) down part of the front and left behind a few short, nasty scratches (not too deep, I hope, but I'll find out later when I wash the car). My question: Should I start from the beginning again with Dawn to remove the Zaino and then do a 3M Swirl/Scratch remover treatment or simply continuing with the Z5/Z6 treatments and hope they fill the swirls and cat scratches? Thanks for any advice. It seems sometimes like the world is in a conspiracy to screw up my finish and it's making me crazy.

wanabe

no need to use dawn to remove the zaino... the 3m with do that for you.
good luck with the scratches! (maybe you should cover the car in the garage!!)

bash

Unfortunately I don't have a garage , merely a car cover and a small shelter to protect from sap/hail. Apparently the cover is an attractive target for cats. I think I'll spray some stinky *cat-away* stuff all over the cover to make it less appealing. Thanks for the response.

racer chick

question about the swirl/scratch remover: what exactly is it, and how does it work? i have a blk/blk '02, and the swirls are really irritating me. i was thinking of getting it buffed, but if there is another way around it, that would be great. thanx!

racer chick

bash

racer, i'll be able to tell you in a week or so. I ordered the 3M Swirl & Scratch Remover For Dark Cars and am planning on getting the Porter Cable polisher. My '02 black on black also came with pretty widespread swirling/spidering. Some folks say that's inevitable with black cars but I'm gonna try my best to get them out. I can't tell you precisely how it does what it does but it comes highly recommended from alot of site members so all I care is it does what it promises to do. I'll post back results on fixing the cat scratches and whether it removed the swirling. I have a friend with a Saturn with lots of swirls who said I could practice on his first.

wanabe

bash-
i have a black car... two years old and minimal swirls-
i am the only one who has ever touched the paint surface. no one else has washed it.
personal care can keep swirls off.

racer chick-
swirl remover actually has very small grit in it- so it sort of "sands off" a very thin layer of your clear coat... no problem, but you dont want to use it too often.

racer chick

cool, thanks for the tip... i'll try it out