I made the mistake of taking my car to a hand carwash a few weeks ago. I made the wrong assumption that a hand carwash would be better than taking it to a car wash myself since I was limited on time. Well, as it turns out, I think they were using dirty towels/sponges, because I ended up with scratches on the hood and trunk, and a little bit on the sides. The scratches are not deep (not through clear coat or anything like that), just a little deeper than typical swirl marks and such. My question is, what is a good product/process to get the scratches out? I have a buffer, so I'm assuming I'll need that, I'm just not sure what to use since I've never had to deal with this before! Thanks!

By the way, I have a few zymol products, and they didn't do a thing to remove or hide the scratches.

 

polishing will be your cure- i will find a good article for you and post it

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here is one:
(i think that you might be able to skip the compounding step based on what you posted):
http://properautocare.com/usporcabpol.html

and another good one:
http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=17

the key to any polish is to really work the product- and to end up working front to back (never in circles)- i prefer to use a machine (porter cable) for this job- to do it right by hand (which i will do on small jobs) takes a lot of work.
another tip is use the least aggressive polish that will get the job done... if your scratches are light, a swirl remover might get them...

finally, since i see that you have a black car- this is the swirl remover that i like:

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

 

very informative links... thanks for the help! Looks like I'll be buying some new tools!

 

So guys....the verdict is that the Zymol won't help to remove any swirl then?

Which is the best and safest swirl remover? Would 3M be it then?

So a coat of 3M swirl remover and then another coat of Zymol will do the job then?