Here's a little pictorial on my now 1 year old daily driver. As with all black cars, swirls will happen no matter how careful you are. The ultimate acid test is under flourescent lighting, direct noon sun, and the flash from a camera.
Here's a before pic. As you can see, under flourescent it isn't too bad. But the flash from the camera shows swirling.
Have no fear. We have the technology to fix things.
After washing and claying to remove any surface contaminants, it's time to bust out the hardware.
Shown below is a Porter Cable random orbital polisher...a must have. Coupled to the Porter Cable are various grades of Edge 2000 polishing pads.
Polishes used are Poorboy's Super Swirl Remover 2.5 (with blue Edge 2K pad) and Super Swirl Remover 1 (with white Edge 2K pad). Meguires NXT Tech Wax (my fav wax for black) is hand applied and provides the final topping for protection. Microfiber towels are used to remove polishes and wax.
Here's the results:
1st pic is the "acid test" of flourescent lighting and camera flash.
Here's some pics in direct sunlight...smooth as silk
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If any of you want more info on detailing your car, I highly recommend checking out
http://www.autopia.org Those guys live and breathe detailing and there's a lot of great info.
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