Best Swirl Remover for a black Car

It all depends on paint hardness. Super soft jet black bmw paint - Sonax perfect finish. Super hard mercedes paint - Menzerna 106 FA or Scholl S30. Now these are FINISHING POLISHES. You will need more aggressive polishes to remove prior paint imperfections. Menzerna SIP, Scholl S17. Or maybe even Megs 105. MF pads are very nice for either of those paints. Good luck!
 
I decided to go with the Menzenia SI and Finishing Polish but am in the process of gettign a polisher.
 
So if I clay and then use the Meg's and follow it up with the menz series that should safely remove or hide most of the swirls without doing damage to the clearcoat
 
Not sure if the OP ever decided on what he was going to use and try . But ,I agree with Swanyic ,haven done my first correction alone about 10 months ago , Megs isn't that easy to use for a beginner ,least for me it wasn't . I coudnt stand it .It was a night and day difference for me when I switched to Opt. Hyper Polish ,long work time super easy to remove . I've used it on 5 Black vehicles since with excellent success . Of the polishes I've had and tried SF4500, M205 , WG FG it was the easiest . It may take more passes then those to achieve same results having a little less cut , but its very forgiving and IMHO something I highly recommend for beginner .
I'm not sure if it because I have more confidence w/ Hyper so the results are better but it also seems to leave a far more slick surface behind . Hope this helps someone .
 
swanicyouth said:
I guess we are assuming its a BC/CC car because most black cars are that have been made in the past 30 years or so. Now this could be like a black 1949 Packard, but somehow I doubt it. When I recommended Optimum, WG, and Menz as "idiot proof", I wasn't calling the OP an idiot. I specifically recommended these lines for a reason, because they all contain an ultrafine style polish and all have long work times throughout the line. You won't know how soft or hard your paint is until you start working on it, so if you are going to work on it, you should have at least one untrafine style polish around and a few super soft pads in case your paint is soft and prone to micromarring.

I know some people here love Meg's, but we have all seen threads where 205 left micromarring on soft black paint. If 205 doesn't take care of it, I guess 105 is your compound. I don't think anyone would call that product user friendly for a first time polisher. Why would you recommend a noob deal with that??? And before someone posts "who said this is a first time polisher?", the OP mentioned in the other thread he doesn't have a DA, but may get one. I'm not sure about 3M stuff, I thought most of it was designed for a professional EXPERIENCED user with a rotary. They may make some polishes that can be used with a DA, but why wouldn't you use a whole line of products designed to be used with a DA?

No nothing is idiot proof. You could beat the bottle against your paint, or dump the whole bottle on your pad and sling it all over your garage. But, there are products that tend to be easier to use than others.

Dunno. Just trying to give good advice for some easy polishes to use with a DA.
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If 205 was micromarring, I imagine Ultimate Polish would be another viable option. With what I've done with 205, and UP, 205 has more correcting ability. That Ultimate Polish is probably one of my favorite products to use. On of the test panels I did on my own car seemed to eliminate 90% of auto wash marks, when paired with a blue hex logic pad (small amount of cut from the pad).
 
Can't go wrong with Meg's Ultimate Compound or Meg's M101 for more stubborn finishes:thumbup:

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So I'm looking for something not super hard and have the menz series but the swirl marks were still there after I polished last spring
 
What I would humbly recommend is to do a test panel with the products you have chosen moving from least aggressive and progressing as needed for the results desired. This will help you determine a couple of things, most importantly the hardness of your paint which in turn will help you come up with a better idea of how to cut the paint. Sometimes just changing from a finishing pad to a jewlers pad will make a significant difference on soft paint.

Megs and Menzerna do a good job of letting you know the cutting ability of their products so if you find yourself micro marring you can step down the cut level of the product or try a less aggressive pad.

I didn't go back through the whole thread but what else should be considered is the tool you will be using because a DA Porter Cable is going to cut different then a forced rotation DA and both of those will cut different than a rotary. If this is your first time I would go with the PC because it presents the least amount of risk. Doing the test panel will also let you practice technique which is important. You can have the best products in the world but if your technique is garbage your in for headaches. :buffing:
 
So to correct swirl marks what's the thought Toyota Camry I have a griots polisher
 
Just depends how bad they are you need to do some test Spots to figure out what works to achieve the results you are after. You might be able to hit it with AF tripple and be happy but it may take a compound too you just gotta try
 
On my wife's '13 Toyota Highlander with the Crimson Mica paint, I found Meguiars Ultimate Polish on a white LC pad to work really well. That paint is really soft and corrects pretty easily with a DA. However, every color, model, and year could be different.
 
I asked a similar question in 2008 and the truth is, you should go to a detailing event near your house and get some hands on training. Its not rocket science, but you need to be show the way.

Irishwoodchuck said:
So I just got done cleaning my car and as I was putting on the wax I noticed some very faint swirl marks. I was wondering what is the best product to treat it for a black car?Feed back please
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