New Paint Finishing- Scratches and Swirls

[litespeed77]

We just had painter do a base/clear paint job on an Infinity Q45. He scuffed and painted over the original paint. He said he put 3 or 4 good coats of clear over top.He wet sanded, buffed and polished it. He didn't do such a good job finishing it.

There are tons of scratches, swirl marks, and a few holograms in it. I decided to take a swing at finishing it out. I tried a few 'least aggressive steps.' I ended up going all the way down to a rotary, wool cutting pad, and 3D cutting pad. I then finished out the test spot with a DA, LC white pad, and HD Polish.

I am a bit flustered that a lot of the deeper swirls didn't come out with the rotary. This painter may have done a few things in between these top coats of clear. He 'might' have had to move the car out of his paint booth in between coats... It is pollen season here in NW Florida. We measure it by the inch. Hmmm....

Is there such a thing as having swirls in between coats of clear?

Thanks!

I will try and attach an image (this was taken after the first or second attempt, but before busting out the rotary).

 

[TTQ B4U]

Hard to tell what is going on fully but based on the initial single pic, if it's just that and it's a simple swirl issue, a basic polish on a white pad will likely fix it up no problem. I've buffed simliar with Meguiar's Ulitmate Polish with a white pad on a PC 7424 with excellent results. I personally don't see the need for a rotary on this.

 

[litespeed77]

Thanks for the quick response.

That pic was after I did quite a bit of buffing. I hit the same test section pretty hard with a rotary, wool pad, and HD Cut right after taking that picture. I then polished with a DA, LC white pad, and HD Polish on the same test section.

While I improved the test section, there are quite a few swirls left. This makes me think that there are imperfections in the clear coats below the final coat. Has anyone heard of such a thing? I feel like I just did a tactical nuclear strike considering it is new paint.