Swirls or streaks after Wolfgang

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Slfuller83

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Hey everyone, I am new to this forum but have been a car enthusiast for years. About a year ago, I bought the Wolfgang estate wax for my 2004 Silverado. I liked the finish so much that I bought a lot more of their products. The last time I have waxed my truck, I started with the clay bar system after the wash. Then I moved onto their paintwork polish enhancer surface prep (I had no swirls or scratches in the paint before that would have needed further prep like swirl compounds and buffing). I then moved onto their deep gloss paint sealant followed by a coat of estate wax the next day. The finished product looked flawless! I did the same think to my wife’s 2012 Gli minus the clay bar since the car was brand new. After washes, I have been using their deep gloss spritz sealant about every other time. My problem is that I am now noticing on both vehicles that when I dry them with a microfiber towel, it is leaving faint scratches like swirls in the finish. Is this happening in the wax layer? If so, why and what is the best way to correct this problem? It has been about six months since I did this entire process. Does it need to be done again now or should I take a different approach?

Thanks
Scott
 
No matter how careful you are, you can't avoid faint marks 100%.

Careful washing minimizes the damage. Maybe assessing paint condition every 6 months and a polish is good.

I'm also bummed because G37 might have soft paint and using two bucket system and now noticing fine marks, time for DA and some M205.
 
Welcome to the forum.

6 months yea I'd say it's time to polish up and relax. As for the drying process I'd recommend a leaf blower. Sounds crazy but works really well. Follow with some detail spray and a microfiber.

My preference is to clay before polishing regardless if the car is new or not. Last thing you want to do is pick up some contaminants in your polishing pad.

There's tons of information here just search around a little and you'll learn a lot.
 
this happens in the clear not the wax layer
a wax layer is not as thick as a clear coat or a clear coatings like optimum , cquarz ...etc

and whenever you see scratches on your ((waxed)) car that means the part where it got scratched there is no coat of wax

a wax should protect your car against alot of things and of those things are scratches but it will protect it at a certain level

i have a1998 blue corvette with hard clear and is waxed using 2coats of meguiars ultimate wax and 2coats of meguiars gold class wax

since then ive been washing the car everyweek with ultimate wash n wax or nxt wash with megs wash mitt using 1bucket system with grit guard and never had any swirls

the car has swirls now but only because people get close to my car and their clothes and stuff touch my car

eventually swirls will appear no matter what you do
unless you are exteremly carefull and gentile while wiping washing waxing ...etc
and you should always use a high quality products

everything i use is meguiars and products from autogeek DP pinnacle

but you dont need to remove them every time they appear

instead you can cover them when ever the next time you wax the car by using a pure polish or glaze

i find meguiars deep crystal pure polish one of the best glazes i ever used it can cover so many swirls

in fact i used it on my fathers never polished GMC 2009 on a door panel that had alot of swirls and meguiars deep crystal covered almost all of them using (ccs white polishing) pad

so the pad will work as your abrasive and the polish is (abrasive free)
the polish could be little bit hard to remove but should be gentle wiping

then u can finish it with finishing pad with the same polish
 
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like I am in need of a freshening up. I used to just be a wash and wax with turtle once a year and am now trying new products and techniques. I am currently looking into getting a porter cable DA. If I was to get one, would I want to use a swirl remover first followed by a finishing glaze, then paint sealant? Is it still a good idea to use a clay bar first? Sorry so many questions.

Thanks
Scott
 
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