eddkawasaki wrote:

"claying" will remove bonded contaminants such as insects, tar and tree sap. the only way to remove swirl marks is to machine polish them out. You can use a polish with plenty of fillers in it which will fill the swirls and make them appear less but they will return as you wash the car. machine polishing is the only way to truly remove them.

There are a few things you can do when you wash it to reduce the chances of swirl marks.

1- use a lambs wool or micrfibre washmit not a sponge

2- use the "two bucket method". the wash bucket with hot soapy water (decent car shampoo not fairy) the rinse bucket with just clean water. after washing a panel you rinse the muck away into the rinse bucket before you put your mit back in to the wash bucket so no grit/salt/grime gets into your nice soapy water you are about to put all over your paint work.

3- drying pat dry with a microfibre drying towel or blow dry with a leaf blower. if you live in a hard water area then get a de-ionising filter to attach to your hose for your final rinse then you can leave to air dry without water spots.

be particularly careful around the piano black parts on the pillars they are very soft and will get swirl marks by just looking at them but they can be corrected even by hand polishing them. this was the results of a quick 5 minute polish

before

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after

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I had planned to get the sport done professionally but the dealer actually made a pretty good job of preparing the car and the protection they put on is still going pretty well 6 months in but I'm looking to get a chance to detail it soon.