Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6 (Post 2322128)

That's all I had to read. Let me guess, you use one of these?

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Originally Posted by brandonblt2 (Post 2321984)

what kind of wax are you using? Is it spray on wax or liquid wax? If you are properly using the liquid wax you should not really be seeing any swirl marks in the clearcoat.

Originally Posted by Tero (Post 2322144)

I actually avoid using this at all cost. I only use the hose and then the tri-coat foam.

Edit: And I have no choice in washing. I have to take it to a car wash, I live in an apartment and don't have access really to any open water source.

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman (Post 2322173)

Lol I remember those days. No big deal though. At the end of the day, it's just a car. You can't spend every second of your life keeping it clean.

In a perfect world, you would want distilled water, but I wouldn't expect you or anybody to go out and buy jugs of them, dump them into a bucket, and wash a car with it; that's a bit too inconvenient (personally).

I would suggest getting one or two of those buckets with a grit guard and bringing them with you to the wash along with your other stuff. Maybe get a good pH balanced car shampoo and just use the water at the wash to fill the bucket and rinse off the car. Nothing crazy or inconvenient, but should help quite a bit in keeping the paint looking nice.

Originally Posted by Packofcrows (Post 2322920)

Swirl marks are caused by very fine scratches on the paint. Very, very, very fine. Unless you make it your day time job you wont ever get 100% rid of them 24/7.

One big problem I've seen lately with any new car is people washing car, driving out in dust bowl, and then coming home and covering it with a car cover. Especially if parked outside, the moving of car cover will cause some swirls to appear. I've tested this out on mine many times.

What does help is wax. Use it. Get it washed nicely, dried nicely, wipe it for dust, clay, and clean that off, then wax it with a real wax! Polish it, then finally, after its dried a few hours...and I'll get hate on this....well, apply a liquid wax like Meguiar's. It's reduced my swirls from returning by about 50%. And yes wax removes wax... but I like wax and its worked for me. Then just wax once month.

I wouldn't worry much about swirls though. 90% cars out there I see everyday have 'em.

p.s. wax back and forth. I think waxing in circles will not help as well. ;(

Originally Posted by Tero (Post 2322149)

I imagine it is a liquid wax, its a setting for the hose. So I turn the setting on and spray the car down.