Paint Experts! Alittle help please.
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Paint Experts! Alittle help please.
My girlfriend talked me into having her friend detail my truck, since thats
what he does for a living I agreed. He washed it and hand waxed it with
what he said was the best pruducts. Truck looked amazing when I picked
it up but it was cloudy outside. Today the sun hits it and its loaded
with small, tight little light white swirls. Not a good look on black.
Anything I can do or am I screwed?
what he does for a living I agreed. He washed it and hand waxed it with
what he said was the best pruducts. Truck looked amazing when I picked
it up but it was cloudy outside. Today the sun hits it and its loaded
with small, tight little light white swirls. Not a good look on black.
Anything I can do or am I screwed?
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That should buff out and this black paint issue has been discussed before...try a search.
Anyway, the best advice is to always wash it yourself or have it hand washed. No spinning car wash wheels on Harleys!
Anyway, the best advice is to always wash it yourself or have it hand washed. No spinning car wash wheels on Harleys!
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If he used a rotary buffer, they are more than likely Holograms... they take a fair amount of effort to remove by hand. If you know a real detailer who actually knows how to use a rotary buffer... I'd give him a call -- Definately fixable though
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The gang is right - you need to find a *good* detail guy to take care of your truck.
I allowed a dealership to do a detail on my '01 Expedition, and they managed to swirl the paint just a hair. It's only noticable under direct sun, but it looks bad. My new F-350 will be receiving hand washes and waxes only (and, given the Texas weather and sun, I'll be doing that a lot...)
I allowed a dealership to do a detail on my '01 Expedition, and they managed to swirl the paint just a hair. It's only noticable under direct sun, but it looks bad. My new F-350 will be receiving hand washes and waxes only (and, given the Texas weather and sun, I'll be doing that a lot...)
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05250harley, Man that really sucks,when my truck was only a couple of months old it got really, really dirty and I was out of town and went to one of those do-it-yourself washes dumped some quarters in and washed away with the brush (it seemed soft enough). Well after drying and pulling out in the sun and seeing the results I just sat there and beat my head against the steering wheel!! 
I got some Meguires car cleaner/wax in the squirt jug and my buffer and after just one pass over the truck all the swirls were gone. With a black truck you must be very careful with the type of wax u use because allot of cleaner waxes will give you that swirl effect on black. I have used the mequires cleaner wax many times just to improve the luster of my truck and it works great.
PS if you are as **** as I am after the cleaner/wax you can then give it a good heavy coat of pure caranuba wax to make it up to her. Also after the waxing be sure to remove all the drool marks!!!
I got some Meguires car cleaner/wax in the squirt jug and my buffer and after just one pass over the truck all the swirls were gone. With a black truck you must be very careful with the type of wax u use because allot of cleaner waxes will give you that swirl effect on black. I have used the mequires cleaner wax many times just to improve the luster of my truck and it works great.PS if you are as **** as I am after the cleaner/wax you can then give it a good heavy coat of pure caranuba wax to make it up to her. Also after the waxing be sure to remove all the drool marks!!!
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I had a black expedition that a well known detailer messed up. First thing is, if you paid for it go get your money back. Next you have a decision to make on if you are going to fix it or have another detailer try to. I fixed mine to better than when I bought it with a product called zaino. It is expensive but you will love the results. Do a search of zaino bros on the web, evrything you need to know is on that site. Hope it works out for you.
Rob
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3M makes a swirl remover. It is in their profesional line of produts. I have not bought it in a while 1 bottle last a long time when you are only using it on a Harely.
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