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Yeah thanks for the trips. I'm au fait with 2 bucket method etc. Only just got this motor, so the swirls are historic.
Perhaps you're right about leaving it to pros. I'll look into it more and decide.
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Bilt hambert clay bar. ;)
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If you can borrow a D/A polisher it's a relatively easy process. Just need good pads and product. If you're not after concourse results then DIY is fine.
A good wash, then a clay bar is not a bad idea to remove embedded contamination. If you do this, use lots of soapy water (for lube) with the clay bar.
If you get meguires ( or similar) product then it's pretty good and unlikely to do damage. A simple polish compound with the DA the apply some wax eg. NXT by hand and buff off with various microfiber towels. Again the meguires cloths work well.
All in all probably 4-5 hours work.
lynx
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Although you might not be into car cleaning. Like many thing in life prevention is better then cure.
The swirls are created by a dirty/gritty sponge being applied.
I thoroughly recommend the 2 bucket method, one with warm soapy water to saturate the sponge and then rinse in a secondry bucket of mildly soapy water, to rinse out and ring it out. The main bucket hardly gets dirty and massivley reduces swirling.
Detailing and polishing is another world completely. And probably best left to someone with the right tools and experience. Paint depth gauge is vital many a nice car has been ruined by a machine polisher. Even high end cars can have very thin lacquer layer.