CL9 best polish and wax products? (light swirl marks)

[HunterZero]

Thanks HZ, I clayed the car very lightly and it's very smooth now.

Isn't the clay bar magic?

SwirlX didn't really do anything (no noticeable distance by hand) so I didn't end up using it. Put a coat of nxt 2.0 and the car looks shinier and kind if filled in the swirls but they are still noticeable. My car feels really smooth now.

As we said before, you'd probaby be at it for quite a while with swirlx to completely remove the fine scratches by hand. It's very hard to see the difference in gloss on a white or silver car.

We also used swirlX on my friends car (1997 red misubishi mirage Asti) and it looks so much better now. The red really pops and the difference is like night and day. So it worked really well on her car but not on mine.

Red and black are the two of the colours that benefit the most from polish. The Mitsu red paint is notorious for oxidising and going chalky, polishing it would have removed the hazy dead layer of paint on top. I don't think it's clear coated? Did red paint come off on the polishing foam/rag?

How do you guys get rid of tough stuff which is kind of stuck to the paint, road grime remover?

You need a tar and bug remover, something like Tarminator, Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover, Meguiar's Gold Class Tar Remover... Any number of brands. Wash the area and re-apply wax to the area when you're done, the tar remover will remove all the wax and sealant.

I am presuming (and hoping) you don't have dealer paint protection?

- HZ