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10-28-2010, 01:20 PM
BigTruckDriver

swirl marks

I am getting a used car from the dealership (20,000 miles) It had a few lite scratches on it and they said they would take care of it. I go back a few days later and the scratches are taken care of but the whole side of the car has swirl marks.:mad: Talking to the sells man I told him I was not going to except it and he says they will try again but they will not come out. I am going back tomorrow to check it out again.:confused: Why is it not possible to take swirl marks out? I was under the impression if you knew what you were doing there are no swirl marks.:mad:
10-28-2010, 01:41 PM
IC2

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Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver

I am getting a used car from the dealership (20,000 miles) It had a few lite scratches on it and they said they would take care of it. I go back a few days later and the scratches are taken care of but the whole side of the car has swirl marks.:mad: Talking to the sells man I told him I was not going to except it and he says they will try again but they will not come out. I am going back tomorrow to check it out again.:confused: Why is it not possible to take swirl marks out? I was under the impression if you knew what you were doing there are no swirl marks.:mad:

Sounds to me like they had the used car prep guy do it with compound.

They will come out - maybe! They should be using a 1500 compound then a swirl remover compound. But the reason for 'maybe' is that if it's the OEM paint, there isn't a lot of thickness to work with and you might see primer:CRY:
11-01-2010, 03:39 PM
sunsetdart

Swirl marks can be taken out but they must be polished out. Using a good adjustable speed buffer with the proper polishing wheel and polish . Sounds like what Dave said.......they told a guy that washes the used cars to buff out the scratches.
11-02-2010, 11:06 AM
BigTruckDriver

Thanks for the input guys. I agree they either told the guy that washes the cars to do it OR what I see happen more often the guy needed work and did this on purpose to get more work out of it. Thats just a assumption though. I really dont think it needed a buffer on it to begin with , a good hand wax would of taken care of it. Anyways I got them to respray the truck. It looks great now but they missed a spot so it had to go back.:HMMM: