I've never seen a clay bar work for swirls. They are used to remove s**t from the paint, like dust particles that magically glue themself to the paint. </P>

 

Here's what you do. The most common way, and most unknown way, to get swirl marks is in the drying process. I'll get into waxes in a minute. For an incredibly shine from wash to dry -get Mother's Reflections car wash, and a microfiber towell to dry -(waxstation.com).The towell will never streak your car, and the wash ishands down the best. A helpful hintwhen washing your drying towells,NEVER use fabric softener, thats what causes the streaksregardless of microfiber or not. Use Mother's products all they way, no need to go fancy 3M or FinessitII or whatever, Mother's works great. Most people don't know the proper way to wax, and everybody listen up, here's what it is:</P>


1st step - Clean the paint - use Mothers cleaner wax</P>


2nd step - seal and glaze - Use Mothers sealer/glaze for a deep shine (2 coats)</P>


3rd step - Finish the paint - Use Mothers carnuba finishing wax </P>


You can also go and buy an orbital polisher to help out. No need to be careful, you can leave an orbital polisher on your car for two days and nothing will happen, it just doesnt turn at a high enough RPM. You need to wax the car 4 times a year, and clean the paint only once each january with the orbital, otherwise just use sealer and finishing by hand. If you wax the car well, you'll remove the swirls. In between waxes, wash the car regularily as needed, and every 4 times, sray on Mothers Showtime instant detailer to keep paint looking fresh and keep wax on paint, then wipe off with microfiber towells. Let me tell you that microfiber towells do wonders compared to the regular thing: one usually will dry the whole car, but you can buy two to have enough. You will really be impressed if you wax your car the right way.</P>

 

Thanks for your help guys and girls. I wet sanded my car. It looks great. It's like a mirror. KNow i just gotta keep up on it.

 

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Hey Dan, can you use clay bars to remover overspray???? (clear coat over spray)</P>


and what can you use on your wheels? (chrome) to get the s**t off?</P>


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You might wanna try that Mothers metal polish. That stuff works really good.

 

I'd use the clay bar to remove build up on wheels...sure. </P>


I can't imagine a clay bar cleaning up the over spray too well. If you have a friend who can wet sand, let them buff it out real quick..buffing that out would only take a matter of minutes. </P>

 

yes...the clay bar will remove overspray.....thats what we use at the body shop

 

Clay will remove overspray, provided it's not cured completely.

For your rims, try out Simple Green Automotive. Works great on engine bays, cloth, rubber...you name it. Give it a shot, garantee you won't go back.

 

I use simple green for about anything.</P>


That stuff is awesome for cleaning wheels when you can't scrub them...it cleans up brake dust caked on the inside of my wheels really well too..</P>


I took the bucket seats of out my Iroc-z &amp; soaked them with simple green and took a garden hose to the seats and they looked brand new when they dried...LOL</P>


I hung the seats from my garage door and sprayed them for a good 20 minutes...should of seen the look on my neighbors faces.</P>

 

Awesome!!!!!! Ill get right on it....... Its starting to bug me bad... Im kinda **** about my car being perfect lol