Sooo my car is a 07 and it has never been waxed before so I was with my friend and we were going to wax it...I used Turtle Wax rubbing compound and everything was going good, then I washed it off and everything looks fine but the hood. when the sun is shining at it you can see all the big swirl marks we made from rubbing it in...and NO we did not rub it in very hard at all. its only the hood that looks bad but I have a feeling that when I put it in bright sunlight, its going to show swirl marks all over the car. Then I put some polish on it and it seemed to help a bit..

any ideas on how I can fix it?

BTW: I washed, dryed, waxed, polished in that order

 

First off, rubbing compound isn't wax.

Assuming since it's never been waxed before, it's probably seen it's fair share of auto car washes. Those swirls are going to be there if so. Hell, swirls can happen from dirt being blown past your car while on the road.

You need to wash, clay, compound, polish, wax. With a buffer. If you don't know how to use it, do not try it on your car

 

NEVER use rubbing compound if you dont know what ur doing, itll completely **** ur car. Use a good cleaner wax, then clay bar your car. polish it then a nice coat of wax.

what i would really recommend is just getting it professionally detailed once, then just keep up on cleaning your car. Wash it every week, and use a paste wax every 2. Should be fine.

Also never bring it to a car wash, and dont use a brush to wash your car, use a microfiber foam mit or something like that that wont scratch the paint

Oh, and if your car is black, their ill always be swirl marks, a black never gets clean. You can spend 8 hours detailing it, 10 minutes later its dirty. FYI

 

I dont even have a buffer.


my car is vic red btw, but I should just get some high quality wax and that should cover up the swirls?

 

if only it was that easy..

Swirls are VERY hard to cover up. Follow exactly what i said, wash dry, wax, clay, polish, wax. You might cover em up.

 

hey man, i'm not a pro, but my dad is a personal pro, his cars are flawless, and honestly, you dont HAVE to have a buffer, i have seen him clay a car then put a few (3-5 depending on how bad) wax coats onto a car and remove some pretty decent swirl marks, rubbing compound is for removing BAD scratches, ones you can obviously feel, and the small scratches that the compound makes is ment to be able to be removed fairly easily, being that its probably on your whole car its going to take some work, but if you put some good elbow grease (pressure incase you dont know..) into it i will come out much faster, and with wax, less is better than more.. as long as it still feels pastey when your appilying it theres enough there, you want to have the least amount and still have enough, if you have too much your going to not be able to push it into the clear coat as hard as with a thin layer...

If i were you i would go to the hood where you can see it the best, and try doing one half of it a few times, and compare it to the other side... then you can see how much work your getting into... BUT, if you take it to a detailing place and have them buff the whole car, they can get swirls out...besides the ones that they leave...in about 30 mins... and its probably worth the money depending on how bad your car is...

 

i bought some scratch x and the nicest wax i could find and that got them out and now it looks perfect...to bad it rained 2 hours later

 

then they will appear again in a month....

compound should never be used by hand...

they SHOULDNT leave any...

 

Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound...aka rocks in a bottle.

 

troof

 

3m makes stuff called swirl mark remover. You should get the buffing pad and a buffer for it. Its very easy to get rid of the swirls.

 

Just because it says "Turtle Wax" doesn't mean that it is wax.

Rubbing compound is essentially liquid sandpaper...

You're gonna have to take it to a paint correction specialist with some damn good experience on a rotary buffer to fix that.