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Originally Posted by StrokeThis347
Of course they are in the clear. What I meant is that a black car will show swirls instantly. Compared to something like a silver car where there could be swirls in the paint and you wouldn't see them because of the color. Like I said I have seen people put swirls in a car before with a standard orbital buffer. It is pretty easy when they use something like a wool pad and rubbing compound across the whole car lol. Yes we did use paint gauges. I totally agree you can spot buff to touch up your car to remove imperfections.
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I think we can all agree a dirty pad or surface can cause swirls, but I too have to disagree about a clean orbital buffers causing swirls with certain pad and compound combinations. It's more likely that there is a contaminant in the pad, compound or surface. Compounds/polishes are suppose to technically "sand" down the clear coat as we've all agreed. I think the arguement here is basically what you define as "swirls". A coarse polish technically causes "swirls" to flatten everything out. That's why you finish it with a finer "finish" polish. I for example, use Meg's 105 followed by 205. The 105 leaves a somewhat duller finish than I starter with a more uniform "swirls" throughout. The 105 reduces those "swirls" to even smaller "swirls".
Also, to avoid further confusion. There are basically three types of polishers/buffers available. A rotary, dual-action and the flex type which is sort of a hybrid of both. A rotary polisher, by its nature will cause ghosting/holograms or burn the paint before you ever get true "swirls" caused by improper technique.