paint care expectation: swirls and polish skills inevitable?

ElVee

This will be a really quick thread, but is this a true general statement?

If you don't seal/wax from the start, you *are* going to get swirls on your paint no matter how carefully you wash, dry, and drive?

This is just one of those things where if I know this is true, it affects my approach to paint care as well as my expectations. I have noticed the beginning of some micro-scratches that will eventually result in your typical swirl patterns in a few years. It also means that unless someone knows all the steps at the start of owning a car with brand new paint, then that person really should be open to learning how to do some entry-level polishing with a DA orbital. (right?)

This is part of my learning process. (It's not that I am scared of polishing, it's just not very convenient for me in an apartment!)


(In my role of network/systems security and administration, the statement, "You *will* suffer a security breach someday," affects my approach to the job.)