What to use to polish/deswirl whisper purple?

[StevenRB45]

Currently enjoying the joys of owning a lovely deep shade of purple, i.e. lots of swirl marks and scuffs showing up. When the weather gets better I may treat the car to a polish/detail session. My usual on my car would be first rinse with a watering can, then to wash with 2 buckets and a microfibre cloth, going top to bottom, using meguiars gold class, rinsing as I go. Then a dab dry with a meguiars drying cloth, following that I'd touch up stone chips, then get out the coloured T cut and use it to eradicate larger scuffs and and bonded contaminants. Once I've done that i'll go over the whole car with autoglym polish, applied with an applicator pad and buff to a shine with a (different) microfibre cloth.

My issues would currently be has anyone tried purple T cut with whisper purple? Or have a suggestion as to something I can use for things that take a little more than a polish out. Also the colour appears to be magnet for swirl marks, anyone else find this or am I just doing it wrong/need to be more careful? If I'm doing something daft you can see, let me know.

[mk2k41]

One thing I would add to your cleaning routine mate is applying a pre wash through a garden pressure sprayer before you touch the car. That losens the dirt, which is especially important this time of year, which causes swirls. Just water will not remove the build up of salt and other debris on your paint, which will in turn get trapped in your wash mitt and turn into swirls. I, and a lot of others on here, use Power Maxed traffic film remover for the first step as it's just that good.

Your car should be pretty clean and clear of dirt before you think about touching it. Keeping it's protection topped up will also aid in this, whether that be a wax, sealant or other treatment.

Also , you say you're using a wash cloth for cleaning. Try switching to a mitt, lambs wool is best, as that keeps any dirt picked up away from the surface.

[Soran]

I clean and prep my car totally by hand, and the best product I have found is Megs Ultimate Compound. I use this straight after using a clay mitt, then followed by a single coat of Autoglym SRP, before finally topping with a wax or sealant.

[Clean Your Ride]

Try Megs UC with a white Farecla G3 Waffle applicator pad. Buff off with a clean, dry plush MF cloth.

As Mark says, stop using the microfibre to wash your car straight away. That will be your cause of swirls right there. The fibres in these cloths are far too short and tightly knitted together that the dirt has nowhere to go and stays at the top of the cloth and gets moved around the paintwork constantly.
You didn't say but are you using grit guards?

[Jimbob]

How about a DAS6 Pro?

JB

[StevenRB45]

Nope no grit guards...from reading this I'm thinking next steps would be invest in prewash treatment, get a lambswool wash mit and save the cloths for wheel arches and wheels. Then when the weather gets better I'll give it a hand polish/seal etc to reduce the swirl action that it's got going on.

[Clean Your Ride]

Have a read of this from post 4 onwards pal http://www.ds3club.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9594

[mk2k41]

You don't necessarily need grit guards, but you'll have to be careful about not going to the bottom of the bucket when loading or rinsing your mitt.

[lfcrule1972]

I bought grit guards and was instantly noticing how much crap sat at the bottom of the bucket underneath them, got one with a detailing bucket at the French Car show but bought additional guards from Amazon

[StevenRB45]

Are grit guards actually gonna do much if you're using two bucket technique? Just you rinse 90% of the grit out in the "dirty" water bucket which is usually brown by the time I've done both cars. The cleaning bucket on the other hand will have a few specks in the bottom but I usually only take water from the top.

[Chris_Blue]

Grit guard- one bucket wash man here

[DigitalCal]

One thing I would add to your cleaning routine mate is applying a pre wash through a garden pressure sprayer before you touch the car. That losens the dirt, which is especially important this time of year, which causes swirls. Just water will not remove the build up of salt and other debris on your paint, which will in turn get trapped in your wash mitt and turn into swirls. I, and a lot of others on here, use Power Maxed traffic film remover for the first step as it's just that good.

Your car should be pretty clean and clear of dirt before you think about touching it. Keeping it's protection topped up will also aid in this, whether that be a wax, sealant or other treatment.

Also , you say you're using a wash cloth for cleaning. Try switching to a mitt, lambs wool is best, as that keeps any dirt picked up away from the surface.

I've got to say, using AutoFinesse's Citrus Power helps massively, or snow foam, for that initial stage prior to washing. I'd avoid using T-Cut to be honest. I used to have a black car and used Dodo Juice's Purple Haze wax on that, really made the flake in the paint pop. Sounds like it would be ideal for Whisper Purple, I'd say!

[StevenRB45]

I've got to say, using AutoFinesse's Citrus Power helps massively, or snow foam, for that initial stage prior to washing. I'd avoid using T-Cut to be honest. I used to have a black car and used Dodo Juice's Purple Haze wax on that, really made the flake in the paint pop. Sounds like it would be ideal for Whisper Purple, I'd say!

I'd love to avoid using it, on a good day I don't but it's excellent for things like this on my OHs previous car.



After 3 hours with t-cut and a little bit of touch in paint.



It's not for detailing so much.

[Hyperkev]

Nice job

[mk2k41]

Are grit guards actually gonna do much if you're using two bucket technique? Just you rinse 90% of the grit out in the "dirty" water bucket which is usually brown by the time I've done both cars. The cleaning bucket on the other hand will have a few specks in the bottom but I usually only take water from the top.

I rub my mitt across the grit guard when I'm rinsing it in the dirty bucket to release any larger particles that may have become trapped in the fibres before dunking it into the wash bucket. With no grit guard you won't be able to do this and you could be left with scratch risks stuck in your mitt.