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Was giving my Mini its first bath today, when I noticed that someone had been at the (black) roof with a rotary buffer. Not bad, but definitely noticable, especially with polorized sunglasses. Looked like a rush job as opposed to inexperience with a buffer.
I wonder if this was from the dealer's prep process, or if it was done in England as a post-paint thing. Anyone else notice this on their dark-colored car?
Horizontal surfaces back and forth, vertical surfaces up and down. Stay out of car washes with brushes or those cloth flapper things. 3 step McGuire's (sp?) polish/wax will get out most of those surface swirls.
Hmmm. Well I'm a pretty experienced detailer, so the marks are gone. I was just wondering, because if it was a dealer thing, the next black car this guy hits is going to be a mess.
Well, I am a black car guy, and I don't let the dealer wash it. Rather let them wreck the finish on some guy's 7 series instead! "NO WASH" is in my service writer's history. BTW, for a July '03 build, my black paint came over just fine.
yep, mine came with dealer installed swirl marks too. at least they forgot to charge me for them.
__________________ 06 MCS JCW PH/PH premium, sport, webspokes, black leather, anthracite dash and headliner, 20% tint, k&n filter, euro parcel shelf, s2k antenna, rear fog brake mod, mcaw, jcw sills, glovebox tidy, jcw shift and brake knobs and boots. H sport sway bar and alta 3% crank pulley on the way...
btw, by "swirl marks" I don't mean the little faint scratches in the paint. This was from a rotary buffer, the kind that almost resemble lightning bolts, and they change shape when you move your head to look at them from a different angle. Hope I'm explaining it right. They come from when someone has left a buffer in place too long and let the heat build up.
