My wife took her CX-9 to the local car wash a few weeks ago because I was not well enough to give her car a good cleaning. Now, there have always been a few swirls in her paint ever since the dealership gave us a complimentary "detail" when we bought it. It's such a big car, that I've never had the energy to commit to eradicating those nasty swirls. But after the local car wash intensified the problem, I had no choice. The swirls had to go.

I decided to just start with the hood today to see what technique was going to work best on the non-metallic BLACK paint. Have to admit, I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Today's Method:
Wash with ONR
P21S Paint Cleaning Lotion
Zaino Clay Bay
Meguiar's M105 on an Orange Cutting Pad
Meguiar's M205 on a Grey Polishing Pad
Dodo Juice Supernatural Wax

Behold, the swirls:


I taped it down the middle to demonstrate the progress. This side has not been corrected.


This is the corrected side:


Both sides:


After removing the tape:


A few money shots: