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Originally Posted by RedRav4
Finally made an account cause I have to ask the question:
What is a paint swirl? What exactly does it look like? Are they very noticeable, or is it just in certain lights?
My dealership is going to detail my car before they give it to me (arrives in about a week) and when I take it from them I want to know what a swirl is so I can look for it and see if they screwed up the paint.
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Welcome to the forum!!!
The "swirls" we're talking about are circular or arced fine scratches. You'll see them on a lot of cars, especially dark colors, often from folks washing and/or drying their cars with the wrong materials and working in circular patterns. These light swirls you'll usually have to catch in bright sunlight at just the right angle to see. The full and complete "swirl-jobs" we're talking about here come from "detailers" using oribital buffers, usually incorrectly, which make so many deep circular scratches that it doesn't take a lot of special light or angles to notice. They just jump right out at you as if someone waxed your car with steel wool in circular patterns, which isn't far off from what's happening. Gary just posted a thread about being careful about cheap "detailers" describing something very similar.
So, now that we got ya off the fence and signed up, hope you keep us posted on your car adventures.
