Swirl marks are very troubling and we can all understand the pain of seeing them in your vehicle’s clear coat. Swirl marks are basically micro abrasions in the clear coat that can come from a variety of sources. When there are lots of swirls in one area you’ll often have a dull shine and bumpy clear coat at the microscopic level. My personal opinion is that swirl marks are inevitable on some level. I’ve never seen a regularly driven vehicle that had no swirls. A lot of times you can’t see the swirls unless your paint is in direct sunlight or under florescent lights and different colors make them more evident. Generally darker and flatter paints show off imperfections and lighter colors with metallic flake generally hide imperfections better. Now we’ll address where swirls come from, how to remove them and how we can prevent more swirl marks from being added to the clear coat.
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