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    ZT400 VIN 239 lowey260's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by pessling View Post
    black and dark colours are a right bitch to keep clean and swirl free.
    Tell me about it, had mine detailed last year and trying to keep it swirl free is a right pain. I use the B&Q grout sponge instead of the mitt though, just cant get on with the mitt
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    I've been using pigmented polish on mine off and on - tried the Turtle Wax Black Box, which is OK but quite short lived, and have been using Poor Boys World Black Hole of late, which goes on and comes off quite easily. Both have fillers which help to hide the swirl marks. Looks good on an overcast day, but I can always see swirls on a day like Sunday at Brooklands.

    I've decided there's only so much I can do with it being a daily driver used all year round, unless I want to spend more money having it detailed. Detailing seems expensive in Surrey but, then again, why should detailing be different from everything else
    Mark Willcox - Unsnared, like the wind in a net. Unsmeared, like a lotus in water. Leader of others, by others unled: The enlightened call him a sage

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    You need a cutting compund to get rid of the swirls long job

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    Quote Originally Posted by eurorover View Post
    You need a cutting compund to get rid of the swirls long job
    And dangerous if you don't know what your doing. I have a dual action machine polisher and some compounds that i have used on both my old V8 ZT and my cerbera and i have never had the bottle to do to much for not really knowing the paint thickness. but what i have done has improved it abit.

    Best thing to do it to buy a silver car. less noticeable.
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