ec-s4

Our family has only owned silver and white
cars and they have all been easy to care
for. So yesterday I wash my nogaro for the
1st time, dried it using a calif. water blade
and some towels. Well, after parking in
the garage and looking under the florescent
light, is see all of these small linear scratches
from the towels im guessing.
I took my time and was being pretty ****, and
I have kept up quite a few cars, and I have
never had this problem.
Is this just part of owning a darker car?
What would be some good products to get
rid of these? These scratches are very light,
are they only wax deep?
Thanks for the help

S4NoRice

However, it is a hard job.
every single area(5 inch squre) will cost me 2 minutes.
So ... think about it,
not worth the time though!!

Jeff Vader - boscoj

it through a car wash with that had brushes. Since I used to detail cars I can do this in about 15 minutes with my buffer and some Meguiars #9. As far as hand applied products I would not know.

01S400S2OOO

This is just from experience, but when I used the cal. water blade on my black S2000, I actually saw fine scratches appearing as I wiped with it. The car was brand new, the paint immaculate so I knew it wasn't there before. Since then I haven't used it. Perhaps I was using it wrong. I use the 3M Imperial Hand Glaze and Blitz wax. Great combination.

Ted K

You will never see them again.

www.meguiars.com

ec-s4

i think you maybe right, but I think it was my sh!tty towels(sp?) too

S4Lee

The 'T' design of the blade should actually push any dirt ahead of the edge, rather than drag it and cause scrathes (I would think).

Also, what shape are the scrathes in? ie - do they follow a wide sweep, like when you use the blade, shorter swirls like with a towel or wax pad, or pin straight? (I had pin straight fine scratches from front to back on my car. Still can't figure where they came from.)

S4Mountaineer

especially bright noon sun, you will see those annoying spider web thread marks. I, too, never knew they existed, because I had a silver acura for my first car. My hibiscus red A4 introduced me to the frustrating life of preventing them from occuring (impossible) and removing them when they did (a lot of work).

To prevent them, don't wash your car. To minimize them, always spray your car down before washing. I used to go to a power spray car wash before washing by hand at home. I would use 2 or 3 wash mits, never using the same mit to wash above and below the moulding. Wheels always last. Let the water flow off the car when you are done washing to minimize the amount of drying. I used 100% cotton terry cloth towels to dry and would pull them across the car without pressing down.

Finally, when the did develop, and they did, I used Meguairs swirl remover with a random orbital buffer - carefully!

These swirls were a constant source of irritation for me. But then, I'm very **** about my car. I've since sold the A4 and bought a SILVER S4. I chose silver because you can't see the swirls, though I know they're still there.

Oh, and DON'T use a California Duster. I actually witnessed first hand one of these putting a fresh set of marks on my newly deswirled A4.

Bill K
2001 Silver S4
17" BBS RKs
other mods pending...