Scratch till i itch

marypoppins

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 Preston
Am struggling to minimise the mount of scratches created when washing my black zed. Usual format: Snow foam twice and rinse wash with megs gold class,two bucket method, dab try microfibre towel. I then commenced to hand polish ( first layer only) with Autoglym super resin to be followed by blackhole, finished with dodo juice purple haze all of which are polishes.
After applying the autoglym coat i noticed a few scratches and was wondering how i am goin to remove these. The car is in great condition and so is paintwork hence the reason that these scratches are more visible. Its driving me to distraction any ideas how i can fill/remove these as Blackhole onyl remove fine swirls? Also anybody know of a good product to remove dead bugs from the paintwork. I have to say my everyday car is also black have always washed it with sponges in the past and applied turtle wax and i have to say it looks good, not many scratches at all. I am beginning to wonder if i am over doing it with all ths expensive kit. Your thoughts would be appreciated :(
 
I prefer to keep things simple.

Maybe get it detailed by a pro pair of hands. Removing scratches can be risky.

One nice wax! (occasionally).
 
On my Z I now go to great lengths with pre wash- wash- wax and sealer - with very expensive products lovingle applied! Now I know this is kind of 'blasphemy' here but on my previous car I did a hose down- simple quality car shampp- occasional coloured 'cut' for light scrathes and simple wax every few weeks.... and have to say the difference with my new regime is 'marginal'! ..........but maybe it will last longer!
 
I take mine to Froggy's hand car wash once a month. I don't know what they do to it, but the coffee is alright ;-)


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I spent a small fortune getting mine pro detailed. It looked amazing when done. Now though, after two washes (like you, snow foam, two buckets, grit guards and an angel on my shoulder) there are much more fine scratches appearing and some hologramming. Its simply unavoidable on a black car...

NOT having a black car next!!!
 
You're doing all the right things. Sadly as mentioned above, black cars are tricky.

Mutilate coats of AG and Black Hole will help. Next step is a DA polisher, which will help either; fill the swirls, using AG SRP or Blackhole OR remove the swirls using a cutting/polish compound. :)


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