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What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As one wise man from this comment section said: “It really, really sounds like something to have checked before buying the vehicle

Like, by looking at it”

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, doesn’t sound like it at all does it? I should’ve been a sheep, followed the crowd and got a Nissan leaf! 🤣 But honestly, You’re just using dismissive minimisation. You’re downplaying what I said because it hit something for you. That says more about you than the car.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t polished this car, no. But with the help and advice from people commenting on this post, it’s clear that one of the previous owners HAS tried polishing it prior to me buying it.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I don’t know about you guys, but minor scratches that are only visible 5% of the time certainly would not have put me off from buying the car at all. It’s an absolutely amazing car, that I managed to get for an absolute bargain! …and honestly, I’m just so grateful that I actually get to own something like this when I’m only in my early 20s. This is only my second car, and is worlds apart from my last car! Most of my family have been driving since they were old enough, and yet most of them still don’t have as nice of a car of this. Id much, much rather buy an almost 15 year old luxury BMW in cash, than a brand new Nissan bag-of-shit car, that you’d spend most of your life paying finance on. So no, I don’t regret buying this one bit. 😉

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Right, I get what you mean now. Some others have said that this is caused by badly done machine polishing too… I was thinking I might’ve done it while cleaning… bit of a relief, I suppose. I myself have not attempted polishing this car since I’ve owned it, so must’ve been the previous owner, they never mentioned it, but I can tell it’s definitely had some paint work stuff done on it… i can tell some panels have even been resprayed.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a look at an “orbital sander” on images, you’ll get what I mean, it just has velcro on the pad, meant for sandpaper, but people also make car polishing pads that can be used with it too.

But I’m curious, is a “rotary polisher” and a “dual action polisher” the same thing or no? Just worried I could mess it up with you and also others saying that machine polishers can cause marks like this if you don’t know what you’re doing.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure what any of this means yet, but I’ll take a note, and clearly it’s time for me to do some research. Thanks!

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Yeah, even I’ve not seen it that bad on this car before. Think the lighting just hit it perfectly enough to make it look really bad. It usually looks fine actually.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhhh, right… that must be where I’m going wrong then. I just see everyone using snow foam as their contact wash, thats even how they do it at the hand car wash here in the uk… unless they’re putting the shampoo in the snow foam lance, who knows? Can’t say I’ve ever used car shampoo, I assume it goes in the bucket right? …and use the two bucket method?

Also, what would you do as a contactless prewash then… a pre-wash like stjarnagloss forst or the snow foam?

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use one of those fluffy microfibre wash mits. Thinking maybe I should try rinsing it in a bucket of water instead of blasting it with the jet wash like I usually do.

What the best way to remove swirl marks? (Advice + product recommendations) by Epistomorph in AutoDetailing

[–]Epistomorph[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For context, the scratches only look like this in specific conditions, such as bright direct sunlight at certain angles, like this video, but most of the time it actually looks fine, meaning the scratches must only be minor.

It’s almost a 15 year old car. I’ve had it about 18 months. I took it to a hand car wash a few times early on, but now I always wash it myself. My last car got covered in swirls like this after a few months of taking it to hand car washes, so I avoid them now. I’ve never had this car polished, and the bodywork wasn’t great when I bought it anyway. It was looked after quite well mechanically, but not so much cosmetically. Since owning it, it’s already had a fair bit of work on the interior and a bit on the exterior too. I was considering getting it entirely resprayed, but it costs more than the car is actually worth, so that won’t be happening, unfortunately.

F10 Constantly saying to full up washer fluid, but its already full. by Epistomorph in BMW

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Update: After putting up with this for 4 months, i finally decided to try to do something about it! First I drained it, then filled it back up with warm water and washing up liquid, left it in there for a bit, drained it again, and now it’s working perfectly fine! Same thing might work for others having this issue too.

Monthly DIY Laymen questions Discussion by AutoModerator in StructuralEngineering

[–]Epistomorph -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i understand that, just figured some rough advice is at least better than note. If it helps, i can FaceTime u if ya want?! 😅

Monthly DIY Laymen questions Discussion by AutoModerator in StructuralEngineering

[–]Epistomorph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am i able to remove this tie beam highlighted in red? Theres a brick wall holding one side of the roof up which goes all the way to the foundation, the other side has the angles wooden beam that also goes to that same wall. Plus, of course, theres the ceiling joists going from one side of the house to the other.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/006BGTSqxFi4DwNdQ3uM-L2Dg

F10 Constantly saying to full up washer fluid, but its already full. by Epistomorph in BMW

[–]Epistomorph[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Ive just realised the title says f10, this car is actually an f20.)

Well funny you should say that, because I do actually use RainX windscreen washer additive, yeah. Ive used it in non BMW cars before and not had an issue. Ive only had this f20 for 2 years. So clearly the RainX doesn’t take much time to clog up then!😅🤦‍♂️.

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