How to Perform Proper Swirl Removal, Polish, Seal, Wax

[BrendonMc]

I have a black 2008 Altima Sedan that has buffer swirls left behind by my dealership's (crappy) detailers. The car looks great except for under direct (blazing) sunlight there are buffer swirls and hazing. Considering I live in Florida, it's sunny all the time and the swirls are reeeally annoying me. I just bought a Porter Cable 7424 with Poorboy's SSR1, SSR2, SSR2.5, Professional Polish, EX, Natty's Red... considering the products I bought, I'm obviously serious about removing these swirls! I just don't have an itinerary... Please make some suggestions, the paint's new and I don't want to over-due it with the abrasives. I was thinking:

1) SSR2
2) SSR1
3) Pro Polish
4) EX
5) Natty's

Is this over-kill? Do I need the Pro Polish or is SSR1 a good enough finishing polish?

 

[Poorboy]

If they are just dealer induced ..they may be holograms not swirls ... try the Pro Polish with a polish pad and see what you get..just remember not to use too much product and work it thoroughly at a speed of at least 5 ... then finish off with SSR1 with a finishing pad also at a speed of at least 5

 

[BrendonMc]

I'm new to detailing, so I'm not sure what the difference between swirls and holograms are. The dealer's "detailer" used a rotary buffer to remove swirls they (originally) created by prepping the car before I picked it up. What I'm seeing now are perfect 'swirls' that look like they were caused by the buffer. I actually think they used a filler, because the car didn't look this bad when I picked it up (or I would've said something) and drove off the lot for the first time. If I use:

SSR2 with an orange LC pad
then
SSR1 with a white LC pad
then
Pro Polish with a white or black LC pad
then
EX and Natty's with blue or black LC pads...

my paint should be baby-butt smooth and shiny right? Is that the right combo? Thanks for the help

 

[BigLeegr]

Always try the least aggressive method first. Also, try it section by section to see what is working.
Try the PP with a polishing pad first, as Steve suggested. If that doesn't work, try SSR2 with a polishing pad. If that doesn't work, then move to a more aggressive combo. By working on a small section first, you'll be able to see what works without doing the whole car before you find out if it worked as well as you expected.

 

[Poorboy]

one more comment ..is that i would not use SSR2 with a Orange pad ..if you need to get that aggressive you'll need SSR2.5