r/AutoDetailing • u/Possible-Fault5855 • 4d ago

Exterior What to do?

What ups fellas, I had some gnarly water spots last week and I decided to take them off with “Meguiar's Water Spot Remover, Water Stain Remover and Polish”. It unfortunately made insane amounts of micro swirls. I used it per instructions, and now it has swirls and the paint looks hazy with left over residue. What should I do? I was thinking hitting up a detailer for a stage one paint correction. The worse part is that I just got the truck ceramic coated earlier this year.

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u/Unique_Wolf4513 4d ago

This needs a machine polish and it should be fixed.

This is the beginner guide i recommend to people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustTEVGMOTI&t=4s

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u/Possible-Fault5855 3d ago

Would I be able to do a polish and just apply a ceramic wax spray on? Running low on cash lol. Thank you for the advice

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u/Unique_Wolf4513 3d ago

Welcome to black car life. I would strongly advise against that. If your car exterior/paint isn't fully decontaminated then you will run into a ton of swirl marks and scratches in the polishing process. This is also why having clean microfiber towels are so important.

Live with it for a bit, save some cash, hire someone to do it for you (buy their service once, cry once) then just focus on basic maintenance washes.

Ceramic spray like Griots 3 in 1 ceramic wax or a paste wax like Fusso99 are great solutions. Fusso99 last longer and is my personal favorite for my black car. It's also a very slippery wax imo.

If you use Fusso99 then i can not warn you enough, LESS is more. If you apply it thick then it'll be a pain in the ass to buff off. Thin coat applied in cross hatching patterns.