paint garbage??

cheshirecat

Agreed. The two bucket method along with a grit guard will do wonders for keeping the paint free of swirls.

To the op- don't expect a good wash and wax to ever fix your swirls. Certain products, including waxes, have "fillers" that try to fill in those gaps and give you a more uniform paint surface and therefore a better "shine".

The issue is that these fillers are temporary and will end up coming off in a short amount of time and you'll be back at square one.

The only way to fix this is through "paint correction" via use of a dual-action polisher (the aforementioned PC7424XP is a good starting point) along with some pads and compounds. This will *very* lightly "sand down" the clear and eliminate the swirls, setting you up for a paint surface that looks great even before you add product.

Unfortunately for Nissan owners, the clear coat on most all their paints is very soft, which means it can be damaged very easily. I've had a poor quality, brand new microfiber towel leave streaks in the clear, which may not happen on paints with harder clear coats.

Junkman's videos are a great resource to learn about what swirls are and how they can be fixed- check them out and subscribe to his channel.