car wax car finish question?

You should wet sand the roof with a 2000grit sandpaper but be gentle not to hard but hard enough to rough it up. 3m sells a polish to buff out the sandmarks it is used by 85% of all detail shops. Then use an orbital buffer to wax the whole car . Use a carnuba wax it is a major difference from crappy turtle wax. if you keep the shine up for a long time DO NOT WASH YOUR CAR with any soap. Every soap out there is bad it removes the clearcoat of your paint. good luck !!

I have never heard of pure true wax being abrasive, but there is polishing compounds that do but they are used to help bring out oxidation in the paint, true carnuba wax is not an abrasive at all but yet a protectant or sealant if you will the build up you see in cracks and crevises is someone either used too much wax or polish or didnt want to take the time to get the wax out of those cracks and crevises. and if a wax left swirl marks in the paint either they didnt use the right kind of wax or they didnt buff out there wax enough. I am no wax expert but I have waxed a many of vehicles with different waxes and polishes and I havent come across one that removes a factory finish.

Not to be smart, but what you are attempting to do is to polish a turd......If it's a chemical vandalism thing, the only realistic thing to do is either plan on lowering your price when you attempt to sell, or bite the bullet and have it professionally stripped and re-painted. I'm wondering why your auto insurance wouldn't cover acts of vandalism??