Correct your paint with control

You never want to start out on a very high speed setting. You want to start out low, then progress to the speed require to polish your paint & buff our those swirls scratches. Most swirl mark removals can be achieved at speed setting 3 or 4 on the adjustable speed dial, with the higher speed 5 and 6 left for heavier scratches.

The perfect size for curves & small panels

A long throw polisher like the Adam’s Swirl Killer Mini is a dual-action machine polisher that oscillates & shakes the backing plate along with the polishing pad in many directions in quick motions, several thousand times per minute. The backing plate has a small frame that allows you to easily attach velco foam polishing pads to it.

Ergonomic grip for polishing control

The Swirl Killer Mini is intended to be used for spot correction of specific areas on a vehicle where a full size machine polisher cannot fit. Great for A Pillars on your vehicle, or small strips of paint that would be hard to polish with a larger polisher.

Prep Your Paint

Car Wash:

Before attempting anything, you need to wash your car thoroughly. You need to remove as much of the road dirt, dust, and more as you can before you begin to polish or wax. To remove any existing waxes or sealants, use Adam's Strip Wash. If not, use Adam's Car Shampoo or Mega Foam for optimal cleaning results.

Remove Surface Deposits With Clay Bar or Clay Mitt:

With a clean car that is free from waxes and sealants, it’s time to move on to the next stage of paint cleansing which is claying. This is all the stuff that sticks to your paint, but won’t come off in the normal washing process. The claying process is very important, and it needs to be done with care.

Tape:

The final step in prepping your vehicle for polishing is taping of edges and panels. Tape helps to protect delicate materials and edges that could potentially get damaged if they come in contact with the buffer.

Prep Your Swirl Killer

When using Adam's Swirl Killer, you'll want to spin the pad freely on the tool and hit it with a pad cleaning brush to knock out any loose material that may remain from the manufacturing process to avoid it kicking out early during the buffing process.

Priming a clean, dry pad is considered the best approach for using Adam's Swirl Killer Polisher because it ensures the working surface of the pad is wet with product. This is important when working at maximum efficiency as the polisher hits your paint.

Priming the pad also ensures that you don't have any dry portion of the pad working over the paint un-lubricated. This really isn't a risk because since you're just starting out you're going to be removing defects a lot more serious than would be caused by any portion of the pad that is dry and spinning against the paint.

Once the pad is primed, center the backing plate on the pad and begin polishing. Our Swirl Killers are equipped with speed gauges. We recommend starting at speeds 1-3.

Remove Swirls & Scratches

When polishing your vehicle, work in left to right and top to bottom motions. 50% overlap per pass. Once you've polished out all swirls and scratches

remove any excess with Detail Spray and a plush microfiber towel.

Adam's Swirl Killer MINI allows you to finish down a surface amazingly, to as near flawless as possible with minimal effort. In some instances, this can be accomplished in as little as one polishing step, unlike rotary buffers. Rotary buffers can leave holograms or buffer trails from improper technique, pad type, or compound, which then require additional polishing steps to make the surface hologram free. The longer throw of the Swirl Killer MINI when compared to other traditional random orbital polishers allows for stronger and faster correction, while still being safe on the surface. For these reasons, Long Throw Polishers are bridging the gap in regards to time savings compared to Rotary Buffers.