Fixing this mess

[hoppo4.2]

Ash you can hopefully see. This mess is how my car looks in direct sunlight.
Any other time it looks ok but when the sun's on it like now it looks like it's been cleaned with a brillo pad.

Can anyone recommend any products or techniques to sort it out.

I gave it a going over by hand with some auto glim super resin but it made no difference.

Or do we think it's going to need some professional paint correction?

Sorry for the poor pics and dirt just had to run out while the sun was shinning for 5 secs

[Summit_Detailing]

It would be possible to improve the condition yourself by hand but it would immensely time consuming and the results may not be what you had hoped.

I maybe slightly biased but a detailer local to you should be able to assess the car, talk through what you can expect to achieve and provide a demo. They will be able to significantly enhance the paint finish in a sensible time frame and also provide you with the relevant knowledge and products to maintain the newly enhanced finish post-detail.

Chris

[mon the fish]

If you're not experienced with machine polishing, I'd follow the above advice. BMW paint is hard and it will take a bit of work with a machine polisher to get that sorted. But it will look fine once sorted.

[hoppo4.2]

I've used a polisher a good few times but mostly to bring back oxidised flat paint on old cars. I'm confident enough that I won't burn through the paint etc.

I've used quite corse cutting compounds in the past from the likes of 3m.

What mop head and Polish/ compounds would you recommend.

[48Valves]

Get a duel action polisher and have a go yourself. Plenty of advice on detailing world.

[cupraajy]

Recently had a similar issue with my Black BMW....I use Scholl S17+ with the white spider pad, and then S40 with a CG White Hexlogic. I wasnt aiming for perfection but reduce the swirl marks and holograms as best i can.

Seen as i have more photos of my car in my phone than family....here is the "after" results and after a coat of wax.



id say 80% swirls gone, whats left is the deeper swirls and some scratches which i will do isolated passes on in the future. As other others have mentioned....BMW paint is tough!