What could this product be made out of?

[ChrisNelson]

Hey guys how are you all?
I am new to this site and hope to learn.
Here goes my first question

I live in Central America and yesterday I went to the mall.
Parking lots around here are indoor. As part of the parking deal there are teams of guys doing detailing.
So this guys comes up to me and noticed the dull paint with lots of bad swirls.
He offered a sample on one spot of the car. This all by hand with a microfiber towel only! The spot looked awesome and like new! Incredible.

He had a atomizer bottle but it smelled like mineral spirit mixed with something else. After he sprayed the liquid he used Meguiars wax on top and finished it with a Microfiber Towel.
Here comes my question, what was in the atomizer?
Like mentioned before, it had some Mineral Spirit etc.
Help is apreciated.

[Audios S6]

Probably lots of light petroleum distillates and maybe some heavier distillates or other filling type product. The wax is likely just allowing the finish to look good for a couple washes. If you were to use a body prep solvent to strip the wax and filler, it is likely you will find that the finish wasn't corrected, just masked.


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[swanicyouth]

I've seen stuff like this for the Japanese market. A company called Soft99 makes a "color correcting" LSP. It's basically a wax (liquid) that has a heavy color pigment in it. Therefore - if the car is red; you get red wax to "fix" it.

http://youtu.be/opRUT6PR9ic

There is also a product (and I can't remember what it's called) that applies like a coating and does a DECENT job of filling swirls/scratches. Much better than any conventional product. It's a procedural type product - you take the car to a place and people trained how to use this stuff apply it.

[OCDetails]

It isn't hard to make paint look like that for a little while, but swirls aren't coming out with just a microfiber towel. There was definitely some filler action going on there. Dealerships use that kind of crap on your car when you buy it. It looks great for a day or two after you get it home, and then suddenly it is all swirled up and you wonder what you did to cause it. You didn't do anything. The oils just evaporated and the fillers were washed out.

I know show car guys who use stuff like that to make the car look really good the day of the show and then it goes back to the way it was before. It is like Viagra for your paint. lol If the shine lasts longer than 8 hours, seek a professional.