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    2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Is it possible my 2013 silver truck has no swirls from washing? I just bought it this summer and I have used an LED flashlight to go over it looking for swirls and I see zero! I read here that silver is hard to see swirls but I have looked and looked and I can't see any.

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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Anything is possible...but....I'm sure they are there unless your washing has been meticulous. Helps to hold the flashlight behind 8-10" from the surface at a slight angle from my experience. Make sure it's a tight focus and a very bright beam. Mid-day sun is the best thing though.

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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    I've seen swirls in my wife's white Rav4 pretty easily. Are they harder to see on silver than on white?

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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Silver might make it harder. My gold paint makes it really hard to see defects

    Try looking at it at night under the lights at the gas station or store parking lot.
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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    My early-2014 pyrite mica that I got new... it's super hard to see swirls. I haven't been meticulous with washing technique, but I'm generally cautious. There were swirls before i polished the first time after a year of washes, but very few and far between. Same now, as I haven't polished in awhile.

    So, yeah it's possible that you might not have many or they're extremely faint. Hunt around a bit under the right lighting and angles and you'll prob see some isolated scratches/swirls, but not the spider web type like you see on black.

    Interestingly enough, I see them easiest in a dimly lit place and at an angle- but I angle it so I'm looking at a reflection of a distant light on the paint. Like in a parking lot at night. Or outside the garage.

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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Quote Originally Posted by 58LesPaul View Post
    Is it possible my 2013 silver truck has no swirls from washing? I just bought it this summer and I have used an LED flashlight to go over it looking for swirls and I see zero! I read here that silver is hard to see swirls but I have looked and looked and I can't see any.
    get gas at night and look at it under the lights there. car dealerships are usually pretty well lit from above too. if you have them, they will show. make sure your truck is clean when you do it.
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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Hard to see swirls in silver for sure.
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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Silver is great for hiding swirls. Like other posters said, get gas at night when the truck is clean and if they're there they will jump out
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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    If you have to look that hard for them should they bother you?

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    Re: 2013 Silver truck...No swirls?

    Quote Originally Posted by duquephart View Post
    If you have to look that hard for them should they bother you?
    Agree.

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