Originally Posted by
mrodgers
It would be similar to removing swirls on automotive paint. Swirls are tiny scratches in the paint. You're not removing them with something you just spray on and wipe around. Removing swirls from paint involves a product with microscopic abrasives and takes elbow grease to scrub at the paint. Essentially, you are not removing swirls. You are removing the paint with abrasives around the swirls to get it down to a level that the swirls are at.
Note, you're bicycle's paint is probably a lot softer than the hard clear coat of an automobile. Meguiars Swirl-X would probably be good for that. Meguiars Scratch-X is also a great product, but a little more abrasive than Swirl-X.
What you say is absolutely correct and much more detailed than what I provided. When reading your post, it did occur to me that there is an alternative approach. Rather than grinding paint or clear coat down to the level of the swirls, a safer approach is to fill in the scratches and build up the whole surface to the same level, basically apply a coat of paste wax or something similar. That should also do the trick but with a little less angst. Of course it isn't permanent and has to be redone from time to time. Two sides of the same coin.