"Buffer marks, swirl marks, whorl marks, swirl and compound scratches are all the same thing."

This is not true.

Compound marks are tiny scratches in the finish of a car caused by the abrasive material in a compound or heavy duty cleaner. Lr most cases, these scratches will be deep enough that you must rebuff the car with a milder product (Step 2 in our three step process) to effectively remove them.

Swirl marks, whorl marks and swirls are all the other names for buffer marks. Buffer marks occur virtually any time you use a buffer on a car. These marks are not readily apparent on light color cars. There are plenty of people buffing cars that will tell you they canbuff without leaving any buffer marks, and there may be one or two, but I just haven't met them yet. No one has conclusively determined whether buffer marks are microscopic scratches or actually the oils in the product just not spread out evenly.

Really it makes little difference. There are only two effective ways to eliminate buffer marks.

1. Re-do the car using a polisher

2. Re-do the car by hand

In most cases you will only have to re-do the flat surfaces as bu-ffer marks on the sides are extremely difficult to detect. Compound scratches are more apparent under fluorescent or inside lighting whereas buffer marks are most apparent outdoors in direct sunlight.