yeah i did all that
the swirls seemed to come from the water i washed it in. it was like there was a fine silver powdery stuff in the water. it looked like it was off the bottom of the mirror or sumthin like that. i put in new washing water a few times, but the residue stuff stayed :S. oh well, i dont think it will effect the image quality too much. i'll try to clean it off next time.