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How often do you polish
- Thread starter Guilbert
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I polish my car as it says. Once every three months and once every 6 months for the ultra extreme polish (gold label one). Thatsa long car wash that one but the results are phenomenal.
Ta, Andy
thats probably because your polish isnt good enough, witha proper wax you should be able to wash it down and dry it and it look as if you have just polished it.
heres mine after just a wash down.
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1084393199__nn1.jpg
Well i use autoglym products, with the extra gloss protection once every few months. I did wash it the other day with out polish and it did come up nice, its just when you look closely you can see little water marks (even after drying properly) that polish would get out. Plus have you ever had a black car? I tell you - NEVER AGAIN! They look stunning when they are clean, but keeping them clean is the biggest pain ever!!!
So whats the difference between autoglym super resin polish and a wax? I have never used a wax before, so dont know what results it gives.
What would you suggest?
Surely how often depends on the colour of the car?
I found with my silver cars regardless of the polish used I just couldnt tell the difference between the polished and unpolished parts. I could feel the difference by rubbing my hand or a cloth over the body work but looks wise there was nothing between a treated and untreated area.
Now with my black car I had to polish it after each wash, I had no choice as it was the difference between having a black car and a grey/brown/smeared car.
So as long as im not using an abrasive polish, it shouldnt do any harm to the paint work. I will have to take a look down halfords, see what they have got there.
I agree with Toypop though, as friends and family have had different colours and each colour looks different after a wash. Like white cars, and silver - cant see the difference between a polished bit or not, i suppose thats due to the fact they are bright relective colours anyway. Where as red and black cars i think always look 10 times better after a polish.
But i find polishing my car is a great way to relax the mind and just have time to myself. Some days i can spend anything up to 6 hours cleaning my car, to just see it get bloody rained on the next day!
Thanks for the advice guys.
Shiny red R32
I was at the dentist yesterday and he is as obsessive as me about keeping his shiny silver Golf GTi in pristine condition, always parking at least a doors width from the next car, washing it off in the rain if muddy after a trip etc etc, and he polishes it far more often than I do mine! When he was parked at McDonalds with it recently, horror of horrors, a child got out of the next car and scratched his Golf door with a toy car.
About a week later he called the chip & dent guy out, who said that the Golf had so much wax built up on it, that the strip of whatever it is that he put over the scratch with the silver colour that should have filled in the scratch, wouldnt stick because of the wax build-up so he had to put some liquid stuff on it to remove the wax layers in that area before he could fill it! He showed me the area on his door where the scratch had been and it was totally invisible.
Shiny red R32
Why do some people call cleaning/polishing/waxing their car, "DETAILING" it?
Surely it is only valeters who clean Porsches, Ferraris, Bentleys etc who use the term "DETAILING" a car!!
From a dictionary - Detailing: Small decorative features on a building, garment, or work of art.
- Cleaning: Freeing from dirt, pollutants, or harmful substances.
LOL.. are u stressed GirlRacer?
Try some detailing...itll calm u down loads..lol (kidding!) right, forget everywhere else !!!
buy your stuff from Alex at Serious Performance
http://www.seriousperformance.co.ukwww.seriousperformance.co.uk
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he does FREE delivery, and discount to club members, plus he knows what he is talking about...
Guilbert how old is your car ?
my suggestion would be to order some Meguiars NXT Tech Wax, this will bring up a good gloss and artificially fill minor swirls, hiding them a little, plus its very easy to apply and remove..........i would top this off with Meguiars Paste Wax #16, this gives outstanding beading and durability
i also own a black car !
i get all my stuff from Alex @ SP, and so do quite a few on this forum now...
white , silver and yellow will show up when they need to be polished and waxed .if you look at the colour of the paint it will matt down and you will not get the mirror shine you should get in the paint.i know when my van needs doing again when i look in my side mirrors and i dont have the reflections in the paint or there is no reflection in my bonnet .when the paint is at a high gloss finish you should be able to look in to the paint and it should be colourless just pure reflection like a mirror.
Best cleaning tip I was ever given? Rinse the car with rainwater. I hate leathering a car down, and our black Audi was always covered in watermarks. But two watering cans of rainwater from the water butt poured over it after the hosepipe rinse keeps it clear of "white spot" problems.
The Audi gets a polish (with some cheap Mer) every autumn and spring and some Simonize wax every few weeks. Ill do the same with the white Clio, once I have got rid of the flat paint on the bonnet with T-Cut.
Im waiting for my Meguiars stuff to come through, try http://www.meguiars.comwww.meguiars.com i think not 100% sure it that is the site, but i have ordered near enough £130 worth of cleaning stuff through them. I also had the Supagaurd trt done when i bought the car but im well peed of as birdsh#t has etched the paintwork, even though we washed it off as soon as poss and they told us it would protect it for upto 3 years. and i always use the supaguard trt when cleaning her. But defo try meguiars
Forgive my ignorane, but please could someone confirm the difference between a wax and a polish here? Thanks!! And, when/how often should you use or combine each?
...from reading this thread it reads as if wax *adds* to the build up of sheen on top of the resin/paintwork (looking pretty sexy), whereas a polish contains agents designed to cut through the grime (potentially dulling the overall effect if used alone).... is that right?
If so, Im pretty concerned, cos as an autoglym polish user with a new 182, id hate to think my good intentions may be misguided!! Ta
my car gets washed with wash and wax about once a week
then ill probably give it a proper waxing about once every2 months or when i can be bothered, after giving it a damn gd clean sometimes its hard 2 have that extra effort 2 wax aswel :-(
+ my car doesnt clean up the best, dark metallic green
it sparkles alrite but its not my fave colour 2 clean,
a black car id clean more
http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Maguiars.htmlhttp://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Maguiars.html
Click on the "paul can help" pic at the bottom of the page. Very useful - particularly for me who rarely cleans a car - I spend more time driving it. I could never be accused of being a GJOB but with a black car I gues Ill have to make a bit more effort.
