Polishing in bits.

[Michael172]

Well being a college student and holding down an almost full time job i have little time to spend polishing a full car in 1 go. 10 hours worth of polishing in bits has done me - full bonnet twice, 1 front quater twice, driver door, and 83 on the rear quater waiting for 80.

I was wondering .... how should i wash it when it comes to the next polishing session. i dont want to scratch it anymore. im jumping straight to a cutting pad with 83 and then onto 80 on a polishing pad, paintwork will then be polshed with srp on a finishing pad, and sealed with jeffs twice, and finally coated with a wax, which at the moment is looking like purple haze but i may slip up and get some sapphire or whatever the £70 one was.

Had a play on the bonnet tonight again, was polished with 80 yet again, polished with srp, 3 coats of jeffs triggger sealant (i love this stuff and i now see how it works) and a coat of supernatural which was applied by machine. I see why rich always goes on about initial preperation lol.

 

[Middo]

once fully polished you will hopefully never have to use the 83 again, as 80 is more than sufficient for removing almost all the swirling from soft (renault) paintwork.

 

[Rich]

Nice work - Keeping the finish swirl free after is the nightmare - take your time over washing and maybe look into a water filter so you don't have to dry.

 

[Michael172]

ill be buying new towels for a kick off due to my der wunders being like straw now, but i expect to be polishing it by machine using 80 quite a lot, every few months or so.

i should have listened to you rich and bought one sooner.

 

[aceface]

Every few months?! If your washing technique is up to scratch a polish one a year should only be needed. Try to focus on prevention rather that the cure.

 

[Brand86]

^ What he said...I find a good bit of SRP via PC every 3-4 months then topped with sealant and/or wax is more than enough. If you go for a full polish every time you notice a mark you will eventually eat through your clearcoat, I have only done mine "properly" twice.​

 

[Rich]

Indeed, hoping not to have to use IP on mine again once done. Final Finish of a finishing pad hopefully with be enough in future