right first one to answer gets a prize! need a good reasonable priced polish to use on my wee metallic black puddle jumper and recommendations for polishing clothes and were to get them asap as planning her first ever polish this dam weekend
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what polish. clothes etc to use
- Thread starter Dyewitness
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right first one to answer gets a prize! need a good reasonable priced polish to use on my wee metallic black puddle jumper and recommendations for polishing clothes and were to get them asap as planning her first ever polish this dam weekend
Meguyers (spelling) 3 stage kit. On offer £24 for all 3 from http://www.speeding.co.ukwww.speeding.co.uk inc. delivery. May aswell get the gold class shampoo while your there. Its all ACE!!
I like Mer with Halfords Valeting cloths, works for me anyway
is the fantastic smelling Zymol Cleaner Wax any good? just sniffing it as a type!
Never used it but only heard good things about it, and if it smells nice bonus!
I normally wear some old work trousers and t-sh*t, and an old wolly-pully if its a bit chilly!
Seriously, check the post called http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=2&TopicID=78567&SearchPagePosition=1&search=cleaning&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=2&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=Search Cleaning advice required and the website http://www.bettercarcare.comwww.bettercarcare.com
You can get most decent polishes, waxes and cloths that you require from high street (motoring) shops if you search about a bit.
for wax i use Zymol Carbon Wax, to polish before hand i use HD-Cleanse, though this is only required every so often
http://www.zymol.co.ukwww.zymol.co.uk
for your usual prices then id go for Meguairs Gold Class Shampoo, and Gold Class Polish...............using a sponge applicator to apply and a Microfibre microwipe to take it off........Meguairs make those aswell
Look into getting Diamond Brite.
May cost a couple of hundred pounds, but you wont need to polish your car again.
All you need to do is wash it with the Conserver once a month and it comes out to a show room style finish.
I have had my last two cars done with it and the results are amazing.
I used to use Mer about 12 years ago when I first started driving, and stopped using it about 10 years ago. IIRC it is actually quite abrasive so I wouldnt use it to polish more than 2 or 3 times a year. In fact no polish should be used very often. Check out the bettercarcare.com link
I would recommend P21/S100 (same wax different name) carnuba wax, buy it online or from a Harley davidson dealers. Fantastic deep, glossy finish.
I use Halfords Williams F1 Carnauba enriched car polish (500ml) £9.99
And the best cloth ive EVER used to take polish off with is a 3M cloth, theyre almost static and pick up the dust.
Ive a black clio too, and i could clean it every day and it would still be dirty, but since i started using the williams f1 polish and 3M cloth its a joy to clean it! Definitely wouldnt be without the 3M cloth ever again. Ive had even more compliments since i started using it on how glossy the car is (sounds so big headed that lol)
is there any product in particularly good at saying feck off to evil swirl marks and surface scratches?
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/tips.htmlhttp://www.meguiars.co.uk/tips.html
£8.99 for the Scratch X fine scratch & swirl remover and can buy online , not used it myself but have been told its the best stuff for the job
I used mer for a long time but could always see residue in the paint that I couldnt seem to polish out. I have a blue car and it was worse on the black one my bro has.
Someone suggested we tried ( sounds cheap and nasty - BUT) the colour turtle waxs. Our cars have never had such a good shine and a deep one at that. You can get them from halfords etc. If you want an example look in for the thread in the "media, pics and video" section under "Aberdeen Mini-meet" one of the blue 172s is mine and the black clio ( not the one with twin exhausts ) is my Bros.
you can get a two stage diamond brite kit off ebay for about £15 i think
