Polishing and Waxing Thoughts

[Curt]

For the ultimate finish/wet look, chuck this over the top once you’ve waxed it.


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Just seen the picture says wheel cleaner. They do a detail spray with the same name

[eddie_squidd]

I’d probably favour the Meguiars Ultimate Compound or Ultimate Polish if using a DA.

Panels will need to be cold though.

That's gettable in 24 hours so I'll look into that.

Tomorrow is looking cloudy so I'm hoping it will be a good day to do it as long as it doesn't rain.

[eddie_squidd]

Lo
Good luck mate
Post up your results
Cheers
Toadster

I'll put up some pictures if it looks good!

The trick is going to be trying to keep it clean for Beaulieu next weekend including driving down there. I would do it nearer the date but I've only got use of the polisher and a friend's drive tomorrow!

[norks27]

eddie_squidd

When I get to a show I like to have this stuff with me:




Use with a good quality mitt for an easy wipe down, then quick buff.

You can then quickly use this to finish it off with some micro fibre cloths:



That's the sort of stuff I tend to use when I arrive.

Doesn't have to be Meguiars stuff, all the various makes have equivalent products.

[eddie_squidd]

Thanks Norks.

Expensive this detailing lark innit?

[norks27]

Expensive this detailing lark innit?

It can certainly get a bit silly, you're right

[eddie_squidd]

Well this afternoon I washed the car and then clay mitted it. The difference the clay mitt made was unbelievable. It didn't remove some of the blemishes I had hoped it would but in general the paint was visibly cleaner and very very shiny. It completely got rid of the sort of deadness the paint had before and you could really see the depth in it. I was already very chuffed buy this point as it's the best the car has looked in years.

I then tried the Meguiars Ultimate Polish and could not get on with it at all. Tried with the DA polisher and by hand and it seemed to leave a residue which was really hard to remove. (I had the car under a gazebo to keep it out of the sun and had actually sprayed cold water over the car before I washed it to make sure it was as cool as possible so temperature shouldn't have been the issue). Fortunately my friend had some Autoglym Super Resin Polish and it worked like an absolute treat both by hand and with the polisher. Very easy to use, buffed off easily.

Unfortunately I had started much later than I intended so by the time I had finished doing the polishing it was dark! So I will have to wax it tomorrow which is really not ideal at all. What I dread is the car getting any sort of dust on it and dragging that round with the wax.

On the plus side it is very shiny indeed, although as always every ding, scratch and stone chip (and there are a few) can now be seen from space. I will have to wait until I can see the car in daylight but the early signs are the really bad swirling I had has been much improved judging by the reflections of street lamps etc which usually show up the swirls clearly.

I will put some pictures up tomorrow when it's light enough to take any!

[eddie_squidd]

I did take a couple of pictures after the clay mitt had been done. It wasn't half shiny for a car that hadn't even been polished yet.

[norks27]

Nice Eddie

[mart609]

I've had the same issue with the new meguairs polish.
It's seems very hard to buff off.
Their older stuff in the red bottle on the '3' stage that norks posted earlier was alot easier to buff out than the new ultimate polish.