ANYONE KNOW SOME GOOD POLISH

pompey ice · Post by **pompey ice** » Thu May 08, 2008 16:07

Hi, Im' talking about the WAXY stuff , my eclat/excel to my knowledge has'nt had anything other than soap and water on it for at least six years,and although it comes up nice and shiney but not having another one parked alongside to compare with is,question ; can it be more trouble than its worth using a polish, if it is benificial what do you recomend to do or not to do .A few pointers would be useful before i clean it with a wet brick if you know what i mean

Cheers IAN

Steve C · Post by **Steve C** » Thu May 08, 2008 16:25

I've used the autoglym silicone resin polish for years .. you won't believe how well water bubbles on it after a proper polish!!

Pete Boole · Post by **Pete Boole** » Thu May 08, 2008 18:08

Hi Ian

Bilt Hamber's Auto Balm is very good as well. bilthamber.com mail order.

Pete

alanmoss · Post by **alanmoss** » Thu May 08, 2008 18:36

Hi, Frosts have some interesting products under the One Grand brand.
This includes Omega Glaze which attempts to tackle those annoying swirls, etc. and a paste wax with Carnauba called Blitz wax.

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8040

steven popay · Post by **steven popay** » Tue May 27, 2008 22:58

thats right you dont want to be using silicon based products especially if you are having any bodywork done, silicone is hard to get rid of and devastating to try to paint over no matter how much you clean the panel.

steven popay · Post by **steven popay** » Thu May 29, 2008 18:55

forgot to mention i am a main dealer vehicle refinisher

dpr59 · Post by **dpr59** » Thu May 29, 2008 19:25

steven popay wrote:forgot to mention i am a main dealer vehicle refinisher

Form a queue at the gent with the spray gun....

Steve C · Post by **Steve C** » Fri May 30, 2008 09:41

The queue should be based on the most needy!

Anyone who has seen my car will agree I'm at the front of the queue!

steven popay · Post by **steven popay** » Fri May 30, 2008 20:30

sorry guys i wish i could help but with me working at a main dealers they are not in to foriegners, so much so that i will have to pay to put my own car through, and at that its all prepped up. one of the lads i work with put his car through a backstreet bodyshop round the corner from us because it was cheaper.

pompey ice · Post by **pompey ice** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 07:01

Hi All ,
Many thanks for all your useful input/pointers,it looks like the silicon base polish will be off the list ,although the body work is fine there are a couple of long thin cracks of the top coat varnish running along the edge of the roof , its only noticable when dust or dirt collects there,so i should try to seal the cracks up before applying any type of gunge. Anyone tried clear nail varnish or is that asking for trouble??

Cheers IAN

mickey · Post by **mickey** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 13:01

i have conducted extensive tests of all the readily available polishes over the last couple of years and i have concluded that the overall winner for me is auto glym super resin polish followed by an application of auto glym extra gloss protection.

In determining what i consider 'the best' i looked at shine, ease of application, and price. There may be some products that last longer than others between re application but i didn't consider this as i enjoy polishing up my cars!

Auto glym won pretty much hands down over mer zymol meguiers poorboys mothers turtle wax nano etc and i always swore by zymol before i checked out the others, i can assure you i am not an autoglym fanboy!

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