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[BigDave]

I am another one that used to use nothing but Autoglym - even mixed up a polish someone else recommended containg 50% Super Resin Polish, 25% Autoglym Paint Restorer and 25% T-Cut metallic which works a treat - but I am a Meguiars person now, I use their NXT Generation Car Wash, Polish, Tyre shine, Metal Polish and the Interior cleaner. I've got the Clay Detailer but not used it yet. It all smeall really nice too unlike some other cleaners.

Plus if it's good enough for concours people it's good enough for me.

Used the Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine on the roof of wifes B*W Cooper and it seemed to take forever to polish off, think I must have used too much !

[rozzer!]

in work we use autosmart cherry glaze polish. and for car washing we use duet. the duet dries with no streaks and the cherry glaze is the easiest deep shine polish i have ever used!

[Retro_10s]

even mixed up a polish someone else recommended containg 50% Super Resin Polish, 25% Autoglym Paint Restorer and 25% T-Cut metallic

Terrible!. I would never use that on my car! All that's doing is cutting the paint back, keep using that mixture and it'll you'll reach primer in no time!

T-cut and paint restorer - Takes a layer of paint off to 'freshen up' the paint, 'Cuts' the paint back
Polish - simply makes it shiny and SHOULD NOT rub paint off.
Wax - two or three layers provide good protection from the elements, and keeps the shine on the car the polish created.

I've seen this cherry glaze polish too.

I Wash with plain old cold water and then use Turtle Wax Polish and then Meguirs wax.

[pinch]

i use autosmart products at work too, duet wash and wax, platinum polish, and carnauba gold wax, very reasonably priced.

[Rew]

I use various depending on finish and colour of car. Tend to use the meguires professional range followed by poorboys wax. This finish was done via machine with

Clay
Meguires #83 + #80 polish
Clearkote Red moose machine glaze
Poorboys EX- P sealant
Poorboys Blue wax

Edited by Rew, 23 February 2007 - 10:21 PM.

[Jordie]

Poorboys and JeffWerkstatt's are excellent products, but rather pricey

Ive just got some T-cut from work to cut my roof back, then i am going to use autoglym to polish it.

On my ibiza, i bought a set of expensive cleaners and polishers etc.
I had my car - seat ibiza - professionally detailed last summer, but it didnt last long due to the weather and the car been yellow!

[smudger]

Various depending on car

But

Megiaurs

Sonax

Turtle Wax

Depends on what i am doing

General wash is just turtle wax and not even a sealer

Mini has so far been Clayed (well bits have) soft cut and going to wax it with Meguiars.

[ab54666]

A little tip for tyres, rather than use the normal tire sprays that frankly make tyres look like they've been painted with black gloss paint try

Autoglym Rubber and Vinyl - totally brilliant, make your tyres look slightly shinier than when they were new, and last ages as well.

I've also found no matter what polish and wax you use try Autoglym's extra gloss, wipes on easy, try to leave it for as long as you can (at least 1 hour) and then polish off, beautiful!

[djcromie]

http://uk-mkivs.net/...ead/226119.aspx

Check this link out these lads are uber nerds on the cleaning, polishing and waxing. Was a great believer in Autoglym and polishing my car monthly till i read through this lot, and i am a complete convert. The mini has yet to get a good seein to though

Also check out seriousperformance.co.uk and clean your car, they have good guides on how to clean you car properly.

Cheers Mark

[miniEgg]

depends on money lol, normally i use meguiers for everything from shampoo to wax.

i clay every 6 months, gets all the little bits of C**p off the car

once a month
first shampoo
then detail
then polish
then wax

once a week is just a shampoo and detail..

like using P21s but its not cheap.

[*Raz*]

Ive got special John cooper stuff



Raz xXx

[woody17]

i use turtle wax, and its good, but not amazing. one of the best waxes i ever used is some i got in a valeting pack from Woolworth's! about a fiver!

[marco.h]

1. Autoglym Paint Renovator
2. Autoglym Super Resin Polish
3. Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine
4. Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection

use all four, the car ends up looking THE badgers nadgers

[Watso]

Thought i'd add my 2 pennies on this one, so here's my "kit":

- Auto Glym Body Work Shampoo/Conditioner
- Meguiars Smooth Surface Clay (Once a year)
- Either Auto Glym Super Resin Polish or Meguiars ScratchX Polish (Usually once a month depending on the season!)
- Chemical Guys Speed Wipe Detailing Spray
- Auto Glym Extra Gloss Protection (When im feeling lazy...)
- Dodo Juice Blue Velvet Wax
- Chemical Guys Tyre/Trim Gel

All applied with Foam pads or hundreds of Microfibres!

For some really useful info on this topic though check these guys out:

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/forum/

Also very good for your supplies too

Watso

Edited by Watso, 22 October 2008 - 09:40 AM.

[BishopMaverick]

you need to be careful when washing a car, as if you don't do it right, you just scratch it.
very...very basically you need to be:
1. always pre rinse the car with lots and lots of water, starting from top to bottom.
2. when actually washing ther car, work from the botom to the top, if you work from the top, any grit and stuff falls down the bodywork, so when you get lower down you are just rubbing grit and nasty scratchy stuff into the paint work, thats how you get them scouring marks on the paint.
3. then give it a good rinse with the hose pie/jet wash, again from top to bottom.

i saw some duke of edinburgh award type people washing cars for charity at McD's the other day. they were washing this blokes nice porsche. no hosepipes no pre wash, they just washed it down with a sponge, then thew a couple of buckets of water over it, i could have cried!!

sorry mate but thats rubbish, you do work top to bottom when actually washing. the way to ensure that you don't rub grit and carp into the car is by keeping the sponge as wet as possible. Otherwise as you work your way up you merely make the bottom bits you have just cleaned dirty again, your system does not move road salts that will ruin your paintwork away from the car. I agree that for moving dirt your system is fine as, the dirt is loosened then removed in the rinse however a rinse doesn't move salts that only move with the moving action of a sponge. I don't mean to dump on your ideas however I have ruined my paintwork on my bike using your system (I did get it off someone else by the way) and would hate to see the same happen to you or anyone else, but it is your car and your method goes obviously.

By the way I can't stand seeing people cleaning cars badly... I know they have good intentions but right kit for the job and all that, I hate to think that they would end up with a bill for a re-sprey, especially for a porsche .

Bishop M.