What do u use for polish/wax/painttreatment

[Lacoste82]

Hey, as the headlines indicate - It would be nice to know what people are using(if anything!) to keep there Supra looking shinyyyyyyyy:innocent:

 

Maybe someone has found a particular brand of wax or polisher, thats good!

[michael]

I think you'll find people here use a very wide variety of products, what budget do you have in mind and how much time would you dedicate to a shiny session?

 

Some people want to spend £10 and 10 minutes, others are happy to spend silly money and a week making the car look pretty

[GoliathJay]

What Michael said.

 

When I got my first "nice" car (for a given value of nice) I ended up buying enough detailing equipment to start my own business, which I did!

 

http://www.autopia.com

[DannoSupra]

I used to take around 3 hours doing the outside of mine with AutoSmart products. Not sure if you can get them off the shelf, we get stock top up every week off trade van

 

Less on the inside, i tried to keep her tidy

[Lacoste82]

lol, yea u are right! Well let me put it this way, my other car i had it treated at a Ditec guy, u know like a proff. painttreatment, so u never have to polish/wax it again, and u only have to wash it with water, no soap - Aslong as the car gets a "followup" treatment every second year! But i sorta regreated doing this, as there is some pleasure in having a newly polished car - AND NO, IM NOT JUST POLISHING ANY CAR PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY! [GRIN][/GRIN] :0)

 

So im probably looking for whatever brand of wax/polish or complete threatment "system" that comes closest to a proffessional "makeover"

[DannoSupra]

Used SupaGuard before too, which is a paint protector, and can get Special polish to use over it, with out as much of a cut

[Todd]

So im probably looking for whatever brand of wax/polish or complete threatment "system" that comes closest to a proffessional "makeover"

 

As Michael said, all comes down to budget, share that info

[Lacoste82]

As Michael said, all comes down to budget, share that info

 

k, well, ill say so again, whatever comes closest to a proffesional threatment, so basicly, if we do not look at the budget, the only demand is that it has to be something u can work with at home.

[michael]

OK, let's start with Zymol Solaris and work down from there then.

[Todd]

[supraturbochris]

With a black car i always find, autoglym is the best stuff to use. But i did a trial and error on the ultradeep shine bottle of polish, the one with the black square and have never looked back, its unbelieveable, can use it on any dark colours. Its kind of like a tcut - polish all in one. Once finished it looks like a brand new car.

[michael]

Out of interest what other products have you tried?

[supraturbochris]

meguires, turtle wax, normal car plan stuff, etc

[JamieP]

With a black car i always find, autoglym is the best stuff to use. But i did a trial and error on the ultradeep shine bottle of polish, the one with the black square and have never looked back, its unbelieveable, can use it on any dark colours. Its kind of like a tcut - polish all in one. Once finished it looks like a brand new car.

 

I hate autoglym, very dusty and dont give the best shine imo, i tried DODO JUICE Blue Velvet for a while which gave good results but i found it hard to use and took me ages to do the car, im using a wax i got at JAE now, gives great results and is easy to use, i forget the name but will report back when ive unpacked. (in process of moving home)

[supraturbochris]

let us know when you find out jamie. The ultradeep shine is very good, there is hardly any dust compared to resign polish

[JamesC]

To be fair the Autoglym Ultra deep shine isn't half as dusty as the SRP (which i don't like) and does give it a deeper shine.

 

I've tried the Zymol stuff that you can buy from Halfords - not very impressed. Tried some Pinnacle Liquid Souveran which seemed ok.

 

I think the Meguires paint cleaner works well as a first stage but obviously then need a poilsh/wax over it.

 

What do you use Micheal?

[fizzle]

once every 6 months i use the meguiars 3 stage, with a coat of autoglym ultradeep on the top. (takes a few hours tho). Then just wash with the meguairs NXT shampoo(very good) then ultra deep for normal washes...

 

links...

http://www.autogeek.net/mg12664.html

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_204935_langId_-1_categoryId_165527

 

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=MRSA2116

[supraGZaerotop]

wash the car, clay the car, wash it again, dry it, autoglym it, and to finish a coat of harly wax:d

and heres the result:cool:

 

 

[peter richards]

duragloss quality product , easiest ive ever used , not temperature sensitive , and results compare to much more expensive wax/polish .

if want a sample pm me

[marc_p]

Autoglym HD wax, just did it with the buffer the other day and it came out so much better than it usually does, this is how it usually comes out:

 

 

It's got even more of a shine on it now but I need a good weekend to get some pics

[jacko]

I use Meguairs techwax, really good product, effortless to take off and doesnt dust like Autoglym

[supraGZaerotop]

I use Meguairs techwax, really good product, effortless to take off and doesnt dust like Autoglym

 

i used tech wax for 4years on my purple pearl s14a 200sx, its very hard to beat on dark colours but dont rate it much on red paint, imo autoglym is about the best for red paint, another good one is peter neilsen polish.

[JamieP]

I hate autoglym, very dusty and dont give the best shine imo, i tried DODO JUICE Blue Velvet for a while which gave good results but i found it hard to use and took me ages to do the car, im using a wax i got at JAE now, gives great results and is easy to use, i forget the name but will report back when ive unpacked. (in process of moving home)

 

Bit late getting back to this, ive tried a couple of others now and still keep going back to the Finish kare 2685, gives great results and so easy to use, just need to find where i can buy it now as this tin is nearly gone, any ideas?

 

[JamieP]

Found it, thanks Christian.

 

http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk/Products,51,toView_403.html

[Stonkin]

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