polish

**Niko** · 18-06-2009,02:54 PM

My preference is for Harly Wax. It is a pure yellow Carnauba wax from the States and available usually on e-bay in the UK. It is very easy to use, beads water like no other and gives a super deep wet look shine. Carnauba wax is well regarded, there are other makes but I like the Harly wax, give it a whirl!

Black Phantom · 18-06-2009,06:12 PM

This is a scary thread. I thought that giving my wheels a wash and polish was all that was needed. I don't understand half the stuff that's going on here. The link to the detailing site didn't help much - too much assumed knowledge. How about a separate forum here for this type of thing giving us the basics and explaining a few things. There are obviously people here who know a few things.

**Plife** · 18-06-2009,06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Black Phantom

This is a scary thread. I thought that giving my wheels a wash and polish was all that was needed. I don't understand half the stuff that's going on here. The link to the detailing site didn't help much - too much assumed knowledge. How about a separate forum here for this type of thing giving us the basics and explaining a few things. There are obviously people here who know a few things.

There is one buddy

https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/f...play.php?f=159

Doesn't need to be scary.....I am no expert and just like to take care of my car. Had a bad experience when my Focus ST went in to have a scratch sorted out when it was a week old and came back looking like Torvill and Dean had been practicing on it!!

Black Phantom · 18-06-2009,06:47 PM

Well kick my ***!

Must open my eyes and look about this place. Many thanks.

**Bricktop20** · 18-06-2009,09:31 PM

Ive bought and tried many polishes waxes, and for best results i find for wet lookin paintwork is 1 coat autoglym srp and 2 coats of swissvax best of show wax .
im a total ocd sufferer when it comes to a clean car

the beading formation is class and all uniform ,

**A1287210** · 21-06-2009,10:35 PM

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Had the car for 6 months (15K miles), been through a car wash once (and regretted it) usually two bucket method and a couple of snow foams and then chemical guys wash (recommend the small bottles, about £15 and still a third of a bottle left after 6 months, I wash about every week, the snow foam does the bulk of the work. I bought a bottle of McGuire's tech wax from "Clean your car" which was also a polish and it removed all of the swirls brilliant, see photos just what I wanted, I think if I got any deeper scratches I would start looking at clays.... there should be a couple of picture of before and after PS you can probably tell I am, NOT a detailler but the car looks great.

Damo (Derbyshire)

**A1287210** · 21-06-2009,10:37 PM

PS it took me a while to clean it properly that is why the 2nd photo looks so dark

**Plife** · 22-06-2009,09:27 AM

Originally Posted by A1287210

I bought a bottle of McGuire's tech wax from "Clean your car" which was also a polish and it removed all of the swirls brilliant,

It is actually a wax with fillers in so it masks the swirls. You will find that they will come back once the filler starts to wear away and will need another application. Very much like Autoglym Super Resin polish.

**n1cka8** · 13-06-2011,05:51 PM

I am new to keeping my car clean....well compared to some of you guys anyway !!!. having owned a few land rovers I am familiar with clay and getting crud off the paint but never really used a combo of polish/wax.....but recently used Megiuars NXT combo and I am very impressed....autoglym is excellent too and I have the deep shine as mine is Phantom Black too....

Question - I am keen to use machine pads to polish with a velcro drill bir I have.....have used it on boat/caravan and its superb but what do you use ??

**b4a4** · 14-06-2011,09:35 AM

My Silver 2008 B8 A4 hasn't been given much love when it comes to washing. 4 times a year is normal and thats just a quick 10 minutes in the local car wash. After reading this thread I'm feeling very ashamed and I intend giving it a real going over this weekend (I'll be at the inlaws, it'll be an excuse to keep me away from them for a few hours). I've read some of the threads and have a fair idea of where to start, but I have a few small items that you experts could help me with, namely:

Football marks: The kids in my park insist on setting up their goals in line with my driveway and there are now 3 imprints of a leather football on the car, the one on the bonnet where the ball obviously skidded across it is the most impressive! There is a really fine scratching that you can see in certain light, What would you guys suggest?

Milky white marks: There are 1 or 2 of these, they seem to be underneath the wax or whatever was applied to the car before I bought it.

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'll post some photos if they come out ok.

Thanks