Polishing your car

[Zappa]

How often would you all do this?

I gave mine a great polish yesterday and it really helps the look.

I dont think it has been polished in easily 2 years.

I may start waxing the car a bit more now to start protecting the paint, as the car is 6 years old now!

 

[Veyron]

I polish every month! May be a bit excessive but it keeps it nice! I've never waxed it though?

 

[krussel]

Has anyone tried this gel polish which leaves no chalky residue ?

 

[rocky2008]

once every two weeks in the summer.. i dont want it to fade

 

[Aimez]

Wash clay polish seal/wax then wash and top up polish every few weeks/month then repeat process except claying in 4ish months time. Why spend hours polishing and not sealing your hard work and protecting the car?

 

[vroomtshh]

if you polish every month, you'll have no paint left.

Polish cuts the paint, wax protects

 

[CupraRcleanR]

Has anyone tried this gel polish which leaves no chalky residue ?

Something like Autoglym SRP is terrible for dust and chalky residue. Dodo Lime Prime Lite or even better Swissvax Cleaner Fluid hardlly dust at all. Oh and both have no cut so you could polish every day without losing a Micron of paint.

 

[rocky2008]

if you polish every month, you'll have no paint left.

Polish cuts the paint, wax protects

ill cross that bridge when i get to it

 

[mazzerati]

clay every two weeks and wax every week
dunno if anyone else uses one but waterblades are the future!

 

[karlw]

As long as you are happy with them lol
Id personally put my wool mit in a bucket of stones and then clean the car befire using a blade.

As for poish then I really think its each to their own and it dpends on what products people use. If i polish ill always seal and wax after but i wont always polish but depending on how the paint feels ill top up the seal and wax.

 

[vroomtshh]

I give a car a full polish when I get it. Wax whenever i feel like it, and usually have a very light polish and wax every 3 months or so

 

[MrNorma]

clay every two weeks and wax every week
dunno if anyone else uses one but waterblades are the future!

Erm ok, wait till you get that wee bit of grit on the blade that you thought you had washed off and bring the blade down over the bonnet. Speaking from experience it not a good feeling.

 

[Zappa]

What wax do you use?

Non abrasive stuff is what I am looking for.

 

[vroomtshh]

Erm ok, wait till you get that wee bit of grit on the blade that you thought you had washed off and bring the blade down over the bonnet. Speaking from experience it not a good feeling.

WHat difference does it make if you drag it down the car with a blade, or with a chamois, or a microfibre drying towel?

If you don;t wash it properly, you're gonna have the same problem, however you dry it

 

[vroomtshh]

What wax do you use?

Non abrasive stuff is what I am looking for.

All wax is non abrasive

 

[mazzerati]

What wax do you use?

Non abrasive stuff is what I am looking for.

I use meguiars carnauba wax it's olrite

 

[TubbyTwo]

get yourself over to detailingworld.co.uk.

dont use a blade, leads to scratch city.

i use a drying towel and pat the car dry. then polish then seal then wax.

 

[Aimez]

this should be in the detailing section hardly mk4 specific. I have just been back on DW forum oh dear want to buy more things have avoided that forum all winter! Excellent site but can lead to a problem!

 

[Neo]

dunno if anyone else uses one but waterblades are the future!

I have one but found they work better on a car with straighter edges than the mk4 though!

I polish mine with Autoglym SRP once a year in the summer.
Sponge wash every week and Aqua wax every month.

If your paint is in good condition you don`t need to keep polishing it - just wax regularly to keep the shine and protect it from the elements.

 

[TubbyTwo]

theres the problem you see,

sponge = fail.

over time it scratches the hell out of the paint. get a decent wash mitt and ditch the water blade.