Which product to use?

[phil3012]

I posted a thread a while back about getting rid of swirls in my car.

Not had chance to do this properly yet (seems to rain or high winds all the time), but the first good day I get I want to have a good go at removing the swirls from my car.

I have both the Autoglym SRP and Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine, which one would you guys/girls recommend?

Autoglym themselves recommended the Ultra Deep Shine as the car is blalk, but reading the forum most people still use the SRP. Are they similar products?

Also as a last resort if this doesn't work to get rid of the swirls, would T-Cut be any good, or is this a complete no no? I pressume T-Cut would remove the lifeshine coating from my car anyway. Have had success with it on small areas on cars butm just wondering if it would be any good for the whole car?

I've also noticed people mention getting a machine polisher. Would the sort that the sell in Argos for about £20 be the sort of thing that I need?, or something better than that?

Sorry if these questions sound a bit basic. I normally just wash the my cars every few weeks and clean the interior when it needs it and that's it.

Cheers

Phil

 

[Rubbish Boy]

IMO stick to the SRP for it's filling properties.

T-cut will certainly remove the lifeshine, but to remove swirls with it is going to take a long time and loads of effort. Something like meguiars scrach-x may be a better product to try for removal, but even then it will take a long time. You need to fully breakdown the abrasives in the product, so work in small areas no more than 1' x 1'. It will take several minutes of hard rubbing to breakdown the abrasives in scratch-x and you may need to repeat the area several times to fully remove the swirls.

The £20 argos polisher wouldn't be up to the job of swirl removal, be okay for spreading a bit of wax, but it won't be powerful enough for correction work.

If you want shot of the swirls properly then my advice would be to get a meguairs G220 or a second hand pc/udm and a selection of pads and polishes. If you don't think you are going to ever use this stuff again, sell it when done and get a chunk of your money back. There will be quite a learning curve to start with though. Alternatively pay a pro-detailer to do it.

 

[phil3012]

Thanks for the advice.

Do you know how much I'd be looking at to get a pro detailer to do it?

 

[Empi5]

Ive found a good polish/ wax applied by hand will hide the swirls, but it will never remove them. To do that, you have to use a machine. The £20 efforts are pointless, ok for buffing if your too lazy.

Have a search around for Porter Cable Polishers, and UDM, which is seen to be the replacement for the Porter. However I wouldnt just jump in and buy one and off you go, i would seriously see how the professionals do it and learn from them.

Iain from Finer Details provides lots of good information, and if you got the time and money and definitly think about letting him loose on your car. 8 hours of intensive polishing really does make a difference.

Oh, and i just happen to have a Brand new Porter Cable polisher for sale.