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General => Detailing => Topic started by: FOREST GREEN on 19 April 2010, 19:37
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So, I need a good polish for my Dragon Green MK3. I've run out and want to try something new, what does everyone recommend?
I have
Dodo Juice Blue Velvet
Dodo Juice Purple Haze
Megs NXT 2.0
So I'm sorted for waxes, but want a good polish, not expensive either, dosh is a bit tight at the moment. Any ideas?
Cheers
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Autoglym SRP gets a thumbs up for me, machine or manual
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as chris from waxamomo said in another thread, limeprime is a good polish for the money.
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as chris from waxamomo said in another thread, limeprime is a good polish for the money.
i am sure guy said that somewhere too! :grin:
polish isn't necessarily colour dependent as you are polishing clearcoat (hopefully)
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as chris from waxamomo said in another thread, limeprime is a good polish for the money.
i am sure guy said that somewhere too! :grin:
polish isn't necessarily colour dependent as you are polishing clearcoat (hopefully)
:embarassed: sorry guy you did metion it aswell :embarassed:
polish is polish :wink: colour doesnt come into it :lipsrsealed:
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If your car doesnt need cut though, what about using a glaze and just buff the hell out of it ?
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You will have to excuse my ignorance, but isn't Limeprime pre wax cleaner a bit abrasive? :embarassed: I didn't think that it was a polish? :huh:
I'm just not getting a really deep/wet finish to the paintwork, but don't know where I'm going wrong? Its all done by hand NOT DA Buffer, but surely I can still get the finish I'm after by hand? Or is it something I'm doing wrong? :sad:
1 WASH CAR WITH MEGS SHAMPOO
2 CLAY CAR (WHEN REQUIRED)
3 WASH CAR AGAIN WITH MEGS SHAMPOO
4 POLISH
5 WAX
Im using micro fibre cloths for the polishing/waxing and a mit for the washing :rolleyes:
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I'm just not getting a really deep/wet finish to the paintwork, but don't know where I'm going wrong?
Have you ever had your paintwork machine polished ?
A full paint correction before applying glazes and waxes will work wonders on your green (as deep wet looks come from good prep)
Take a look the photo below which is a 50/50 machine polished/unpolished rear quarter of a 6 year old Polo which shows the diffrence.
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i64/Jerry_G/DSCF1742.jpg)
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Now thats what I'm talking about :tongue: I bet it costs a fortune though :undecided:
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yep it does mate due to the work involved to get that finish, alot of peeps think its a five min job but to get that result its a combination of good experience with a rotory, right pad and polish choice, uber amounts of graft.
when i give people quotes there gob hits the floor but then lifts when i explain what goes into it and the time spent doing it, so its well worth the money in my opinion.
limeprime is a polish with micro abrassives and limeprime lite has none and is a pre-wax cleanser/glaze
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Now thats what I'm talking about :tongue: I bet it costs a fortune though :undecided:
Well that car took me and a mate 10 hours to do .. so 20 man hours in total
You can easily learn to do it yourself .. and then it is just a matter of having the time (no costs)
You do need to buy a machine polisher though :wink:
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You will have to excuse my ignorance, but isn't Limeprime pre wax cleaner a bit abrasive? :embarassed: I didn't think that it was a polish? :huh:
I'm just not getting a really deep/wet finish to the paintwork, but don't know where I'm going wrong? Its all done by hand NOT DA Buffer, but surely I can still get the finish I'm after by hand? Or is it something I'm doing wrong? :sad:
1 WASH CAR WITH MEGS SHAMPOO
2 CLAY CAR (WHEN REQUIRED)
3 WASH CAR AGAIN WITH MEGS SHAMPOO
4 POLISH
5 WAX
Im using micro fibre cloths for the polishing/waxing and a mit for the washing :rolleyes:
Washed the car at the weekend with a similar approach to the above except the claying. Used AG SRP and it worked well for me for the money :smiley: