basic advice pls

[loki86]

I have noticed that to be honest with autoglym, forever blowing the dust off after a buff.

Bought a megs clay bar and lube spray today(£14), was gonna have a read on some more polish before buying some.

do i need to follow the process to the letter as described above, i thought it was a case of ;

wash, clay, polish, done.

On reading some reviews on megs polish some people praise it to the hills and others say its overated and fades easily. whats the general view on this or does it vary on what colour car your using it on, mine is a metallic black mk3.

well.. it really is how far you want to go..

you could do...

wash, clay, wash, polish

or

wash, clay, wash, polish, wax

or

wash, clay, wash, polish, sealant, wax

or

wash, clay, wash, polish, glaze, sealant, wax

or

wash, clay, wash, polish, glaze, sealant, wax, wax

or

wash, clay, wash, polish, glaze, sealant, wax, wax, waxat a minimum i'd opt for the second one... on my own vehicles I always opt for the last option... makes maintaining the level of cleanliness so much easier 

this is the one

[Tazzy]

lol, as mentioned above, although you dont need to use alot of wax, just enough, but apply it correctly, the wax is the seal to prevent you losing the polish

the megs tech2 (and gold class) are both polish/waxes, so you get it done in half the time, however, neither of these contain carnauba, which is highly talked about

in which case you can use the megs 3 step product range (paint cleaner, pure polish, carnauba wax)

[Guy]

lol, as mentioned above, although you dont need to use alot of wax, just enough, but apply it correctly, the wax is the seal to prevent you losing the polish

the megs tech2 (and gold class) are both polish/waxes, so you get it done in half the time, however, neither of these contain carnauba, which is highly talked about

in which case you can use the megs 3 step product range (paint cleaner, pure polish, carnauba wax)

 

[ian24driver]

appreciate all the advice over the last day or so and think the 2nd option wash/clay/polish and hopefully wax if get the time. ill post a quick before and after pic over the weekend with the results.

thanks again.

[Guy]

appreciate all the advice over the last day or so and think the 2nd option wash/clay/polish and hopefully wax if get the time. ill post a quick before and after pic over the weekend with the results.

thanks again.

if you use a decent hard wax like collinite it will enhance your shine but more importantly protect the now exfoliated clearcoat from the elements and mean that dirt etc will have a harder time sticking to it... therefore meaning that your cleaning will be easier in the futcher 

use wax... it makes sense

[ian24driver]

could have gone better, got the roof and bonnet clayed first then the heavens opened up, drove to my local tesco which has a convienant under ground car park and polished roof/bonnet, looks mint and feels like glass. will have to complete the process next weekend when time and weather is on my side.

[Guy]

could have gone better, got the roof and bonnet clayed first then the heavens opened up, drove to my local tesco which has a convienant under ground car park and polished roof/bonnet, looks mint and feels like glass. will have to complete the process next weekend when time and weather is on my side.

you can clay in the rain... just not polish!