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Offline knobby

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What Polish to use?
« on: 24 May 2006, 15:39 »
Hi Guys

After some advice on what Polish to use. I tend to use T-Cut and then Turtle wax polish, but recently i havent been very successful with this. Ive heard good things about autogleem (Spelling) and Mer...

Whats the best.. Need something to cut and polish the paintwork!

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #1 on: 24 May 2006, 15:55 »
Autoglym Resin polish mate, it's the dogs danglies, and brought my paint back from being silly pink a treat. 4 coats of it i put on, and then waxed it twice. Hasn't needed touching again in the last 3 weeks. Bearing in mind it hasn't stopped raining here for the last week on and off thats pretty good.

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #2 on: 24 May 2006, 16:04 »
Hey...
 
thanks for the response.. so does the Resin cut the paint? and then use Autoglym wax to protect the paintwork?

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #3 on: 24 May 2006, 16:09 »
mergiarrs ( :undecided:I don't know how to bloody spell it) is really good too  :smiley:

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2006, 16:11 »
I don't think the resin cuts it, (i used 5 coats of safecut) then polished it up, it does however put a amzingly deep shine onto the paint, nothing i have used has matched it yet, including the meguires stuff. Feels like glass, and where i put the polish bottle on the bonnet before it just slides straight off now.

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #5 on: 24 May 2006, 16:13 »
I bought autogym deep shine for dark colours, have not used it yet (too bloody wet) but i was recommended it aswell!

DON'T get theat colour match stuff, utter crap!
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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #6 on: 24 May 2006, 16:16 »
I must admit it was AutoGlym that got mine shining like that in my siggy pic  :smug: - not bad for a car that had just been taken out of 9 years storage  :cool:

I use the me*g****s  :undecided: stuff cos my mate gave me a bottle of the stuff they made for mercedes  :smiley:

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #7 on: 24 May 2006, 16:19 »
Autoglym Resin polish mate, it's the dogs danglies, and brought my paint back from being silly pink a treat. 4 coats of it i put on, and then waxed it twice. Hasn't needed touching again in the last 3 weeks. Bearing in mind it hasn't stopped raining here for the last week on and off thats pretty good.

do u need to t-cut first with that stuff ti bring it back from pink to red or does that stuff do the t-cut's job.....I hate t-cutting you see!

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #8 on: 24 May 2006, 16:20 »
My point totally.. T-cut makes a right mess... im gonna get some of the Autoglyum polish resin just what cutting stuff to use. whats the safecut, who makes that?

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Re: What Polish to use?
« Reply #9 on: 24 May 2006, 16:28 »
T-CUT is sh!t compared to the Safecut stuff, it's avaliable at all halfords stores, and comes in a yellow and red bottle. Goes on like polish, and works a treat, just do a few cuts with that, and then do a few coats with the autoglym polish. Whilst in halfords get some Valeting clothes, NOT POLISHING CLOTHES! These in conjunction with the polish will bring it to a deep shine and finish like you have never seen. I almost wee'd a little when i had finished mine.  :cool: