Can anyone recommend a wax that i could use to shine my GT? someone did suggest the turtle wax to me but i am not entirely sure about it. how about autoglym? which one is better the turtle wax or the autoglym.
I have used Meguiars car cleaning products for many years now and find them truly awesome. If I still have the pictures of my old calibra and fto after a polish I will post them for you to see the mirror-like finish I achieved with meguiars.
The first 2 images are of my fto and the second 2 of my calibra, both were polished on the same day , and honestly the last pic is a pic of the bonnet of my calibra. I will make a list of products up shortly.
Autoglym Super Resin Polish is a very mild abrasive (polish) that also contains some fillers. The polish removes some of the oxidised/swirled top coat and the fillers mask the remaining imperfections, so you get a nice shine.
Once you "cut" the surface though you should apply a wax so that the fillers and fresh paint are protected.
So.. Autoglym SRP first.. then a wax on top.
A/Glym do an HD Wax£££ and also an Extra Gloss Protection, both of which will protect the new surface.. but waxes is a topic all on its own.
For dark metallic colours this combination works amazing, better then any wax i have ever tried.
One coat of Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection followed by two coats of Blackfire Midnight Sun Ivory Carnuba Paste Wax.
I know it's deer but when you see the result it's all worth it. Makes the metallic flakes pop out with clarity and gives a dripping wet gloss reflective finish.
I use a number of different items, I use a hard/soft wax like Dodo Juice or Autoglym HD wax, then I use Autoglym Aquawax as a interm idea. Comes up really well, have a look at my pictures of the Dodo Juice and the Aquawax
seems like most of them are using the autoglym and no one has come back with the turtle wax so i may as well dumpp the turtle wax!!
thanks for the pics guys Matt and graduate!!
what you will find is that some people also put an wax on after the car has been polished...
I generally use Autoglym Super resin polish (SRP) and then use Dodo Purple velvet, this was developed for dark cars and it really does look the doggies rear swingers once it has been done with this, once i have done this then the car will get washed and dried off, and every 2-3 months i will reapply the SRP and dodo again
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