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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaz7
Mike - it's the other way around for fresh paint The wax will block all the pores (usually desirable) but you want to leave them open on fresh paint to allow some work hardening. A polish is fine as it doesn't block pores, and the paint will have already had a really harsh compound polishing by the body shop, so a light hand polish will be a breeze

Gareth
How fresh are you talking though?

Personally whenever I've had a respray done, the car doesn't see a road or even the light of day for at least 2 weeks so everything is hard and settled anyway before doing anything else

As for polish, well the best way would be a 3-stage job, but for a decent all-in-one, I'd recommend something like this from Chemical Guys

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polish.../prod_166.html

or poorboys products

Then get yourself some of this for when you get round to waxing it as well, it's a pre-wax cleanser

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/do.../prod_441.html

that one is really easy to use

Then for that something extra special invest in a bottle of this

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/zaino/.../prod_471.html

Go over your car with that after waxing and it'll remove any unwanted residue and give you a proper show car shine. It's expensive for a QD, but by far the best

Also get some of this to wash your car with too

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washin.../prod_165.html

it's one of the cheapest and best "wax-friendly" shampoos, so it'll wash your car good and proper between waxes without stripping the wax off.

That along with the Collonite would be a very, very good basic kit IMO. With Collonite you wouldn't need to wax it very often as it's so durable, but you can use the Z8 spray after washing in between time to enhance the shine etc
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