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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Default Best polish to use on a red car?

Im looking at the "all in one" type polish where you just wipe on and wipe off easily, whats the best to use?
I was looking at ones by chemical guys etc but theres so many to choose from?
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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i used ultra glym deep shine on mine and it came up clean (and red )
http://redirectingat.com/?id=42X145&...466%26page%3D1
more pics on page 2
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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I did consider that yeah, even though i recently stopped using AG's body work shampoo as its crap


Very good effort on your car by the way, my paint work looks like your "afters" right now, so i wont need to use the popeye arms too much

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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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For hand polishing, Meguairs Scratch X works well and is the easiest to use.

Nothing comes close to a rotary and proper polishing though
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Originally Posted by Mike C
For hand polishing, Meguairs Scratch X works well and is the easiest to use.

Nothing comes close to a rotary and proper polishing though

yeah i know that, but ill just be using man power for now

I thought the scratch x was specifically for scratches? not an all out polish for an awesome shine/finish?
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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Raceglaze's 'Crem Perfection' is a superb AIO product. Cleans the paint, adds some glazing oils to enhance the colour and has a very high carnauba wax content for a liquid product. I used this for many years.

http://www.raceglaze.co.uk/wash&polish.html (you'll have to scroll down a bit)

Oh, it smells delicious as well

Another alternative (but I've not used this personally) is Dodo's Need For Speed:-

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/do.../prod_501.html

Or this one (which I do use now quite a lot) Quite similar to the Raceglaze in what it does

http://www.performancemotorcare.com/...uba__1244.html

I'm assuming here you're just after a product to clean and enhance the paint and add some protection in one simple application step rather than a pure polish for any kind of swirl removing ability?

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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Pit Viper
Raceglaze's 'Crem Perfection' is a superb AIO product. Cleans the paint, adds some glazing oils to enhance the colour and has a very high carnauba wax content for a liquid product. I used this for many years.

http://www.raceglaze.co.uk/wash&polish.html (you'll have to scroll down a bit)

Oh, it smells delicious as well

Another alternative (but I've not used this personally) is Dodo's Need For Speed:-

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/do.../prod_501.html

Or this one (which I do use now quite a lot) Quite similar to the Raceglaze in what it does

http://www.performancemotorcare.com/...uba__1244.html

I'm assuming here you're just after a product to clean and enhance the paint and add some protection in one simple application step rather than a pure polish for any kind of swirl removing ability?
Yeah pretty much, just want to add to the shine and protect all in one

Never heard of raceglaze myself...........

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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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I have got Dodo's "Need for Speed" not a bad AIO but i have not used others to compare.

On my black Golf it made a noticable improvement and the swirls were deffinatly reduced, not sure if they were filled or removed as they were only very light as the car had been machined polished 12months before and i try to keep it looking the best i can.

With the Dodo "NFS" i was getting about a months worth of water beading/protection before it would need doing again

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