New Year Wash

**spennny** · 28th December 2008, 18:57

Ok, new year approaches, first i am going to " Clay " the car, then polish it, then wax it.....

Roughly spend a few hours ( all day saturday) i dont have any machines so all manual work

Whats best products

I have maguires clay............ so whats next !!!

**mhvcbv** · 28th December 2008, 19:03

hi m8
i use :-
wash
clay
wash
ag resin polish
poorboys polish (blue)
ag sealant
poorboys black hole glaze
poorboys wax (blue) 2 coats
normaly takes about 6-8 hrs

**PeterVV** · 28th December 2008, 19:13

when I did mine, I washed with Autoglym Shampoo & conditioner ( when rinsing dont dry it will act as a lube ), then I used the megs clay, then rinsed and dryed, then used autoglym SRP, then used Megs no7 glaze, then I used a coat of Poorboys Nattys wax .
This aint a 5 minute job, so you may want to consider doing half the car at a time.
Incidentally , I wasnt impressed with the megs No7, I believe it works better on darker cars - (mine is silver )

**WKD-mcc** · 28th December 2008, 19:40

wots the best thing to use to get black,av just got a standard polish and wax but doesnt come out as good as I'd want it to,any tips.a use turtle wax thinkin that thatl do because of the usual 'brand name' cenario if you get what i mean.am just not happy with it at all.would be great to get some advice on it thanks.

**mhvcbv** · 28th December 2008, 20:31

Originally Posted by WKD-mcc

wots the best thing to use to get black,av just got a standard polish and wax but doesnt come out as good as I'd want it to,any tips.a use turtle wax thinkin that thatl do because of the usual 'brand name' cenario if you get what i mean.am just not happy with it at all.would be great to get some advice on it thanks.

hi
the poorboys that i use are for dark colour paints and do the job very well

**alexander08** · 28th December 2008, 20:41

anyone now what would be the best for silver lighting.. i've seen a few shiny cars in my colour but mines seems to have lost its shine with ite previous owner.. so what you think would bring it back? t-cut??

**mhvcbv** · 28th December 2008, 20:44

Originally Posted by alexander08

anyone now what would be the best for silver lighting.. I've seen a few shiny cars in my colour but mines seems to have lost its shine with ite previous owner.. So what you think would bring it back? T-cut??

do not use t-cut

**alexander08** · 28th December 2008, 20:45

Originally Posted by mhvcbv

do not use t-cut

lol haha... you got my attention.. why not ?? i know it takes away the top layer of paint but i know plenty of people who have used it (although on darker cars) and it has came up really nice.. ?? what would you recommend instead then??

**mhvcbv** · 28th December 2008, 20:54

Originally Posted by alexander08

lol haha... you got my attention.. why not ?? i know it takes away the top layer of paint but i know plenty of people who have used it (although on darker cars) and it has came up really nice.. ?? what would you recommend instead then??

hi
the crystals in t-cut dont brake down so they will get rid of big scatches but leave loads of little swirls.
the scratch X is good but will take ages by hand.
i use a poorboys scratch remover 2.5 but again takes ages by hand.
you could get a machine polisher (silverline orange)at the very least (£35)and some meguiars pads.

you can hide light swirls by using Ag super resin polish or some glazes as they are full of fillers.