chrisan Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Planning ahead for car in my signature, it is non metallic, brilliant red. After reading many posts on this forum, I've come up with the following. How does this little lot sound: Lambswool wash mitt Lambswool polish mitt Megs NXT Gen Car Wash Autoglym SRP (is there a megs alternative here?) Megs NXT Tech Wax P21s Carnauba Wax Megs Endurance High Gloss Tyre Protection Gel I'm really not sure if I need polish and wax on a new car - is it necessary? Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 You have three waxes there as SRP is mostly wax and very little polish. It's more of a cleaner. If you keep your car waxed you hardly ever need to polish, so get a paint cleaner instead. P21s if fantastic, probably the best wax there is, but you may as well stick to one system and you are hard pushed to find a better one than NXT, although p21s to a system if you can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisan Posted July 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Thanks - so I could probably drop the Autoglym SRP, providing I maintain the waxing. What exactly do you mean by "paint cleaner". Can you give an example? Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_d...er&sku=M-97 It's just a mild polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_PC Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 The first time I cleaned my Astra I did the following. Washed with Gold Class Clayed with Sonus clay Hand polish using Poorboys pro polish (v v light) Sealed with Carlack 68 Topped with 4 Star Ultimate Paint Protection I was pretty lucky, in that the garage didn't do any real damage to the paint - only very light swirling to the rear bumper and roof. Funnily enough, my colleague had an Astra from the same place a month ago in darker silver metallic and the entire car was swirled to death - he doesn't give a toss about washing (and hasn't yet washed since delivery) but even he noticed the marks! I'll probably get flamed for this but I really don't think a new car needs machine polishing - mine has a few light swirls (that's why I chose silver - I mean I enjoy cleaning but I do have a life too) but it's a 3.5k a month co car. Quite honestly, if I was ever asked to accept a brand new car with any swirling to the paint, I'd reject it (if it was my own money) as new paint should be pristine - and before anyone jumps on me, I have a couple of clients who handle brand new car delivery & storage so I've seen cars fresh from their wrapping so to speak, before anyone's cleaned anything from them at all and the paint is to my eye at least flawless (Merc & Porsche). I'm sure the pro's here will however have plenty of horror stories to tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisan Posted July 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 So you would recommend I ask my dealer not to machine polish. I presume if said nothing, they would just do it? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I'm sure the pro's here will however have plenty of horror stories to tell! [/ QUOTE ] Oh yeah! Especially rover and Vauxhall - but thats going back a while. Most companies do not machine polish new cars. This means the paintwork is kinda raw. When the paint is sprayed on it lands where it falls and is actually a fairly rough survace when seen under a microscope. A machine polish can make it shinier than new. but you are probably right, they don't NEED it. Factory finish is good enough for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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