how to get the best shine

[c2john]

how should i get the best shine out of my c2? i want a nice deep shine to make the car stand out, should i use wax or polish?

what products are there that will achieve a really nice shine and finish?

what do you guys use?

regards,
John

[chambers]

polish twice a year wax every week if you have time (or more)

Loads of different polishes you can use alot of good quality ones, ones with carnuba wax in are supposed to be good. It all depends on your budget

[leighbe]

Autoglym stuff - got pretty much everything there is - swear by it.

Definitely polish at least twice a year, use paint restorer every two years too if you've a few days on your hands.

Waxing's a must - I do every other week but my car's kept covered.

[Timbobuk]

:clap: :thumbsup: :clap: Meguiars! Tech Wax!!! :clap: :thumbsup: :clap:

[c2john]

what wax would you recomend? do you put it on in the same way that you do with polish?

should you not polish your car alot then?

[chambers]

notsure the best to use as I dont really have the time to wax/polish mine. Dont polish too often tho as you are rubbing off the top layer of laquer, do it too much and you will have no laquer and eventually no paint (obviously extreme case scenario)

[c2john]

kwl, so polish wont really give yopu a shine, but wax will, is the Meguiars Tech Wax good then?

i had a litle look at it on the interweb and it looks decent.

[x_Sam_x]

My boyfriend clayed mine, which made the paint smooth and shiny.

But usually just Wax, usually Meguiars Gold Class :)

[c2john]

is this the one? Clicky (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_20 1921_langId_-1_categoryId_123054#)

ive just been looking on the net and found that you can get liquid wax or hard clay wax. which would be best to use?

[x_Sam_x]

The clay made mine reallly shiny! But apparently it takes a while.

Yep, thats the max, although you can buy the shampoo and wax together for £16 i think... Money well spent if you ask me. Always used that and always looks shiny!

:)

[c2john]

cool, i will give that ago thanks, well i bought and auto glym set so i don't need the shampoo, but thanks for recomending it.

[cliveGT]

polish only a few times a year as its quite rough for the paint :( but wax is ok for it so you can wax about once a week with some good effects :) polish i use autoglym super polish, and the wax i have a few Meg wax paste, P21, and i am looking at the new autoglym HID wax but its £39 a tub :(

[c2john]

cool, thanks, i think im going to try the Meguiars. but not sure weather to get the high tech one or the gold

[Leeds_lad121]

My routine:


wash wheels first,

dry,

dress tyres,

wash car using the 2 bucket method,

dry,

clay (occasionally)

re-wash (to get rid of the shite that the clay leaves)

dry,

Polish on,

polish off,

wipe all over with microfibre cloth,

wax on

wax off

dress plastics/buff exhaust.

Then if i can be arsed, do the interior lol

I use autoglym car shampoo, autoglym super resin spolish, Tropi-care clay bar, Autoglym fast wheels, SmartWax Wax (swear by the stuff!!!) AND THE RESULTS:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/leeds_lad121/Clio/DSCF1176.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/leeds_lad121/Clio/DSCF1173.jpg

[Craig]

Swear by Zymol and autoglym


Been polishing my car once a week recently as it looks so good LOL

[cliveGT]

leedslad, you have polished that to much ................. its turned into a clio :P :( looks nice tho mate

[c2john]

will putting caly on before i polish it dramatically improve the shine or will it just help it a little bit?

[cliveGT]

yes as the clay bar gets rid of crap on the surface of the paint, and makes it glass smooth :D

[Leeds_lad121]

yes as the clay bar gets rid of crap on the surface of the paint, and makes it glass smooth :D

But its a pain in the arse to do! well i think so anyway :( just DONT DROP IT!!!!

[c2john]

do you recomend i get a clay bar then?

[Timbobuk]

Yep, I've got the below, it works like a dream. Isn't too much more hard work than waxing it all either. Great results! :clap:

http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/Store/Product/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=311

[shaunyvts]

clay kits are good just dont go too hard at the paint because you can make swirls worse, its only supposed to remove bonded contaminants such as tar and tree sap, I use meguairs they do a kit in halfrauds at the moment for about £25 cant really go wrong with meguairs or autoglym but if your pockets are a bit deeper go for zymol, there is a lot of info and guides on detalingworld.com.

[Maleko]

gonna have to get me some clay!

Quarry not far from me, will take a visit.......

[shaunyvts]

gonna have to get me some clay!

Quarry not far from me, will take a visit.......

Oh dear lol :gmc:

[adamgale11]

bought mer car polish from halfords so for something to use on the car every week would you recommend a liquid wax instead of the polish?

[cooldudes_vts]

how should i get the best shine out of my c2?

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