Meguiars How do you polish!!

[G60Jet 1]

okay boy and girls

 

Having tried a few Meguairs products over the past few week i'm impressed so

 

With the summer just arond the corner and the weather due to start picking up i figured its time to do the presummer polish.

 

With halfords doing that offer off spending £50 and getting £10 off next time your spend £10 or more i brought a few more Meguiars products.

 

So far i have the following

 

 

NXT Car Wash

Scratch X

NXT Tech Wax

Quik Detailer and Quick Clay

Endurance High Gloss Tyre Protection Gel (Brilliant product)

Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner (Brilliant product)

Luxurious Lambs Wool Wash Mitt

Versa-Angle Tyre Brush (Brilliant product)

Triple Duty Detail Brush

Water Magnet Drying Towel (F'in Brilliant product)

Supreme Shine Microfire (3 pack)

Foam Applicator Pad (twin pack)

 

And Im going back to get some more bits with my voucher tomorrow lol

 

Big question is why finishing wax to go for

 

do i do the following

 

STEP 1 - Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner

STEP 2 - Deep Crystal Polish

STEP 3 - Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax

 

OR

 

Gold Glass wax??

 

I was an autoglym fan but not happy with the result on my black Leon...want more shine

[Jim 2]

Jesus. Can I drop my Golf off at yours for a day, see if you can work some magic on it?! :)

[Furkz 0]

ive used glad class and used nxt tech wax other day and still prefer STEP 3 its just tooo good,,, see my ultimate dub pics in my gallery for evidence

[G60Jet 1]

yeah mate but i might get your mixed up with the other halfs and polish her's lol

 

seriouly this is cause my best mates Honda Civic Type R looks far better than mine paintwork wise. His Girlfriend only works a few hours a week and she spends all day polishing his!!! i've got to sort that out for a start!! cant have a rice wagen looking better than mine!!

[G60Jet 1]

http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/download.php?id=29264

 

thats a shine..... thats what im after

[coolrado 0]

if you allready have the Quik Detailer and Quick Clay you might as well just use stage 2 and 3 as the paint will be clean allready.

 

stage 3 gives a superb finnish and it smells good too :lol: and a friend of mine has used it on a black car and the results where brilliant.

[Furkz 0]

washed with meguiars NXT shampoo

 

then

 

STEP 3

 

easy as that mate,,, used some G10 in places where the paint had been oxidised and then used Step 3 over that,,, u can use scratch x instead of G10

[G60Jet 1]

just need a warm ish day to tackle it now, with no rain

[Furkz 0]

just need a warm ish day to tackle it now, with no rain

 

haha i did mine in the snow day before ultimate was funny had to keep putting the car in the garage when it snowed then bring it out when it stopped numerous times

[G60Jet 1]

We'll I've got loads of overtime in at work this week, but some with an hour or two off between OT and normal hours I can see myself polishing bits in the car park!! lol that will get some looks

[Trig 0]

Dunno about anyone else but after seeing Furk'z UD pics i'm fully taking his advice!

 

Shopping List...

 

Meguiars NXT shampoo

Meguiars Step 3

 

 

;)

 

..and it's cheap.

[RW1 0]

STEP 1 - Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner

STEP 2 - Deep Crystal Polish

STEP 3 - Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax

 

 

Worth doing all three if the paint hasn't been treated that way.

 

It's a "system". Then use the step3 & shampoo to maintain it.

 

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[ardandy 0]

Or the Mist & Wipe??

 

I use that for in between waxes and it works a treat!

 

Cue Mr Furkz response=

[Furkz 0]

speed detailer is better :lol:

 

wat RW1 says is prob better advice and i should really do that on my car but i cant be arsed

[double-6s 0]

Well I've just washed, dried and polished mine in an hour and a half using:

 

Meguiars NXT shampoo

Meguiars Step 3 tech wax - comes off so easily!

 

Fekin amazing - sooooo much better than the gold class stuff.

Unbelievable shine on it now :)

 

Nice rec Furk'z - can't see any point in doing any more than the above 2 steps.

[ardandy 0]

An hour and a half!

 

Not long enough! Has to be at least half a day! :)

[Dr Forinor 0]

An hour and a half!

 

Not long enough! Has to be at least half a day! :)

 

Lol, I'm thinking the same...

[Furkz 0]

spent best part of 4 days cleaning my car for ultimate,, still didnt get a chance to do the engine bay

[Storm77 0]

Right all this talk bout cleaning cars, I'm itching to get out there and spend some hours on mine. From reading this and the thread about removing swirls it seems I should do:

 

1. Meguiars NXT shampoo

2. Poorboys SSR2.5 (for removing swirls and hair line scratches)

3. Meguiars Step 3 - for a Furk'z style finish!

 

Sound about right?

[ZippyVR6 0]

Gotta say. I used claybar and then step 3 last year and was impressed. But last week I bought some deep gloss polish from Autoglym, ( the one with the black writing) and I was amazed how well she came up. Slapped a coat of stage 3 wax ontop and it is as close to perfect as its going to get this side of a respray.

[double-6s 0]

sod spending half a day on it! not me.

why bother when an hour and a half and its perfect........enough for me! :)

i never bother with detailing etc etc. whatever that is ;)

 

anyone who spends 1/2 to 4 days on polishing the car is in need of psychiatric help :)

 

or a bird??

[ardandy 0]

Got a fiance mate, spending that much time on the car is more of a refuge than having nothing else to do! :)

[W3RKD 0]

washed with meguiars NXT shampoo

 

then

 

STEP 3

 

easy as that mate,,, used some G10 in places where the paint had been oxidised and then used Step 3 over that,,, u can use scratch x instead of G10

 

You are forgetting the all important Duster mate...

[Walesy 0]

spent best part of 4 days cleaning my car for ultimate' date=', still didnt get a chance to do the engine bay[/quote']

 

How did you get it there? wrapped up on a trailer? ..by the pics it looks like you must have spent 4 days in the show hall polishing :lol:

[VR6 0]

Spent a few days after polishing 'it' as well ;)