MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: Fletch..gti on January 29, 2011, 08:41:38 pm

Title: Help which polish
Post by: Fletch..gti on January 29, 2011, 08:41:38 pm

Still newish to all this , will be claying car when it starts to get
Warmer. I know it's polish / seal / wax the seal will be jetseal 109 and the wax dodo but don't know which polish to use ??

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: Bennett vrs on January 29, 2011, 11:36:49 pm

Autoglym super resin polish is always a pretty good start, depends how far you want to take it but by hand SRP is a good swirl filler and good base for sealing and waxing on top of.

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: stealthwolf on January 30, 2011, 02:19:09 am

As above, depends on what you want to do and how. Machine polishing delivers the best results but requires good equipment (polisher, pads, polishes) and environment (lighting, dust-free, etc). Hand polishing has some good results but requires far more effort. To be adequately done it can take several hours.

You can also achieve different levels of polishing - light swirl removal (can be done by hand) all the way to full paint correction (requires machine, knowledge and experience). With hand polishing, you are limited to a specific outcome and it won't be as good as machine polishing.

Autoglym SRP is a good starting point. Use pea sized amounts and work over small sections, using various overlapping passes eg up-down several times and then side-side. Might be best to plan in advance how to tackle this. SRP has fillers and abrasives which will help reduce light swirls.

You need to clay and polish only two or three times a year. The dodo juice spin doctor can be bought for around £100. Also consider the kestrel DA6 and megs g220.

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: Fletch..gti on January 30, 2011, 08:12:21 am

 Thanks lads it will be by hand . Srp it is then how many coats
Would you put on one or two .

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: stealthwolf on January 30, 2011, 09:12:12 am

The more the merrier (to a point). Two or three coats would be fine but a lot of work!

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: Gene Hunt on January 30, 2011, 10:06:43 am

If you have a dark colour Autoglym super ultra deep gloss works a treat. Did on my last GTI which was Diamond black & my new ''standard black'' ?, looks the same after a quick coat. :happy2:

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: Fletch..gti on January 30, 2011, 03:21:26 pm

She's reflex silver

Title: Re: Help which polish
Post by: keith on January 30, 2011, 10:22:33 pm

If your using dodo wax then consider lime prime or lime prime light from dodo as well a 250ml bottle will last a fair old while. Also need for speed polish from dodo.
the light has no abrassives, lime prime has some.