redline Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 What's the best vax/polish I can pick up from halfords tomorrow ideally looking for vax as that's what most people suggested I should go for to protect the paint and make it look nice and shiney ? Opinions please ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I use g3 proffesional paste wax goes on really smooth and comes of with ease it's awesome stuff would deffo recommend it mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Finish Kare 1000p, you won't find it in Halfords but it's worth the wait ordering it online! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 If you don't want anything from halfords I recommend chemical guys 50/50 paste wax expensive tho but awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JayJ Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Dodo Juice Supernatural Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Green Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Autoglym Super Resin Polish & HD Wax. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Dodo Juice Supernatural This ;) John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie5414 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Only Supernatural, Best wax out. Big tub of it in the bamboo case can be re-filled at a lowered price just take care of the casing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JayJ Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Only Supernatural, Best wax out. Big tub of it in the bamboo case can be re-filled at a lowered price just take care of the casing. And with a small sample package you can easily wax Glanza 3 times Beading ;) Edited June 5, 2014 by JayJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie5414 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Corrrrrrr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Supernatural is one of the best waxes out for the price yea but there are much better waxes on the market just depends what you want to pay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobSR Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Surprised no ones mentioned Poorboys yet! I use there Black hole polish, and its sorted out the SR a treat! Edited June 5, 2014 by RobSR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Never used it dude car looks well tho and from a detailers point if view my fave products are chemic guys by far expensive stuff but fantastic quality other than that try auto finess there stuff is quality aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don.binary Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Well it depends on the colour of the car... My mate got some waterless wash & wax stuff made by Bees Knees a few years ago, that worked incredible on any colour but I can't find it anymore and I THINK it's been rebranded to ProShine...For red cars, most would say T Cut for leasing new life into your paint, but 3M's pro-cut compound (or something like that) is a million times better and what i'm getting in a couple of weeks just to keep the car looking nice until I can afford to paint it... For black cars my mate used to swear by Black Hole (something like that anyway) and would never buy anything else, his car always looked a really deep but gleaming black so I can't fault it really... As for the "beading" of water that most look for, an interesting fact about that is that its JUST a waxy coat sat on top of your paint which yes protects it from water residue and shines nicely but the paint underneath is still in exactly the same state so in my eye it's useless unless your looking for a temporary shine, I would personally use 3M compound to buff it up and sort any imperfections/fading in paint (on mine anyways since its red) then buff it up with turtle wax, a simple t-cut and turtle wax made my car gleam for about a week and my paint was pretty bad looking, needs doing again though as some of my window cleaner leaked and kind of took off the wax lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie5414 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 As for the "beading" of water that most look for, an interesting fact about that is that its JUST a waxy coat sat on top of your paint which yes protects it from water residue and shines nicely but the paint underneath is still in exactly the same state so in my eye it's useless unless your looking for a temporary shine, What? You polish the paintwork first before applying wax, so the paint underneath the wax _is_ shiny, and is then protected by the wax? That's the whole idea lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don.binary Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Yea I know, I just meant to say that the water beading is just an indication that the wax isn't water-soluble, thats all. Gives no indication of the quality of wax at all as paint needs protecting from (ironically) light, not water. Water leaves smears on the surface, light penetrates and degrades paint, making it fade. I know which I'd rather my car be protected from But the 3M compound shines up your paint prior to waxing so makes the perfect polish (for red cars at least, not sure if they do compound for other colours) and also protects the paint itself from sunlight (if the bottle is telling the truth lol) meaning that you don't have to worry about fading and can focus on ridding your car of nasty water smears sorry for confusion there mate, not thinking clearly today lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 3m compound is ok for a first stage correction I suppose not the best stuff it's dusty aswell but if you just use the 3m compound you still haven't corrected the paint it's still going to have scratches and swirls as it's a heavy compound it will need to be machine polished again with a (jewellers polish) as it's knows in the detailing world that will then correct any swirls scratches created by the compound then you could use wax after yes however it doesn't last long inuf you need to be putting a good seal on there like chemical guys jet seal and sealent is made for wax to be applied over the top so after the sealent has dried buff off then wax to bring out the depth of the paint at this stage you will be looking at a 90-95% correction and will look the bollox lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don.binary Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 3m compound is ok for a first stage correction I suppose not the best stuff it's dusty aswell but if you just use the 3m compound you still haven't corrected the paint it's still going to have scratches and swirls as it's a heavy compound it will need to be machine polished again with a (jewellers polish) as it's knows in the detailing world that will then correct any swirls scratches created by the compound then you could use wax after yes however it doesn't last long inuf you need to be putting a good seal on there like chemical guys jet seal and sealent is made for wax to be applied over the top so after the sealent has dried buff off then wax to bring out the depth of the paint at this stage you will be looking at a 90-95% correction and will look the bollox lol That sounds like some pretty good advice for my case cheer buddy... I haven't used 3M compound yet, its my uncle that was telling me about it so might have to mention this to him, I don't really have any swirls or scratches, but my paints faded. Really I need a respray cuz it looks like this was a learners car before (LOL) as theres scratches on every corner as if its scraped some poor F*ers car in a car park lol (I swear none of this was me!!) but the rest of the paint work is just faded, almost a matt pink, so from what I'm told by my uncle that compound will work wonders until I can afford the paint for him to paint it hopefully going Satin Black ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Where you live buddy?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don.binary Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Peterborough mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darraghmh91 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Whats the beat wax toud get for abour the 150 price range Lookin for somethin to giv it a top class shine and any other products to go along wih it like shampoo and polish etc Links would also be great help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 http://www.chemicalguysuk.com/mobile/Category.aspx?id=2I will only buy chemical guys products from now on there's a few waxes here what colour is your car??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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