Help w/ Polish Selection

Cam07

Cam07

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I know these kind of questions come up all of the time, but I'm really confused as to what polishes I should buy. I am wanting to polish my '05 torch red mustang and my mom's black envoy over the Christmas break and would like some suggestions as to what would work best on both of them. The swirls on my Mustang are pretty light, as I've been trying to wash it properly. My mom's envoy has I would say intermediate swirls. I know that I am going to use 845IW as a LSP. I have polished my mustang before, but just haven't had very good luck with the products used. I've used Meguiar’s and wasn't to thrilled with all of the dusting. I've also used optimum, but it seemed to take forever to break down. I got it before they came out with the new formula though, but I've been hesitant to try it again. Any suggestions? BTW I'm using a porter cable.



Thanks!
 
Get Menzerna SIP or powergloss compound. I use the PG with an orange or yellow LC pad with my UDM and it works great. I then follow that up with Menzerna 106ff nano polish as my finishing polish and the stuff just works so wonderfully. I know what you mean about the Optimum Polish I bought the new version and am not too impressed with it either so save your money. I am going to start mixing just a small amount of the Optimum polish with my Menz Powergloss to cut down on the dusting. I guarantee that you will be impressed with the Menzerna line! Just about everyone who uses it raves about it. Good luck! here's a before and after of my wife's 07 Lexus. I didn't realize it was that bad until I put it under the lights.







ignore the 4" yellow pad, that was for removing some wetsanding marks
 
Conan777, thanks for the advise. I would like to find a polish that's a little cheaper than the Menzerna products though. I see you have XMT pad conditioner, have you ever tried any of the other XMT products? I saw a kit on autogeek that looked pretty good.
 
no I haven't, only the pad conditioner and pad cleaner that came with my pad kit I ordered from them. You may want to try the XMT line. I've heard some good things but haven't tried em yet. Some times its better to bite the bullet and buy a product that you know will work versus wasting your money on cheaper products hoping that they will work to your satisfaction. The powergloss compound was only like $25. And it finishes down pretty good if you work it in long enough. You may not even need a finishing polish? Also depends on what kind of pads you are using.
 
Even for the money, I think SIP/106ff is worth it...



If you don't want to step up, try IP/FPII. That was a staple of this board for a long time and the results where (and still are) stunning...
 
Now that I think of it I have some Menzerna intensive polish. I thought it was an old version because I could not find it anywhere, but I just found it on properautocare.com. Is this the same stuff:Autogeek and here:Proper Auto Care? I have the one from proper auto care.
 
i have a question about the polishes i just got klasse aio and SG and now im looking at the menzerna polishes, what is the proper order of this, intensive polish, finshing glaze, and then AIO?
 
I ended up buying the Menzerna products from proper auto care. I got final polish II and finishing touch glaze. beat, I'm going to use intensive polish, final polish II and then the finishing touch glaze.
 
One thing I quit doing was "prepping" the pad, maybe ok on a PC but I don't see why, sure causes nothing but sling and splater with a rotary. Use enough to start with and add a little after you get going, clean with a brush after it starts to cake up and you'll be ok.
 
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