polish ??

[tb steve]

if not used correctly can seriously damage your paintwork

may i ask how ???? im confused its only clay ????

[coopsman1]

Originally Posted by steve180

if not used correctly can seriously damage your paintwork

may i ask how ???? im confused its only clay ????

Yes of course this is a common misconception about clay:

If you do not use plenty of lube on the clay and bodywork of the car. then you are effectivly DRAGGING it across your cars paintwork.

Its not the clay that will damage although it will leave clay residue on it which is a pig to remove, its the contaminants that it has picked up and you are dragging across your DRY paintwork.

I shall leave that to your imagination what sharp contaminants + dry paintwork =

[tb steve]

aahhhh cheers i get ya now

[coopsman1]

Originally Posted by steve180

aahhhh cheers i get ya now

No problem buddy,

[carl-mgzs]

super resin polish by auto glym all the way

[Bobdope2002]

yeh they need to be kicked out the country robbing our jobs

[Steves Cleenz]

Originally Posted by Bobdope2002

yeh they need to be kicked out the country robbing our jobs

robbing my jobs Bob lol,

Its not the clay that will damage although it will leave clay residue on it which is a pig to remove,

this is easily removed by lubing up again and claying the area again,

and to every one that is reccomending autoglym super resin polish, i personally do not reccomend this as this polish is full of fillers and the durability of it is absolutley rubbish, and also increases swirl marks in your paint from all the cutting additives in it, if you are after some good off the shelf polish then do a search for these polishes:

sonus
dodo juice
menzerna
and if you have got a lot of money then Zymol

i use all these products above and highly reccomend them, and by using the right products you can achieve finishes like this i did to a forum members car:

[Phate]

I polished mine with the Autoglym tonight, I'll post pics tomorrow. Car looks the dogs at the minute

[Steves Cleenz]

the first picture i posted is a members car that was in good nick, but when you put a halogen light upto the paint, thats when you can see the true damage that the polishes are doing, the picture is a 50/50 shot of a before a and after a good polishing, see the difference and notice the swirls on the left hand side,


give it a go with a halogen light and see what you come up with (best done in a garage or at night)

[Phate]

Originally Posted by 200bubs

give it a go with a halogen light and see what you come up with (best done in a garage or at night)

Oh yeah. Theres no doubt polishes do damage...I used a sheepskin hand cloth to put the polish on and the other side to take it off. It came up pretty well...but I went to SEVEN FREAKING Halford's today and could not find a claybar. If and when I find a claybar I'll do that to bring its true colours up