Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[old iron]

Advise please, which good polish should be used on mature cellulose paint finish. Also decent wax protection product? Thanks.

[alanb]

Ten years or so ago I did some driving for a company that imported and supplied Mercedes Benz funeral cars and the preparation veleter swore by Meguiars Gold class carnauba past.
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Morris 8 two seater

[old iron]

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Thank you for reply, I will have a look at that, I do know the name maquires as my lad uses one of their products on his car.

[MikeEdwards]

I tend to use Autoglym Super Resin Polish on my cars. I did a bit of asking around at various shows last year to see what others are using and that still seemed to be popular. I was asking because there's a new make almost every time you look.

You could probably ask on somewhere like Detailing World, see what people say on there, but you might get more different answers than you want.

[lowdrag]

I think I gave up waxing my cars in the last century. I tried so many products but getting that finishing touch just right was so difficult, and I could always see a swirl or mark somewhere so - I just stopped. Now I find that a good bucket of water with Fairy Liquid and a quality chamois gives me a satisfactory result, and for the painted wires (easier to keep clean than chromes) the high pressure washer with the shampoo bottle and a good blast afterwards is as good as I need. Not too close though! Although people talk about the problems of salt in the washing up liquid I have never experienced it, but do make sure the car is well rinsed after washing.

[old iron]

Mike, thanks for reply.
I have in the past found that the Autogylm products leave residue in white powdery form. I’m not a fanatic at the wash and polish level, just want to preserve the paint looking good. The white powder I found would build up in the really hard to get at edges, properly reflects my effort with the polish cloth.

[peter scott]

I too used to use Autoglym and got fed up with the white residues. I now use Simonize with Carnuba Wax.

Peter
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[old iron]

[alanb]

When I was a teenager in the early 60s there was a taxi driver a few doors up from my parents house, he had the shiniest black Rover 100 I’ve ever seen and he never polished it, he’d wash it rinse off the bubbles then wipe it over with a cloth soaked in paraffin then hose if off and let it dry in between washes he would use a nenette mop to keep up the shine.
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Morris 8 two seater