Pretty soon I'll be giving my car a treat...a coat of AG Super Resin Polish followed by a coat of AG Extra Gloss Protection. I have two questions regarding this:

1. How long should I leave it between the two applications?

2. Are either of them likely to leave milky marks if I carelessly touch the rubber/plastic trim around the windows/windscreen?

Thank you for any advice.

Mike.

1. As little or as long as you like. I always do it straight after.

2. Yes, AG is awful for this.....but easily fixed with some IPA/Glass Cleaner/APC

3. Leave the Extra Gloss on for at least an hour and just wipe it on the surface, don't rub as you will just 'wash' off the hard work of the AG SRP.

for the full effect of the EGP best to leave it over night, if you have a garage your laughing, if not then your fate lies in the weather. And if your applying the SRP with a DA or Rotary then your best to mask off the rubbers as best as you can, or just be very carefull not to get the SRP on the rubbers as its a swine to get off.

Thank you both.

One final question, if I may:

Is SRP okay to use on a brand new car (well 3 months old by the time I do it)? I was wondering about the `cutting` element of it on new paint.

Many thanks.

Mike.

well are you applying by hand or machine?? if by hand then yeh no problem, if by DA or Rotary i would only use a finishing pad, and has the car got any type of finish on it already??

well are you applying by hand or machine?? if by hand then yeh no problem, if by DA or Rotary i would only use a finishing pad, and has the car got any type of finish on it already??

I will be doing it by hand. The car was Autoglym `Lifeshined` when I took delivery of it but I was advised that the coating will have worn off by 3 months. Its at that stage that I intend to give it its `Treat`. I intend to `clay` the car prior to the polishing it to get rid of any remnants of the `Lifeshine`. I'm just hoping that's a sensible thing to do.

Is SRP okay to use on a brand new car (well 3 months old by the time I do it)? I was wondering about the `cutting` element of it on new paint.

SRP has a very mild cutting ability, it's mainly fillers. However if it's a new car with paintwork in good condition then one quick application is enough, just to give the EGP something to bond with. As has already been said, the longer you can leave EGP before buffing it off, the better (if I can sneak my Furby in the garage I leave it overnight), and if you can pop a second coat on after buffing it will last a fair bit longer.

Edited 26 August, 201213 yr by ckyliu

well you can clay it and it wont hurt, just give the car a couple of good washes first, and if you doing it by hand you will be just fine so dont worry.

Also just to throw a spanner in the works i dont really rate the AG EGP that highly, it just does not seem to keep the car protected for very long at all, where as this beauty is just amazing, i did my dads 850 csi in february and finished off with that stuff and its still beading off like it was done yesterday.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/wolf-39-s-chemicals-nano-body-wrap/prod_901.html

just my 2p

Edited 26 August, 201213 yr by kadvr6