What wax do youb people use?

I use Turtle wax.

or is it advisable to use polish before waxing?

A polish should be used to prep the paint for a final finsih of wax or sealer. Putting wax on top of poorly prepped paint won't look good. There are loads of products around and it all depends how serious you want to get in terms of how your car looks. The detailingwold website has stacks of info on how to wash/prep and wax your car properly. Personally is use Menzerna polishes followed by Jetseal as a sealant and then a coat or two of Dodo Juice Blue Velvet wax, but I am a total anorack.

What wax do youb people use?

I use Turtle wax.

or is it advisable to use polish before waxing?

Autoexpress - who test multitude of polishes on panels etc - rated Turtle Wax Platinum Precision Wax and Extra Gloss (sealant) as top performing products.

I use both consequently and am well pleased at shine and durability - and the brake dust etc just comes off the wheels with microfibre mitt 6 months on.

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Its well worth having a read of the guides on Car Care and Detailing - Products, Advice and Services - Polished Bliss

In particular, they give a good explanation of the difference between polish and wax, when each should be used, and what they are designed to do.

Whilst the AutoExpress test is useful, they do seem to mix the polishes up with waxes.

If looking for cheap, for 1 litre of the trade equivalent of Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection, £10.97 delivered doesn't seem too bad from here Faster Online when a 500ml bottle of Extra Gloss Protection in Halfords and Motorworld etc costs £11.99. Not tried it yet, although I guess most people would say there are better products about.

I have always used Poorboyz and Clearkote products from my mate at Serious Performance. The Poorboyz wax is second to none and I've used a few from meguiars through to Zymol through to standard Halfrauds stuff.

Its easy to apply - easy to take off - no nasty white streaks and the fact that they do wax applicable to car colour types means not only are you protecting your paintwork from the nasty british salty roads in winter you are helping to maintain your paintworks colour richness.

A good thing to invest in is the 3 step crystal system from either meguiars or clearkote. This will remove small swirl marks, paint oxidisation, tar, tree sap etc whilst preparing your car for a completely smooth surface to apply your end wax/detailer.

Autoexpress unfortunately get bungs from companies like Turtle to give them high ratings.

Very poor wax IMHO.

Autoexpress unfortunately get bungs from companies like Turtle to give them high ratings.

If that were the case I'd say it constituted Fraud and would warrant an investigation

You suggest anyone for the job ?

Someone good, mind :P

Autoexpress unfortunately get bungs from companies like Turtle to give them high ratings.

Very poor wax IMHO.

My mate says that about some computer mags who rate certain hardware highly.

I haven't had no quarrels with Turtle Wax (the original one)

I think the overall winner was Autoglym or some other make. just can't be asked fishing the magazine out.

The problem is that to 'most people' Turtle Wax Platinum is perfectly acceptable, but it is far from the best. AutoExpress didn't even bother to include what are considered to be the most popular waxes.

Oh and Val, I can't think of anyone suitable

you will have to wait for the Which report as they are unbias

Problem with a lot of 'reports' is they place a major emphasis on cost and ease/ speed of use etc. when deciding what is best.

My simple routine is wash, Autoglym Super Resin polish followed a few hours later by Turtle Wax Platinum extra gloss. Great result every time and lasts well:thumbup:. Tried loads of other products but always come back to the Autoglym.

autoglym aqua wax, its a spray on wax and wipe job and imho is better than collonite 476 and certianly much easier and quicker.

a proper wax you cant spray on and wipe off.

I can garentee that in a months time the aqua wax you will have to do again where as the collonite will be as good as the day you did it

Sorry, but I also fail to believe that a spray-type wax product will match the performance of a wax that's traditionally applied, especially against something as durable as Collinite 476S.

If it's still beading and providing protection after 6 months, as 476S does, I'll be extremely suprised.

Just my tuppence worth

Steve

Would any of you pros at detailing use a spray wax for a quick lazy top-up after cleaning?

I don't consider myself a pro, but the answer's still no

I used Victoria Concourse for top-up use, on top of two coats of 476S. On a decently prepped car this doesn't take long.

I'll just wash and dry during the winter, keep on top of all that road grime and salt! Then I'll strip all the protection off in the Spring and fully detail.

Steve

Would any of you pros at detailing use a spray wax for a quick lazy top-up after cleaning?

Possibly, although fairly unlikely because a decent wax won't need it.

:iagree:

I only popped the Concourse on to give the Black Magic a bit more gloss and depth

Steve

Collinite Super Double coat Wax is the dogs boll..cks

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Would any of you pros at detailing use a spray wax for a quick lazy top-up after cleaning?

Again nothing like a pro but once mine has been washed all i used is last touch spray to boost the shine

The thing is , as long as you use some wax...anything really.... you are doing your car a favour! I bet the vast majority of car owners in the Uk still wash their cars with washing up liquid or fire them through an automatic car was 3 or 4 times a year and thats it!

autoglym aqua wax, its a spray on wax and wipe job and imho is better than collonite 476 and certianly much easier and quicker.

:eek: you are Joking?

I've just used the megs DC1 and DC2 on my car then applied two coats of turtlewax gloss guard directly on top of that and the paint looked great. I then added two coats of Collinite 476s to this.

All done by hand and the Colli is a doddle to use IMHO as long as you put it on nice and thin, such as with a foam applicator etc.

The dirt from my european trip just ran off in the rain, and even today after every bird in the area decided my car was a target, just putting a wet cloth on this caused it to break down. I just poured some warm water over the car to remove the remains of this and the water just shot off the car and it was spotless again.

Would any of you pros at detailing use a spray wax for a quick lazy top-up after cleaning?

I'm a newby, but I haven't.

If the car is really clean and looks like it could do with a wax top up i'd probably just add another layer of colli or similar.

Not joking at all the collinite looks sh1te after a few days. ive just looked outside and can see the water running off my car with the AG one, where as when you put on the collinite it attracts dust to it and leaves a slight fur look for the first day or two and then after a few weeks seems to look crap as the water starts to puddle on the car where as the AG it beads.