Williams F1 polish from halfords

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

iv been using this stuff for a while(instant showcar finish) and well happy with it.. goes on and comes off easy. I tend to wash the car 2-3 times aweek and and get this on to it,dosnt take long and keeps it looking fresh Very Happy

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

Try Meguiars, then you'll realise what's good and what aint.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:18 pm

Just finished my bottle of MER, Gives a good shine but annoying white powdery after shine sometimes

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

ive tryd megs (still got some left) only reason i prefer this is i ploish it quite often and its less time consuming..i personally think i get the same result.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 458

use megs quick detailer does exactly what it says on the tin!

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

nice1 mate..is the NXT range?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

i find the meguiars product range highly bewildering. Cant see why there are so many different products, and dont know which one to use. Confused

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

know what you mean.you'll have to go through it one by one Smile

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 458

no it's just called quick detailer. the range is vast to now my set of megs stands at:
Soft Wash
3 step cleaner/polish/wax
cleaner wax
tech wax (NXT spray)
quick detailer
plastic-x
trim detailer

I love the stuff if you really look into it they all serve different purposes depends what the paint is like and what it needs to reach the best possible result. cars of our age benifit from a 3 step, but this costs Â£24 for the 3 bottles and takes alot of time. The final result is great, a clear wax finish as smoooth as glass.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

to be honest, i am of the opinion that good old t-cut and wax does the job perfectly good.

T-cut polishes the surface...

wax protects it....

i think there is a hell of a lot of gimmickery selling many many differing brands of polish.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

i am still yet to give my free Meguiars Machine Glaze a go with my new polisher Rolling Eyes

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 458

t-cut doesn't polish, a polish should feed the paint t-cut actually strips away layers of laquer/paint. best used for light scratches and overspray etc but not to often. the gimmicks are the thingd like the Flash car wash system.......hmm of course lets clean the car with the same stuff used upon the kitchen sink.....very big gimmick.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

T-cut is a polish, a polish is an abrasive substance that on a small scale rubs the surface away, smoothing out imperfections. Like rubbing with sandpaper. How do you think brasso works?

Anything that feeds the paint , like colour fast, just adds coloured stuff to the paint, filling in the imperfections in an attempt to hide them...this soon washes out. thats a gimmick

i feel the trouble is ppl want magical things that you just point at the car and all the scratches and swirls and chips magically dissapear...they don't want to crack open a tin of elbow grease and physically remove the scratches - the only way.

wax then protects this polished surface as it will easily scratch.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 458

Yeah I agree colour fast is crap, and yep agree on the polish term!
but paint can be fed to enhance depth appearance and colour, using natural oils. none of what i use is quick and easy, quite the opposite, i agree the only way for a perfect finish is to remove the scratches but there are only so many times you can actually use products like t-cut before you remove laquer & paint which reduces the protection

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

true, why you should only use it for repairs like scratches rather than on a regular basis for making it look good.

but if the scratch has gone thru the lacquar it needs paint anyway.

Level 10 User Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 570

T-cut kicks ass I did my entire car with it a couple of weeks ago.

I didn't wax it though. Was thinking of buying one of those polishers from A1 motor stores.

The electric ones as doing it by hand takes forever.

Does anyone recommend them and would they damage the paint in anyway?

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

id do it by hand, if ur not careful with leccy ones u can easy put lots of swirls in the job/....get some wax on asap mate or it will go shit.