What Polish or Wax do you use ?

[GTP 320]

What do most Fordforums members use as their favourite brand as in Wax's or Polish to keep your Ford gleaming and looking as good as ever.
There are heaps of different brands out there available with probably Meguiar's being one of the best and that's the one i've been using the most,but i have come across an Australian brand called Bowden's Own and believe me it's the best ever that i have used and the best thing about it is it's fully Australian owned not cheap but you pay for what you get as the old saying goes.
If you buy one of their packages it comes with Auto body Gel,Auto body Cleanser and the Auto body Perfection Wax plus it comes with the Microfibre cloth for Buffing ,Window ,and Wheel and Chamois ,Microfibre Wash Mitt,and also applicators.I certainly fully recommend their product.
What's your favourite ones out there ?
Cheers John

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by GTP 320

What do most Fordforums members use as their favourite brand as in Wax's or Polish to keep your Ford gleaming and looking as good as ever.
There are heaps of different brands out there available with probably Meguiar's being one of the best and that's the one i've been using the most,but i have come across an Australian brand called Bowden's Own and believe me it's the best ever that i have used and the best thing about it is it's fully Australian owned not cheap but you pay for what you get as the old saying goes.
If you buy one of their packages it comes with Auto body Gel,Auto body Cleanser and the Auto body Perfection Wax plus it comes with the Microfibre cloth for Buffing ,Window ,and Wheel and Chamois ,Microfibre Wash Mitt,and also applicators.I certainly fully recommend their product.
What's your favourite ones out there ?
Cheers John

Have a look at the carwash article on aufalcon.com

[Casper]

agreed, the article is very good however, for myself, I use the turtle wax colour polish...helps hide all the little things that appear on black cars. On top of that I use Gold Class wax. All up it works pretty well.

[galaxy xr8]

I use Mequair's paint cleaner then their wet look polish followed by gold class wax, I'm happy with the result, I have used Auto Glym and find this to be exalent as well, but I have heard about Bowden's own and would like to try it to see for myself, look's like I may have too, what did the pakage all up cost you John?.

[GTP 320]

Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

I use Mequair's paint cleaner then their wet look polish followed by gold class wax, I'm happy with the result, I have used Auto Glym and find this to be exalent as well, but I have heard about Bowden's own and would like to try it to see for myself, look's like I may have too, what did the pakage all up cost you John?.

I bought the package at the Holden / Ford show in Melbourne and from memory a special price of around $160 normally around the $220 and it also comes with a bucket and a bag of Jelly Beans lol
Cheers John

[Dodge]

eagle one wet look polish

[lv619]

Turtle wax color wax, only use a few times a year, but it manages to do a good job.

[Sylox]

Meguiars Tech Wax ( by far the best i have seen on black paint)
Meguiars Scratch X for light scratch removal
3m compound swirl remover
And a hand full of pro products from work.

[Feathers]

On the XD I used Nu Finish polish, which we also use on our buses.
Loved seeing my Dad lean on the car once, and slide off after I'd polished it.
It's also really good on faded paint. My Dad's ute looked awful until we polished it, but it came up pretty well.
At the moment I'm trying some ArmourAll products. Basically cause we sell the range at work, and I'm too lazy to walk to the auto shop 4 stores away from us.

[chippa6]

I use meguire's quik detailer straight after each wash. Doesn't take long to do the whole car - just dont leave it on for too long otherwise you will need arms like the hulk to rub it out. I do one panel at a time and when im finished waxign it on it is ready to wax off the part of the panel where i started.

Cheers
Chippa

[Thunder Kiss]

I use Maguiar's Soft Wash Gel, their Deep Crystal Polish and their Deep Crystal Carnauba wax. I'm very happy with Maguar's but I wouldn't mind trying out Bowdens Own (just to see if it's any better).

[Des]

Meguiars for all of the windows, wash, polish and wax stuff. I also use Auto Glym "Tar and Bug" and a Mothers claybar. It will take a full day to wash, bar, wash, polish & wax, but the results are absolutely schmick. The amount of crap the bar removes and the glass like finish leaves the car shining and means you only need to do the whole job every quarter....Oh, I also remove the alloys every service to rotate front to rear and to clean/remove all the gunk inside and clean with Meguiars wheel cleaner.

[SVR73]

For me there are too many polishes and other paint prep products to list.
Most you've probably never heard of, a few you would have

Hardly ever polish my car. Occasionally I need to do some spot repair, removing scratches etc that show up now and then.
Only the front bumper and hood of my car get waxed and that's on top of seven coats of sealants.

When I do, it's P21S concourse paste wax
As for sealants & waxes I have the following
Sealants - klasse AIO & SG (acrylic), Menzerna Full Metal Jacket (super polymer), Wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant (super polymer), Dura Glaze (polymer), Poorboys World EX-P (amino resins), Omikron Bodyguard (ceramic) & Bodyseal (polymer), Magnum Top Gear lustre power, Four Star UPP, Winners Circle Supa Seal & more

Waxes - P21S, Collinite Marque D Elegance & Intimidator, Malco Flash, Pacer Rocket, Omikron Premium Liquid Wax (synthetic), Autosmart carnauba gold

[Smoke Pursuit]

I use what Sylox Uses. High Tech Wax.

I also use 3M Finish It Glaze and Compound for removing any swirls or scratches.

Basically most these Turtle wax products etc only cover scratches and imperfections up, 3M completely removes them and is used by most FORD dealers on new vehicles in predelivery.

[Noddy]

Swissol products

www.swissol.com

[rag top]

I generally use meguires products, followed by mothers (if I can't find what I want in meguires range when needed)....

But I end up with a lot of cheaper cleaning products as gifts over the year, so I use those on the wife's car or any mates that want to borrow some.

[XAGSV8]

Bought Bowdens Own and have never looked back. Here is an example of my car.

PS. All the cloudiness in the paint is actually clouds.

Another question, how often does everyone wax there car?

[XAGSV8]

Originally Posted by hambo_12

Another question, how often does everyone wax there car?

I wax once every six months but my car only goes out once every couple of weeks. For regular driving at lease once every one to two months.

[galaxy xr8]

I only wax once every yr or so because I don't do alot of klm's and the vehicle is kep't in the garage.

[kooky]

Auto glym car wash followed by Meguiars clay bar (you have to try this its great for black cars) Meguiars scratchX, topped off with Meguiars gold class wax or nxt generation tech wax<---(havnt tried this yet but will be used this weekend)

[GT 8888]

Originally Posted by SVR73

For me there are too many polishes and other paint prep products to list.
Most you've probably never heard of, a few you would have

Hardly ever polish my car. Occasionally I need to do some spot repair, removing scratches etc that show up now and then.
Only the front bumper and hood of my car get waxed and that's on top of seven coats of sealants.

When I do, it's P21S concourse paste wax
As for sealants & waxes I have the following
Sealants - klasse AIO & SG (acrylic), Menzerna Full Metal Jacket (super polymer), Wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant (super polymer), Dura Glaze (polymer), Poorboys World EX-P (amino resins), Omikron Bodyguard (ceramic) & Bodyseal (polymer), Magnum Top Gear lustre power, Four Star UPP, Winners Circle Supa Seal & more

Waxes - P21S, Collinite Marque D Elegance & Intimidator, Malco Flash, Pacer Rocket, Omikron Premium Liquid Wax (synthetic), Autosmart carnauba gold

What do you think of the Autosmart products....reason I ask is that we had Kevin May from City Car Detailers speak at the FPV & XR Club last night and he bought along a guy from Auto Smart and gave us the latest brochure. I had never heard of them before but I was thinking of giving it a go.

Brad

[TheSneakiness]

I would use Bowden's Own, only cause I know the guys. We build their sheds for all the cars they have in their collection. To see... www.bowdensown.com.au

The only reason I don't wax and polish or even clear my car is because we live on a part bitumen/part dirt road and I find that after two days, it's covered in dust and sh*t. I don't bother.

[tickford2001]

i generally use meguiars products, but i will be giving that bowdens stuff a go after the good wrap it is getting

can you get it from autobarn / supercheap etc???

[FTE217]

All Meguir's products for me..........
Gold wash every week or at worst second week.
Quik Detail/Wax altenative months.
Very easy maintenance.....
My company car used for country trips as well.

[SSbaby]

Meguir's

• For a general wash I use the soap wash then apply the Quick Detailer afterwards.
• Every 3 months (season) I use a three step process:

  1. Paint Cleaner
  2. Polymer Sealant (Deep Crystal)
  3. Carnuba Wax

[GTP 320]

Originally Posted by hambo_12

Another question, how often does everyone wax there car?

I wax mine about once a month,im a fanatic and like the look of a gleaming car,even though it get's used only on weekends if at all.
Cheers John

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by tickford2001

i generally use meguiars products, but i will be giving that bowdens stuff a go after the good wrap it is getting

can you get it from autobarn / supercheap etc???

Yeah. They have it in Autobarn stores nationwide

[mcflux]

Wax? Polish?

Maybe Ebony does need a WaxJob<tm>, but to achieve the "wet look" I leave her out in the rain... :Reverend:

-Dave-

[fairmont1998]

Every three months I use the Maguires 3 step system, and in the months between I use Maguires Gold Class Carnauba.
I wouldn't mind trying out the Bowden's own too, have heard good things about it, and getting my hands on a clay bar to go over the car with.