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Princey

Princey

Princey

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I've just brought a new Focus with metallic pepper red paint. I've been looking at the meguiars range but there are so many different types. Which ones do I need to clear the paint of any crap and protect it?
 
the claybar detailer thing is great, takes a fair while but your paintwork will be like glass afterwards. NXT wax is pretty good.
 
I've got, I think, the entire range, but I've yet to use the full multi-stage wax job - the NXT wax does a damn fine job, and is really quick/easy to use. If I was buying now I would probably get:

Quick Clay Detailer
NXT Wash
NXT Wax
Wash Mit
Microfibre Polishing Cloth
An Illegal Immigrant to do the hard work.
 
My previous car was a Pepper Red Mondeo and to be honest I didn't rate the finish with NXT Wax and was rather disappointed. I always got better results using AutoGlym Super Resin Polish topped over with Turtle Wax Gloss Guard which is a liquid wax. The NXT shows much better results on my black car, but I still use Gloss Guard over the top as that makes it last much longer.

Definitely go for the Claybar - they do an excellent job. I use Simoniz Max Wax for washing as its only about £3.50 for 5L and seems to do as good a job as vastly more expensive products. Wash mits are good as well.
 
I have read a few times that the 'decent' waxes (mc'g being the cheapest, thru to zymol) tend to work much better on darker paint.. but as I usually buy darker cars, that's fine with me :)

I might switch to something else when I get my burnt orange Murci :p
 
Being thick, is the clay just a bar that you rub across the paint? Would this not risk scratching the surface if some dirt was in between?

:confused:
 
You spray the panel with detailer first so it just glides over and picks up the dirt etc. Havent used it myself though so cant say for sure :)
 
Enfield said:
Perhaps we should have a sticky like this since we've had quite a few questions pop-up about car cleaning?
Click to expand...

Sounds like a plan, someone must be able to put one together? (pretty please!) :p
 
I've come to the conclusion that your choice of polish/wax depends on

* the type of paint you have
* the condition of the paint
* the age of the paint
* whether it's been repaired before
* the colour of the paint
etc

For my car, with good, dark coloured paintwork I found that Meguiars Stage 1 paint cleaner, followed by Autoglym Super Resin Polish and sealed with Meguiars Gold Class/NXT wax worked best.
 
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