Thread: What's the very best car Polish?

'The once a year Car Polish' it says on the bottle, but when you read the small print it says give it two! Anyway it is not much cop.

The glaze has gone off my seven year old Car and I would like to see it gleaming again.

Any ideas?

It'll need more than polish. A cut 'n polish actually. A fine compound is used to remove the top layer of paint.

You can do it yourself but you'll probably bugger it up so get it done professionally.

It's cheap to get a detailing done with proper rubbing compound, polishing compound and polish and wax. I think you're in Pattaya, and can't recommend any, but surely it's available there.

Turtle-Wax, available at Tesco.

Good stuff.

What's the very best car Polish?

man jism, obvisoulty!

Polski Fiat. Don't think they produced many more after that.

Originally Posted by Clockwork Orange

Turtle-Wax, available at Tesco.

Good stuff.

If you use turtle wax to wax your car what do you use to wax your turtle.??

Auto glym. not sure if you can get in Thailand?

Originally Posted by donmeurett

If you use turtle wax to wax your car what do you use to wax your turtle.??

A wanking spanner, usually called your hand.

True Value Thailand - Quality for your home hardware, home improvement and gardening

They have a branch in Pattaya and sell Meguirs products

a "brillo" pad?

Originally Posted by Spin

I had the entire quote here but I can't post it because of the post count not being high enough to post links. I understand the reason for that feature it's just a little bit frustrating, especially since it is within an already posted quote..

They have a branch in Pattaya and sell Meguirs products

Yes they do have a fantastic line of automotive products, and all of the above are available here too, Auto Glym, Meguiar's, etc. They also have CRC products that has been a major problem for me to get here, I found that most of them are located in electronics stores, the one I was seeking the most was brake cleaner and what a project it was to find something like that!

It'll need more than polish. A cut 'n polish actually. A fine compound is used to remove the top layer of paint.

You can do it yourself but you'll probably bugger it up so get it done professionally

Yeah that way they can bugger it for you!! But it's true it probably needs a good compounding. I am forced to disagree a little bit here though. Compound is intended to remove the old wax build up along with the oxidation that dulls the original paint, generally if you are taking off amounts of paint it is because it is old and that is where the damage usually comes from when others compound, by not recognizing soon enough when they are over-polishing.

It's other effect is to smooth down minor scratches by virtue of it having pumice contained in it which is a mild abrasive similar to what's in powdered bleach. Turtle wax compound is also available, you might also try Carrefore too last time I was in there I think they had several decent products.

Here's a funny story in a masochistic sort of way. I bought a nice orbital polisher from Carrefore, a 10" model instead of the usual smaller 8" more commonly used here (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere about size but surely I jest) some 4 years ago and after I used it a few times I needed new polishing cloth's of course.
I went everywhere and found the very same polisher at numerous places but not a single friggin replacement cloth to be had anywhere!
So for 3 years I had a beautiful new polisher I couldn't use for anything until guess what? I found the True value store!! Cool! Now I have new cloth's but.... I don't have a car..

I also had problems finding things like brake cleaner since I do all of my own automotive work. CRC products can be found there too, previously I had only found them in electronics supply stores, and amazingly brake cleaner was what I wanted most besides some electronic parts cleaners. Of course I also found that now that I don't have a car either, it was also quite expensive compared to the States. But without using brake cleaner I am wondering how the mechanics around these parts are cleaning off new brake parts and other dirty parts? I guess like so many things here, mai mee or mai dongkarn!

Come to think of it..... I don't have a job either so if you want to bring your car down to Phuket for a few days I'll polish it for you but I don't work for Thai rates, but then again I won't bugger it up for you either! I also don't do turtles...... Only clean, fresh clams

Originally Posted by Driventowin

Here's a funny story in a masochistic sort of way. I bought a nice orbital polisher from Carrefore, a 10" model instead of the usual smaller 8" more commonly used here (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere about size but surely I jest) some 4 years ago and after I used it a few times I needed new polishing cloth's of course. I went everywhere and found the very same polisher at numerous places but not a single friggin replacement cloth to be had anywhere! So for 3 years I had a beautiful new polisher I couldn't use for anything until guess what? I found the True value store!! Cool! Now I have new cloth's but.... I don't have a car..

Same with vacuum cleaner bags. Places like Tesco & Carrefour sell the vacuum cleaners, but you have to find a 'mom & pop' place that stocks the bags. Amazing Thailand!

Try "ZAINO" wax and car care products. Do a Goggle on "ZAINO" and you can see all of their products. Not sure if they ship to Thailand.

I find that the freshly rendered fat of a new-born Burmese baby, mixed 99-1 with Newfoundland spermacetti and a dash of paraffin, works a treat.

Originally Posted by chinthee

It's cheap to get a detailing done with proper rubbing compound, polishing compound and polish and wax. I think you're in Pattaya, and can't recommend any, but surely it's available there.

Maybe in the '70's.... lol

As Ant says get it cut and polished professionaly to restore the original finish, or if you just want it to shine use TurtleWax shampoo and polish like Cockwork sez innit, (surprisingly he knew something at least) meeeeeeow!
The best...? For home use probably the Autoglym range and for professional use 3M.

Meguiar's stuff is excellent, its readily availble here, even in Udon but at a rip off price so I pick up a couple of bottles when I go to Aust at about 25% of what they ask for it here.
Puts great shine on yer knob as well.

^ Can it make my bald head shine as well..

The best car polish I've used is Mer.

Can you find it in Thailand?

Car, polish.

nope, car, Polish