Lets start a discussion on what we are all using, so we can find the best and most effective product.

I use Auto-glym, good quick lasts well, but leaves white resdue, I currently polish every month.

I must say.. I use Auto Glym too.. I never have any problems with residue.. though I am using the resin only.. maybe I should buy some high gloss polish too.

Auto Glym has to be the best on the market i have ever used. Really easy to use.

I also use the intererior shampoo... When i bought the car there was sweets and chocolate on the back seat.. I used auto glym shampoo on the seats and the chocolate was gone within seconds!

Great stuff

i use KIT carnuba wax from the USA,when i can be bothered ,normally i use fairy liquid and the local valet firm...........lol:D

I use Simoniz liquid diamond.
Love the stuff to death!!!

richie,your joking right:D

that must put the value of your honda up a few thousand guilders:D:P

I am not joking!!!!!!:mad:

LOL

Hey does anyone use Turtle wax?

No, I don't use tutle anymore.
It sucks!!!!!!!!
Too much hard work

Any of you guy's got a Black car?

If so do you have a problem with scratches under the top coat that you cannot remove even with scratch remover?

Help please

mine is dark green and i suffer from that around the door locks... after ploishing it leaves the white marks.

I dont do it oftern, in fact rarely but i usually t-cut the scratch out... but dont do this too many times.. just the once and make sure you wax it after... that will solve it

or if you wanna get rid of the white scratch marks get some of that black polish

Be carefull with polish products on a metallic painted car!!!!!!!!!!!!!

out of the three IS200's ive owned the black was the sh*test ive ever had cos of keeping it clean,and polishing,the blue was the best and white......well its better than the black

i rarely use anything other than Auto Glym.. lil white scraced i can put up with.

Is black metallic? Do they do a metallic black?

I like Silver, you do not see to many spots on Silver!!!

no the black is not metalic,just an ars* colour to keep clean/polish,i find blacks the worse colour possible,anyway it was only for 6 months untill the white one turned up:cool:

Used the auto-glym Extra gloss protection at the weekend, wow what a finnish absolutely stunning!

I use smthg called Black Diamond. Its easy to put on, but an absolute pig to take off - I've bought the mitt from Halfords. However it was formulated by my Uncle (and so Im biased) and it lasts for about 8 months and increase the paints refractive index,in direct sunlight, about 100% & decrease the surface tension so water just runs straight off. Apparently you can buy it in Australia.:cool:

Best finish I've found (and protection) is using P21S carnuba wax from the USA. Not cheap, but the finish is outstanding. At our last Club meet - I had so many ask how I had just travelled over 100 miles in December weather and still had the superb shine (on a 7 year old car!)

is this possible to buy in the UK.. and where??

No - I'm afraid not (currently) - but I know the S2000 owners are discussing a group buy and I will certainly be getting some more. Buying as a group so splitting the shipping and duty costs should fetch it down a little. Basically it is a paintwork preparation treatment and seperate tub of Carnauba Wax. Costs about $25 but once shipping and duty VAT added - about £40-£50 for the kit.... still cheaper than Zymol (about £70 a tub, and not as good!)

www.autodetail.com

id have some but i dont have to pay VAT:D

use porch lack and the brilliant of the same cy.
is not available in retail. stuff for the pro's.
is used to shine vintage cars etc.. in first lacker.
the best there is !!

I use the two Diamond Bright cleaners and preservers that came with the car, but i have some Autoglym in reserve!

i have used turle wax metallic, yes its a bit of a pain in the ar!e to apply but it also removes any tar/gum deposits and as you are looking where you put it you notice any marks/sap on the car.

As im a lazy git, i bought one of those polishing machines, i must say i am surprised, it works great, get a great shine, just have to get used to putting a small amount of polish on now.

robbie

has anyone tried this mcguires stuff,ive seen quite a few adverts around for it...........

I always find either "Mer" or "Colour Magic" work well on my car

I have always found Mr. Sheen to be the best polish:smilegrin:
My mate from work says that the Meguires polish is the best he has ever used. He says it kicks Auto-Glyms *****

ps - does anyone else hate that white residue dust you get with Auto-Glym?? It takes days for that stuff to come off

hmmm.. i dont get residue.... do you wipe it off when it is dry>. i rub the whole car with it then go round and rub it off when its dry.

i find it cool.. but that is the resin one.. not super shine or what ever it's called

Hi andyhart! The windscreen cleaner from Autoglym is just as bad for leaving dust all over the place! Seems to hide under the windscreen rubber, just when you think its all gone!:smilegrin:

The post above are about 3 years ago, so what about the technology today ? Which brand of the polish/wax is best for our IS200, Meguires, Mothers, Autoglym etc ? Can the experts here continue their advise for the technology today ? Anyway, what's Autoglym, haven't heard of it before.

[quote name='NetOne' post='322049' date='Jan 16 2006, 03:31 AM']The post above are about 3 years ago, so what about the technology today ? Which brand of the polish/wax is best for our IS200, Meguires, Mothers, Autoglym etc ? Can the experts here continue their advise for the technology today ? Anyway, what's Autoglym, haven't heard of it before.[/quote]


Autoglym is a resin polish part of a range of products produced by, you guessed it Autoglym.

All their products are excellent and you can source them from most car accessory shops ie Halfords etc.

I use an Hydrophobic nanotech polyglasplesin 12 % PTFE resin polish.

And what's that.....in plain English?

Mike
More or less what is says on the tin.

We use this resin for lots of applications cars, boats, aircraft, space rockets, wind farm blades and recently military radar systems in Cyprus and Turkey.

Basically its a rather special polyplexin polymer with suspended Nanotech particles that are so miniscule they get into almost every open pore of micron of area covered.

So.......if this kit is as good as we are led to beleive....what is it? and can Joe Pubic buy it?

Who said it was any good ?? I just mentioned that i use it on my car thats all.

has anyone tried Turtle Wax Platinum series liquid wax and Platinum high gloss finish?

Im a bit surprised no one mentioned them .... turtle wax used to be a pretty big name. Any one can comment on how they do?

IMO Some wax formulations seems to favour one vehicle colour more than thers

Paint Colour Suggested (Wax) Product

Red Pinnacle Souverän or Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax – Blue
Yellow Zaino Z2PRO™ or Rejex and Pinnacle Souverän
Black CC Zaino PC Fusion and P21S / S100 Carnauba Paste Wax
Black SS: Pinnacle Souverän or Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax – Blue
Silver Klasse All-In-One and Menzera FMJ(Full Molecular Jacket)
White Zaino Z2PRO™, Zaino Z2Pro and P21S / S100 Carnauba Paste Wax

Protection From

Winter (Snow/Ice/Salt) Collinite #845 Liquid Insulator Wax, will last approximately 4-6 months
Intense Heat (UV Radiation) Collinite #476s Super Doublecoat Auto Wax will last approximately 5-8 months


[each one / teach one, then student /becomes teacher]

[quote name='BernardTamHK' post='323806' date='Jan 22 2006, 09:33 AM']has anyone tried Turtle Wax Platinum series liquid wax and Platinum high gloss finish?

Im a bit surprised no one mentioned them .... turtle wax used to be a pretty big name. Any one can comment on how they do?[/quote]

I used Turtle Wax about 10 years ago. I bought it because of the TV commercail that shows how briliant it is. But I did not find it as good as it was shown on the TV, it was pretty general Though

Zymol is the best stuff available and is totally natural, carnauba in its natural form is harder than concrete and zymol contains way more than the others so offers more protection. many people find it difficult to use and the instructions a bit baffling but if you get the correct info it is simple and easy.
the whire residue some of you complain of is chalk which is used as a drying agent, but read the bottles and see some of the other ingredients (petroleum dissilate) solvents, harsh chemicals who would want to put these on there car when natural products far superior are available. the products are also not expensive, you just get a lot for your money, please, please please drop me a line if you need any help.

Autoglym for me too, with the resin top coat....

[quote name='ROYT' post='325054' date='Jan 26 2006, 12:13 AM']Autoglym for me too, with the resin top coat....[/quote]
Same here

I used the Auto-glym window cleaner for the first time this week and thought it was excellent, wait for it to dry then wipe off, comes off easy too.

I have recently started using Meguires polish for bodywork and very happy with the results, better than auto-glym i think....

[quote name='BernardTamHK' post='323806' date='Jan 22 2006, 09:33 AM']has anyone tried Turtle Wax Platinum series liquid wax and Platinum high gloss finish?

Im a bit surprised no one mentioned them .... turtle wax used to be a pretty big name. Any one can comment on how they do?[/quote]
I have used the Turtle Wax Platinum stuff on the leather seats - does a really good job, pleasantly surprised.

Apart from that, it's Meguiar's all the way for me.

[quote name='Monster-Mat' post='2130' date='Dec 11 2001, 02:50 AM']no the black is not metalic,just an ars* colour to keep clean/polish,i find blacks the worse colour possible,anyway it was only for 6 months untill the white one turned up:cool:[/quote]

....and the black IS goes, "Eez it becos I eez black?" lol

Mines Met green, no probs but you can only appreciate a good waxing on a nice bright day.

[quote name='Monster-Mat' post='2140' date='Feb 21 2002, 12:41 AM']has anyone tried this mcguires stuff,ive seen quite a few adverts around for it...........[/quote]

Have a Look here Matt!

[url="http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=26958&hl=meguiars+stage"]http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...=meguiars+stage[/url]

This is after I used the Deep crystal 3 stage system. The pics are only of my missus' old motor and were taken after slight rain with a mobile phone but the stuff worked absolutely brilliantly. It is the best I've seen without the help of a buffer or polisher.
This 3 stage system is only to be done every 6 months to a year so I use the Meguiars Gold class polish on a regular basis. It is carnuba based and is much easier to use than the autoglym stuff as it is a very fine polish and only a very light coat is needed each time!

I would strongly recommend that autoglym users at least give the meguiars a go so you can see the difference yourself

[quote name='gsportcars' post='325473' date='Jan 27 2006, 03:34 PM']I would strongly recommend that autoglym users at least give the meguiars a go so you can see the difference yourself [/quote]
Ditto ! If you try Meguiar's I promise you will not go back to Autoglym.

[quote name='Lex-aholic' post='325475' date='Jan 27 2006, 03:41 PM'][quote name='gsportcars' post='325473' date='Jan 27 2006, 03:34 PM']

I would strongly recommend that autoglym users at least give the meguiars a go so you can see the difference yourself [/quote]
Ditto ! If you try Meguiar's I promise you will not go back to Autoglym.
[/quote]

But I have just stocked up !

Any free samples ?

[quote name='gsportcars' post='325473' date='Jan 27 2006, 03:34 PM'][quote name='Monster-Mat' post='2140' date='Feb 21 2002, 12:41 AM']
has anyone tried this mcguires stuff,ive seen quite a few adverts around for it...........[/quote]

Have a Look here Matt!

[url="http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=26958&hl=meguiars+stage"]http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...=meguiars+stage[/url]

This is after I used the Deep crystal 3 stage system. The pics are only of my missus' old motor and were taken after slight rain with a mobile phone but the stuff worked absolutely brilliantly. It is the best I've seen without the help of a buffer or polisher.
This 3 stage system is only to be done every 6 months to a year so I use the Meguiars Gold class polish on a regular basis. It is carnuba based and is much easier to use than the autoglym stuff as it is a very fine polish and only a very light coat is needed each time!

I would strongly recommend that autoglym users at least give the meguiars a go so you can see the difference yourself
[/quote]



Mat posted that comment in February of 2002!

And this thread was started in November 2001!!!