What products do you use to look after your Accord?

[aaronng]

which is better wax or polish?

and which one would you apply first?

They are different. Polish is a stupid term because for other brands they refer to swirl removers, while Meguiar's uses it to refer to glazes!
Swirl removers are for removing swirls, while glazes are an oily solution that act as a lube for a buffing pad and also gives your car a wet look.

Wax is a protective coating that acts as a barrier between your paint and the environment.

And waxing is always done last.

[Thorn2004]

If it is not swirled, you don't need to use swirl remover.
I'd wash weekly if possible and wax every 2 months. If you wash monthly, then you have to wax each time you wash because the dirt/birdpoo/contaminants would have gone through the wax.

Well I am a bad boy then I havent polished in around 6 months, please don't report me to Honda for bad treatment of my Euro I just don't get the time, but I will do it this weekend if I can, of course I wash it alot more frequently than that just don't get to polish it as often, takes longer.

[aaronng]

Well I am a bad boy then I havent polished in around 6 months, please don't report me to Honda for bad treatment of my Euro I just don't get the time, but I will do it this weekend if I can, of course I wash it alot more frequently than that just don't get to polish it as often, takes longer.

I use swirl remover once a year.

But washing I do it frequently and wax every 2 months.

[tanalasta]

They do different things. Polish is a light abrasive that cuts the paint, hence removing light swirl marks. Wax simply adds a layer or protection and gloss on top.

As a rule of thumb, you want the paint as clean and scratch free before applying wax so polish goes on first.

[sugz]

ok, is meguires clay bar considered as wax or polished?

[aaronng]

ok, is meguires clay bar considered as wax or polished?

A claybar is a claybar. It's a physical paint cleaner. It doesn't remove swirls. It does cause marring.

[Sensei]

ok, is meguires clay bar considered as wax or polished?

A claybar is used in the prep process where you glide it along the paint surface and it picks up contaminants that are partially embedded in the paint (use a lubricant).


Usually my detailing steps are (in order of first to last):

1. Wash
2. Claybar
3. Light Wash again <- optional
4. dry
5. swirl remove heavy
6. swirl remove light
7. polish/glaze
8. sealant
9. topping wax

Then usually wait about 15-20 mins and wash off the first bird-poo.

Well, this is what works for me whenever I do a major detail on my car. I do this about once or twice a year. Otherwise it's a wash every weekend and a topping wax once every 4 weeks.

[sugz]

this is wat i do wash>claybar>NXT wax

thats it coz my arm already started to dislocate lol
i did those things and i remove most of the swirls and just wondering how to get the light cratches off...

[aaronng]

^^ your swirls are being hidden by the NXT wax. They are still there.

[sugz]

instead of hiding it, wat can i do to get rid of it then?
scratch x?

[aaronng]

instead of hiding it, wat can i do to get rid of it then?
scratch x?

Proper swirl remover applied by machine. It's not a cheap and quick job....

[Thorn2004]

I spent most of Saturday working on my Milano Red Euro after finally getting around to detailing her, 12 months later! I did the works, washed her with Maquires Gold Wash, used Maquires scratch/swirl remover over the whole body, then polished her with Maquires Gold Polish! I cleaned the Rims then applied the Tyre Cleaner then moved onto the chrome using a soft microfibre cloth polishing the exhaust!

Finally I moved onto the interior giving her a good vacuum out (yes I removed the Euro matts!) applied the leather cleaner which was supplied by my dealership for free, to all the leather and finally applied the leather protecter to all the surfaces! (our dealer is a dope when he supplied the leather cleaner/protector to us he was only meant to give us one small box containing 1 cleaner and 1 protection bottle, he instead gave us a whole box with 6 of these smaller boxes in them, over 600 bucks worth! Don't think he realised! - Lifetime supply maybe he was being generous?)

The end result of all of 4 hours is a brand new looking Euro, I will post some pics later on, you seriously would think it is off the showroom floor! It turns heads too lots of people gawking when I went up the street heh! (It is around 14 months old)

I STRONGLY recommend Maquires products simply the best results and quality products for everyone who loves their Honda as much as I love mine