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Zaino -- www.zainobros.com | 3 | 8.11% | |
3M -- www.3m.com/market/automotive/ | 1 | 2.70% | |
Meguiars -- www.meguiars.com | 20 | 54.05% | |
Mothers -- www.mothers.com | 0 | 0% | |
RainX Wax -- www.rainx.com | 1 | 2.70% | |
Others | 7 | 18.92% | |
Zymol | 5 | 13.51% | |
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll |
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Polish questions?
Hey guys I am not sure if this belongs in this section. But this is general enough for all I guess. The question is:
What kind of polish package do you use? Since winter is comming, I want to polish my baby before it gets too cold and too cruel for the car. Lwin ps. while moving, I lost all my 3M products so I am thinking of some other wax -- 3M was great but I was wondering if there is anything that can outshine and outlast 3M
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
Last edited by Seraph; 11-01-2001 at 09:02 PM. |
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I use Zymol. I don't know how it holds up to weather, but it sure makes my dings shiny. Ron.
oooh look - 300 posts. Time to celebrate with some cheap pink wine.
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Good s**t happened. 69 was worth the wait. '92 stock semi-pristine ebony - 160K '96 Grand Caravan - 240K '01 Miata SE - 79K '07 Chrysler Pacifica - 60k - future money pit. Last edited by Ron Mummert; 11-01-2001 at 09:23 PM. |
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3M all the way
I've always used 3M products. Great stuff. I highly recommend
-Mike - '95 L AWD |
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Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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haha, I'm an idiot, when I read Polish, i saw it as Polish, the nationality, and was expecting to read some really bad jokes.
what a moron. |
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I use meguiars gold class in the summer, and eagle one wet look in the winter. I worked at a detail shop, and we found that the meguiars had the best UV and sun protection, but diddnt hold up to the salt on the roads here in SLC. We found that polymer wax (teflon etc) works really well against salt. we tested a few different polymer waxes, and found that eagle one worked better than anything we could buy commercially. THats about the only time I have seen the consumer parket offer a superior product. I use this tecnique on both my vehicles and they are both black.
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Ron
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Good s**t happened. 69 was worth the wait. '92 stock semi-pristine ebony - 160K '96 Grand Caravan - 240K '01 Miata SE - 79K '07 Chrysler Pacifica - 60k - future money pit. |
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i am too lazy to wash my own car.
they only thing i take the time to do is shine my tires and clean my wheels. beyond that i let the car wash place hand wash it for me!
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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The guy I work with said Zymol was great and I gave it a try. I think it is the most low maintenance polish I have used. The shine is really great, it lasts a long time and smells like a fruit salad when your putting it on. Its got all this organic stuff in it. When I wash the car off with a water brush the shine is even better! The last part of the application is to spray the car with a water mist and then dry off the car with a cloth. I always skip that step. The best part is that Bird dodo and tar has a hard time sticking to the stuff.
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I use DRI WASH waterless car wash/polish. Amazing stuff. The car shines so brightly. It really does a good job protecting the paint and beading up the water. Worst drawback is cost.
Jeff
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I wash the car with Zymol - so far it is the best wash I have found as far as water spots and I have tried alot of them. I clean and polish with meguiars liquid and wax with meguiars caranuba wax.
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Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P. |
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Consumer reports says...
Consumer reports did a review a while back. This is what they had for ratings...
# 1 = Zymöl Cleaner Wax # 2 = Prestone Bullet Wax # 3 = Nu Finish Car Polish # 4 = Armor All Car Wax # 5 = 3M One Step Cleaner Wax # 6 = Turtle Wax Emerald Series Advanced Liquid Wax # 7 = Turtle Wax Super Hard Shell Car Wax # 8 = Nu Finish Car Polish # 9 = Eagle One Wet Polish and Wax #10 = Blue Coral Cleaner Wax with Swirl Remover #11 = Turtle Wax Express Shine Spray Car Wax #12 = Meguiar's Gold Class Clear Coat Liquid Car Wax #13 = Mothers California Gold Original Formula Cleaner Wax #14 = Rain-X Ultra Wax #15 = Armor All Spray On Car Polish #16 = Meguiar's Cleaner Wax #17 = Turtle Wax Finish 2001 #18 = Blue Coral Self Wax No BuffCar Wax #19 = Meguiar's Deep Crystal System Step 3 Carnauba Wax #20 = Mothers California Gold Pure Carnauba Wax Phase 3 #21 = Turtle Wax Super Hard Shell Car Wax #22 = Mothers California Gold Original Formula Cleaner Wax #23 = Meguiar's Quick Wax #24 = The Wax Shop Super Glaze #25 = Turtle Wax Emerald Series Advanced Paste Wax #26 = Meguiar's Cleaner Wax |
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Re: Consumer reports says...
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With the SVX, I use Meguiar's products. Once every couple of months, I go through the six hour process of Wash (Meguiar''s Gel Shampoo) -- Paint Cleaner -- Polish -- Gold Class Wax. I wash my car about once a week. Every other month, I merely wax with Gold class. On the days I wash and don't wax, I use Meguiar's "quick detailer." I'm considering going back to Nu Finish.
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I guess I should go Zymol. Also, randy, if you could add zymol on the list, it would be nice since I got a couple of PMs regarding adding zymol on the poll and I can not do that..
Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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This is really gonna sound stupid.
I like, uh, (heheh), uhm, Dura Shine. (Don't throw things!) But I can't find it anymore, and I'm not about to order it off the 'net. Actually, I used Dura Shine whenever I washed the car. It's not a great polish, but it's a great preservative/rust preventive. I wax with something else, whatever's on the shelf, well, whenever I can. (Not often enough.) And I try to use Dura Shine the rest of the time. I passed an almost pristine Escort on to my daughter, after using Dura Shine almost exclusively on it for four years. She's had it for three years, never washes it, and it's absolutely gone to seed.
I found a similar product from RainX the other day and used it yesterday on both my cars. It seemed to work pretty well - even shined some. I just hope it has the anti-rust stuff in it. Steve
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