Know what you mean about ease of use, some of those tins of waxes are a nightmare to use.
Where do you get hold of a copy of the Autoglym video? I presume it is a trade only thing? Think I will get some of their extra gloss top coat and try it out on a small area.
My hubbies car is the same age as mine but my paintwork has always been perfect because I have looked after it. Unfortunately, I made the big mistake of taking it to the car wash last year after it got filthy out on site and I didnt have the time to clean it myself. Paintwork has never been as good as it used to since.
Looks like I will be in for some hard labour this weekend trying to sort it out.
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I\'ve said it before, and I\'ll say it again. I use MER.
I\'ve previously I\'ve used Turtlewax, and Symonize GT-40, both in paste formats. Also previously used Colourmagic.
Did I mention that I now use MER, and will continue to do so?
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I used MER after seeing it on QVC and its pretty good stuff. Easy to apply and remove, only reason I no longer use it is because everyone kept buying me gift packs of Autoglym and its become a bit of a habit now.
There are quite a few different products on those shopping channels but you never know anyone else who has used them!!
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I use to use MER in the early 1990s and it's pretty good - you can also add it to the water when washing your car.
However, as most realised, this left a film of wax on glass as well and it could prove a nuisance on the windscreen when using the wipers.
The difference, as I've pointed out earlier, with modern equivalents is that they are equally or more so effective, yet easier to apply and finish off.
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This going to sound like heresy, lunacy or both to some people here. My car got a deeper than normal scratch on it. It didn't go through the lacquer but it's deeper than say a car wash scratch. I live half a mile up a dirt track so my car isn't always super clean but I won't go through a car wash because of the damage they do and I do wax/polish every fourth wash and I went over the scratch a few times with Simoniz with no noticeable effect. Having cured a scratch on a piece of plastic on a painting by rubbing a tiny bit of floor wax over it I had a go at that. Again no noticeable effect but neither was it any different in ease of application or effect to the Simoniz but it is a fraction of the price and being floor polish is designed to put up with bit more than rain.
Why bother with expensive waxes? Are we being taken in in the same way that shampoo manufacturers con punters with cobblers about jojoba and the like, when all it really is is a bit of detergent with perfume added?
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Would this link to scratch proof film be of any help?
www.clean-image.co.uk/stonechips.htm
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Although there are quite a few good polishes, having tried all the usual suspects, my vote goes for Autoglym Super Resin, which I've now used exclusively for many years, and which wins hands-down.
When it comes to washing, I've found that Halfords 'Advanced' car shampoo is not just good value, but superbly effective. The water beads a treat, and together with the Autoglym Super Resin polish, the shine lasts for ages. In fact, I polished my wife's Oberon (dark metallic) green 306 with Super Resin when we purchased it two years ago, and I haven't polished it again since. Sure, the car gets washed every week, sometimes twice in the winter, but the paint on this ten year old car gleams beautifully, and is smooth to the touch.
Finally, chamois leathers. These are crucial to a Top Job, and by far the best I have found is another Autoglym Product, their synthetic chamois. If ever there was a water magnet, this is it. Quite amazing, and it washes up like new after every few usages.
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I have also tried the halfords car wash- its excellent. I stopped buying it because i found Simoniz car wash so cheap at Cost Co.
Dont know what Stuartli is on about. Car body shops use the same stuff i do on laquered paint. What evidence do you have that 3m fast cut and hand glaze are not suitable for metallic paint? The 3m web-site and the well respected paint shop, and body shops (two) i visited (with the car i was to use it on) said these products were best. I think you have made a mistake. Indeed the stuff you posted a link to is 3m!
Using normal T-cut on metallic paint is a bad idea- as Vansboy has mentioned on these pages. Eats the laquer, hence they made t-cut for metallic paint.
Dont know how, but the 3m hand glaze appears to fill in the minor scratches- dont knock it untill you use it. The initial price appears high, but the containers are large, and it is best use sparingly.
Autoglym products at halfords prices are a rip off. Visit a large car dealer- they can buy auto glym products in large drums at a fraction the price.
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I've sworn never to buy AutoGlym products after the jobsworth salesman at a motorshow I was once at wouldn't budge from the retail price of any of his products. His excuse was that local shops in the vicinity complain about the competition.
I popped across to the MER stand and everything was almost 50% of the retail prices. They called it a "show special offer". Told the bloke on the MER stand about the AutoGlym stand, and he said I wasn't the first to mention it.
That's one of the reasons I use MER products. Does a good job, and the company tend to look after their customers.
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Dave - pleeeeeeeze don't use Mer too much, on the new car - it's a POLISH, not just a wax.
I was a convert from AutoGlym, from years back, 'cos the product seemed unstable - we always thought the recipe was being changed, one batch to the next! The factory is close to us, too & you can't fault their training, for trade users.
Then I was always a Mer fan, but now....
www.meguiars.co.uk you REALLY do need to try it!!
& if you're worried about the cost,(it's not in Halfords) find one of the smaller independent parts shops - they'll order it for you at a good discount, if you haggle!
VB
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Dave - pleeeeeeeze don't use Mer too much, on the new car - it's a POLISH, not just a wax.
Don't worry, I'm an only twice a year man when it comes to polishing the car. The only other time the MER comes out the shed is to remove stubborn marks, such as tar or light scratches from branches sticking out at the side of the road.
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