Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Shropshire, Drives 2.0l 16v Corsa
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I wash and polish my car once a week, and some people have told me that polishin your car often isnt good for it? Doesnt it help restore the paintwork and protect it? so isnt that a good thing?
I used to polish my corsa 3-4 times a week in the summer  It was sunny and i had nothing else to do
options welcome...
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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polishing = good
overuse of t-cut etc = bad
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Yeah, you're ok to polish/wax, but using cutting compounds too much will lead to a nasty case of no paint in the end
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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http://www.auto-vault.com/Archives/ladies-lounge/polish.html
Summary - polish is still an abrasive
[Edited on 02-03-2006 by jake]
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mwg
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I've also been told polishing it too often isn't good for the paint.
If you use a good polish it doesn't need polishing more than once a month anyway as it still comes up nice and shiney after a wash and chamois for the next 3-4 times after its been polished
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Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I've also been told polishing it too often isn't good for the paint.
If you use a good polish it doesn't need polishing more than once a month anyway as it still comes up nice and shiney after a wash and chamois for the next 3-4 times after its been polished
unless its red 
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Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Shropshire, Drives 2.0l 16v Corsa
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"and too much of a good polish can harm your car’s finish." from that site
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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all depends on the polish, a high polymer polish will be fine, naything claiming to restore, or get swirls out etc will be non good for regular use
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Jake
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arent most polishes designed to buff out light swirl marks etc?
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Andy GSi
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so how often do u lot polish your cars then??
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Jake
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i done my old one every 6months.
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Jason Iles
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Chist Andy you must have a really shiny car
I used to polish the Corsa loads as it was black. But silver just needs a good shammy and job done
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RichACS
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Don't polish my current car - Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi Ghia as much as I used to polish my BMW.
Don't think its neccessary on such a normal boring Mondeo.
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Ojc
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Nova, hardly ever as I hardly use it.
Astra, never, its silver sort of, pointless.
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mwg
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I polish mine about once every 2 months in winter as I dont get enough good weather to be able to do it at the times when I'm off work.
In the summer it gets polished about once every 3 weeks.
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Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason Iles
Chist Andy you must have a really shiny car
I used to polish the Corsa loads as it was black. But silver just needs a good shammy and job done
it was mate 
before i went to car shows i would polish it, then travel down there, then polish it, and in the morning of the car show polish it again
got to look nice and shiney
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Jason Iles
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nutter fair play though
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L30 SCT
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i washed my car 5 daysout of the 7 last week and polished it twice.
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a_j_mair
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mine hasnt been polished since it got a full resparay  stay in the country, and with this weather it reall is pointless! will get a good clean and polish in a month or so once weather is starting to turn 
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Steve
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used to polish my corsa every other day near enough
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Danny A
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i heard u were only supposed to do it 5 times a year :S
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jeff8png
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i try to wash and polish mine once a week. in the summer more though. thinking about getting it mopped this summer, really effective on black cars 
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slugger_54132
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Yeah when you polish a car it takes out small layer off it. Polish is just not as abrasive as a cutting compound. If you then wax it after your ok cos that puts your protective layer back onto the car!
I would say polishing your car 3 times a year should be sufficient, then just wash and wax every week. If you do that and keep away from car washes you wont need to polish it so often!
Also dont use sponges and chamy's as they add to the swirl marks, use a wash mitt, and a drying towel!!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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some polish's are actually wax's though, and vice versa, a lot gets mis interpretted in the gay naming conventions
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dhdev
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
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Polish=bad
wax=good
Polish removes a layer to bring back colour underneath, Wax leaves a protective film on top and hence keeps it shiny. So get a wax and go nuts!!!
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