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Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/6/2007 1:52:11 AM

Bananaboat11

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So I'm at college... stricken for time, money and sleep.

What's the best... yet reasonably priced polish/coat I can purchase.

Plus... rinse car, lather with soap, rinse car, wash down with water, polish, wax, detailers, glass cleaner?

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/6/2007 1:57:39 AM

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mother's

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/6/2007 5:21:48 AM

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i switch between mother and meguires

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/6/2007 10:18:01 AM

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if your car still has clear then use ICE its easy,fast and it works but if your cars clear coat is kinda bad then its gonna take a lil bit more time to polish but ya ICE works really good

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/6/2007 3:14:55 PM

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the clear coat finish is coming off.

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/7/2007 5:36:57 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: **Alan**

if your car still has clear then use ICE its easy,fast and it works but if your cars clear coat is kinda bad then its gonna take a lil bit more time to polish but ya ICE works really good

Sorry man, but Ice is crap

Easy to find / cheaper stuff like Mothers and Meguires should get the job done. Just get some microfiber towels, and a bottle of something carnauba based. Take your time and it should turn out great

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/7/2007 6:41:26 AM

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Yeah Ice does suck. I hate it.

I use Meguires

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/7/2007 6:51:08 AM

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Well you can't throw all the kudos in every category to one vendor, but as far as having a variety of products, effectiveness and overall value are concerned, I would say Meguiars. There are some products that I prefer for certain results over Meguiars, but the majority of my collection is Meguiars. I don't have experience with Mothers full line of products but the ones I've used work great and they have a good rep. Meguiars carries products for everything you mentioned as they have a wide variety of polishes, waxes, washes, detailing tools, towels, their own signature DA polisher, pads, clay kits, compounds, the list goes on....

But like I said, you can't give all the honors to one vendor...

Bananaboat, if you're trying to save your clear coat coming off, nothing will fix that but a repaint...

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RE: Best brand for polishing (get rid of swirls)? - 9/7/2007 1:51:20 PM

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it works good if you have a good clear coat but if you dont you have to use the other stuff...ive used the 3M foam polishing pad glaze and there other products but the downside to that is that its like 35 buck a bottle