Okay, performed a test recently on a scrap panel to test the ability of a variety of products to remove swilrs by hand for those who dont have access to a machine polisher.

Each product was tested on a small area of a red metallic bonnet, pre-washed with some steelwool. This left...

Well, that clinches it for me ; I've been wanting to try Autoglym Super Resin Polish for a few years now, and since you can get it OTC in Japan now, I guess I'll pop over to the local Autobacs or Yellow Hat and pick one up! Thanks for the nicely done review (all complaints from the wife concerning wasted money will be forwarded to you, however )

percynjpn- Hope you like SRP as much as I do!

Dave,

I am wondering if you ever tested 3M 39066, I have had great results with this. Also have you tested Zaino Fusion?

I just wanted to add my thanks for you taking on such a task for no other reason than to provide some information for the community as a whole.

Mods, this post shouldn't get buried.

MorBiD

so what are the hand movements when polishing by hand ??

i believe i read to apply wax / sealant in an up and down or side to side motion, not circles,

is this true ?

i want to polish / wax my wrangler and most will need to be done by hand.

thanks

awesome write up!

by chance did you get to try any CG

Gav....I have a few sealants and waxes that say to apply in straight motions...front to back on top panels and up and down on side panels...something to do the way they dry and reflect light....even zaino says to apply in a circular motion and finish in a straight line motion...

this is the way I have done it for awhile...whether it makes a difference or not..do not know..but the makers recommend it and they know more than me on thier products..lol....

AL

I'm in the "direction doesn't matter" camp. PCs/etc. move in all different directions ("random orbital" action) and nobody complains about the finishes that *they* leave

I've read the "this way for these panels; that way for those" and I wasn't convinced and I've never met anybody who said they could see a difference.

But if it doesn't matter, then people can just do whatever they want anyhow

though im a machine junkie, thats a great review you did, thanks for taking the time to do that and posting it here . . .

there is always a part of every car that a machine cant get to, or if it can, not easily. i would prefer a few more minutes of scrubbing out defects by hand in those areas, rather than risk damaging the car with a PC or rotary on a significant speed slipping away form me . . . .

I too enjoyed the write up, but noticed that the ambient lighting changed over the course of the test, thus this might have caused some of the differences? The flash of the photo on a good camera would change with ambient lighting changes.

I love when people test things, and they are much more powerful when you can control all the possible variables in the test except for the one you're wanting to measure the difference.

Can you let me (us) know more about the testing process?

Cheers,
Greg

I was reading through the descriptions and just wondered what you meant by "hits". Is the the amount of times you passed over a particular area, or are these seperate applications?

going to work on my wrangler tomorrow,

i would say hits,

polish, remove, polish remove,
so hits meaning how many times the polishing agent was applied,