Polish on good panels if you’re going to coat?

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Cadfael

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I did a very light polish on my wife’s hood this evening even though I couldn’t see any marring under any light angles. I decided to anyway before I put on CQuartz Lite. Was wondering if I have other panels like that, do you think I ‘need’ to polish at all?
 
I want the all the paintwork to be really clean, clear, flat, and glossy - it all has to match for me..
So I always paint correct/polish, whatever it needs, all of it, and then a great wipedown with a product made to use before applying a coating..
I believe the coating will have the best chance to adhere to the paintwork the best if the paintwork is as clean as possible..
Dan F
 
Even on new paint... polishing brightens the paintwork. If in good shape just don’t have to use anything too abrasive. Cleaner wax will do.


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I`d use one of the newer prep polishes like Mothers CMX ceramic 3in1. CMX leaves a ceramic base coat.

As far as cleaner polishes, Zaino ZPC has the best cleaning ability of any polish I`ve used.
 
If I don`t see a difference I don`t do [whatever]. I`m not spending one unnecessary *second* on this stuff if I can help it. I haven`t done *anything* except wash and refresh LSP for ages and my vehicles look fine to the only person who matters ;)
 
I always give the vehicle a polish before coating. Even a light polish on a good condition car will spruce things up. You don`t have to go nuts with a multi stage polish; even a quick one-step with a finishing polish helps.

Even on an older car in good condition there is a noticeable difference in the clarity and color of the paint. On my wife`s maroon car which hadn`t been polished in three years due to a coating, I ran a tape line just to see a before/after comparison and it was quite noticeable. The newly polished area was brighter in color, the pearl flake was much more noticeable and the overall gloss/shine was more crisp. I`ve noticed similar on my black cars, though it isn`t as noticable as on maroon. Mike Phillips at AG has some great before/after pictures of both a white and a yellow car in which the difference in color was substantial even if there wasn`t a lot of correction going on.
 
I`ve been rethinking my previous response...since we`re talking *coatings*, well...yeah, I`d probably give it *some* kind of very gentle polishing too. Unless the paint was too thin to risk it.
 
I always thought so because your knocking off oxidized paint, grime and a thing embedded in surface. Now do I follow this not always if u got the time or if your own vehicle definitely
 
William_Wallace said:
I always thought so because your knocking off oxidized paint, grime and a thing embedded in surface. Now do I follow this not always if u got the time or if your own vehicle definitely
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I guess that "own indefinitely" explains a whole lot of my seemingly contrarian positions. And the way our vehicles are pretty pampered...that " knocking off oxidized paint, grime and a thing embedded in surface.." makes perfect sense, just never seems necessary for me these days (and I`m sure just as particular as I ever was about how they look when I finally do wash `em ;) ).

But (again..repeating myself as I really missed the boat previously :o ) when *coating*, yeah...do some degree of prep if only because the coated surfaces shouldn`t need subsequent attention for a good long time.
 
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