Help help help - Any advice welcome

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Feeex5000

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Hi guys,



I've always taken good care of my cars using mainly Autoglym or Meguiars products. However, my brother has just bought an ex-company owned mkIV Golf which has only ever seen car washes in its 95,000mile, 5year life.



It does have a few minor scratches, but the paint looks really 'tired' so we're going to spend a day or two pampering it. I recently used the Meguiars clay bar on the girlfriends second hand two year old 15,000mile car and got fantastic results when followed with Autoglym super resin polish, but I'm not sure if this might be too drastic for the tired BLACK paintwork on the Golf.



So please, any suggestions? Should I go with the clay bar or try the Meguiars three step clean and wax? We have access to an orbital waxer/polisher so life will be made easier by this. Sorry, no photos available.



Thanks in advance guys.......great site by the way. I can feel a new obsession forming!
 
I have used AG super resin polish excellent 1-step product but I do not believe that it can handle this task. (It is mild).



You should clay the car and buy some more abrasive polish. (I have never used meg 3 step so I do not know if it would do the trick)
 
Feeex5000- Welcome to Autopia!



Yeah, I'd be more concerned that the Autoglym SRP (which I like) will be too *mild*, not too drastic. IMO you'll need something stronger than the SRP or the Meg's Deep Crystal stuff.



My standard recommendation for people just getting serious about this stuff is 1Z Paint Polish topped with some good wax (I recommend Collinite). The 1z is both effective and *VERY* user-friendly, more so (on both counts) than anything else I can think of (and I can think of a *lot* of products ;) ). I get my 1z stuff from Aloha & Welcome to Our Oasis for All Your Auto Detailing Supplies & Accessories
 
If you have a PC, then Meg's 3 step is decient you'll probably see a big improvent with 95,000 of wear and tear on the paint.



Personally, I'd claybar it thoroughly, then hit it with a good heavy compound, 3M or Menzerna or Optimum, then do the 3 step process. Should get killer results that way.:woot2:



Let us know how it turns out, take plenty of pics, project cars always have the biggest results.:up
 
Thanks for the responses so far guys.



What I didn't mention is that I'm in the U.K. and being fairly new to all this, I don't recognise any of the products named so far. Are they all readily available on this side of the water?



Rest assured, I'll be taking plenty of photographs! I'm as keen to see the improvement as anybody.



Thanks again.
 
Feeex5000- The 1Z (Einszett is the company name, means "one 'Z' " in german) products should be available somewhere, possibly easier for *you* to find than those of us in the US.
 
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