How often do you guys polish?

[Bigpoppa3346]

This is totally dependent on what you use to polish and how you do it. Some light corrective polishes (used properly) are about as harmless as a hand wash.

I agree. I can use something like KAIO *many* times on a car and never run into problems.



I would probably be fine using something even like FPII twice a year, but I like to play it safe.



I would not consider Honda paint "stupid soft", because even though it is soft, with a well-refined washing regimen you can avoid marring. Like Accumulator said, "stupid soft" paint will marr if you use too much pressure with a soft MF, and is basically impossible to keep swirl free. Ask anyone who has done a new (2006+) model flat black BMW.

 

[toml]

When I say "stupid-soft" I mean those paints that are so delicate that people mar them with virtually any contact at all...the kind of paints that PCs leave "hook-shaped" marring on, for instance. Yours doesn't sound *close* to being that soft.

I would not consider Honda paint "stupid soft", because even though it is soft, with a well-refined washing regimen you can avoid marring. Like Accumulator said, "stupid soft" paint will marr if you use too much pressure with a soft MF, and is basically impossible to keep swirl free. Ask anyone who has done a new (2006+) model flat black BMW.

Thanks for the answer. I knew Honda paint was soft, but I'm glad it's not that soft.