Hi. I'm a real rookie to detailing altogether, but I just got a new car (BMW M3) and I am wanting to keep this car looking good for a long time to come. I've quickly browsed through a few posts talking about what really makes all the dark colored cars shine, but I'm wondering if it's all the same or some things work better with dark colors and some with light (my car is titanium silver). I'd appriciate any advice on what would make my light colored car shine, or any beginner tips at all. Good to be here!
.....it's been my observation that the lighter colored paints benefit from the polymers or sealants more so than pure carnauba wax. Since your vehicle is brand new I would most likely try Klasse AIO or Platinum Paint Cleaner followed by Platinum UPP. Drop on about 3 coats of UPP spaced at least 24 hours apart and that Beemer silver will be like a mirror! If you wanted to add some depth to the finish top it off with something like Poorboy's EX, Trade Secret or P21s. The only caviat here is once you've topped the UPP with any of those products you can't just addd more UPP layers on top of the carnauba. You'll need to start over again with the paint cleaner and UPP. But, 3 layers of UPP topped by any one of those I mentioned will look incredible and you can just apply your topper of choice every few weeks if you like and keep the UPP paint protection under the carnauba finish.