polishing?

[zaink]

im planning of using a clay bar on my car, then i was going to polish then wax... the question i had was what is a good wax to use? im going to hand wax and i want something that will give me a good nice shine

 

[Mad iX]

There are lots of good waxes out there. What kind of car/paint do you have. Are you looking for protection and durability, a wet look, deep look, etc ...

 

[togwt]

zaink- with correct preparation (wash, clay, polish) most waxes will give you a good shine (although, and this is very subjective, there are certain waxes / sealants that 'look ' better on different colours of paint)

JonM

 

[wannafbody]

tons of good products-4*UPP,Zaino,Tropicare,Poorboys EX-P are all good looking sealants-Natty's and S100 are good looking carnaubas

 

[zaink]

i have a steel blue metallic color car... here is a pic of it (below)... i want my car to have a nice shine to it, with some durabilty



my plan was to wash-clay-polish-wax ... or is it better to wax before polish :nixweiss

 

[Accumulator]

i have a steel blue metallic color car... my plan was to wash-clay-polish-wax ... or is it better to wax before polish :nixweiss

Cool color! I think I'd use something like BF or UPP or WG on that color.



You got it right the first time: wash-clay-polish-wax. The polish will cleaners/abrasives in it, so you don't want to use that on your wax (lest you take *off* the wax).



If you don't have any bad marring, you can probably get by with the "pre-wax cleaner" that is made to go with the wax of your choice. BTW, I'm using the term "wax" sorta loosely, as the products I recommended aren't really "waxes"



If you *do* have some marring, I'd get something like 3m PI-III MG (pn 05937) and use it right after the claying.