question about polish
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mikebai1990
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Well... It depends on a multitude of factors, including: Paint condition, garaged or not, type of polish used, layers of polish used, waxed used or not, sealant used or not. Some details would help...
imported_Chris223
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I polish every 3 months probably, on a day when I take nearly all day to do a full blown detail. But that's with Sonus SFX-3 which isn't abrasive and is more of a finishing polish. Polishes such as that can be used as often as you like.
Accumulator
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When? When the marring is too bad for me to be happy with how the car looks. Yeah, that's very vague 
but it varies with the vehicle.
I keep the S8 very nice and it's getting to the spot-polish-point now (it's about 90-95%, you can only spot the flaws in certain lighting if you really look for them) and it's been over two years since I last polished it. The MPV is still around that 90-95% point after more than a year and I use that vehicle hard. So every year and a half to two years for me on the ones I keep very nice and use sealants on.
Our other cars I don't keep that nice and I'll let them get a lot worse before I repolish them. I used to polish the Jag all the time in search of perpetual perfection, but years of doing that thinned the paint and taught me a valuable, if depressing, lesson (now I really can't correct it at all). So on those vehicles I use products with fillers and top with carnaubas.
RIDS are different, I'll remove/improve them as they show up; the above refers to general marring which, IMO, usually happens during the wash.
but it varies with the vehicle.I keep the S8 very nice and it's getting to the spot-polish-point now (it's about 90-95%, you can only spot the flaws in certain lighting if you really look for them) and it's been over two years since I last polished it. The MPV is still around that 90-95% point after more than a year and I use that vehicle hard. So every year and a half to two years for me on the ones I keep very nice and use sealants on.
Our other cars I don't keep that nice and I'll let them get a lot worse before I repolish them. I used to polish the Jag all the time in search of perpetual perfection, but years of doing that thinned the paint and taught me a valuable, if depressing, lesson (now I really can't correct it at all). So on those vehicles I use products with fillers and top with carnaubas.
RIDS are different, I'll remove/improve them as they show up; the above refers to general marring which, IMO, usually happens during the wash.
Brian_Brice
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yeah im with accuulator, if very minimal swirls exist on my paint i see them and definitely consider polishing, but more often than not ill let it go for a while. that way i keep a full on polish detail down to about once every ten months or so.
imported_smprince1
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For me, full exterior detail twice a year (strip, clay, swirl removal/polish, sealant, wax). I use the least aggressive polish/swirl remover to get the job done.
Spring and Fall.
Spring and Fall.
imported_MCA
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I have only used IP/FPII on my car twice via PC (Black 2003 Mazda6). I try to focus on proper washing/drying techniques to minimize the need. I'm keeping this car for the long run so minimizing the need now will definitely help years later.