Question on my process

[mauritiusblue]

I have gotten a new Acura TL back last May and this Spring will be the first time I polish it to get rid of some swirls.



The swirls are very light and so I decided to go with Meg's #5.



My question is, after the polish, would I wash the car again?



Or could I just go ahead and put my blackfire on top of the polish.



Thanks in advance!

 

[Accumulator]

Oh boy, I gotta give you a little bad news The #5 won't remove any of the marring and will only hide some of it. #5 New Car Glaze, which I really like, is one of Meguiar's "pure polishes", i.e., nonabrasive. You need to use something with mild abrasives to remove the swirls.



And to make things worse, the BF polish will remove the stuff the #5 leaves behind, making the #5 pretty much a complete waste of time and effort. Washing the car would do about the same- remove most of the #5.



I'd get some Meg's #80 if I were in your shoes, or another of the many mild polishes we're always touting.

 

[mauritiusblue]

The swirls on my car are very very light. You really can't see them unless you really look. That's why I felt that meg's #5 would be enough to do the trick. Also, I won't be using the BF polish at all. I was just gonna put the BF sealant on top after the meg's work with a PC.

 

[Accumulator]

The swirls on my car are very very light. You really can't see them unless you really look. That's why I felt that meg's #5 would be enough to do the trick. Also, I won't be using the BF polish at all. I was just gonna put the BF sealant on top after the meg's work with a PC.

Trouble is that there won't really be anyh "meg's work". The nonabrasive #5 won't do anything for the swirls except *maybe* conceal them a little. And I dunno how well the BF would bond to the #5.



IMHO, the #5 just isn't the product for this job. I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all, but I've used #5 since the 1970s. You need something different for this one. Even the BF polish would be a better bet.