FAO: The Grand Master of Polishing/Waxing
FAO: The Grand Master of Polishing/Waxing
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DustyC

Original Poster:

12,820 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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Pies, you going to PF?

If so I need to meet you so you can tell me what to purchase from the polishingcompnay stall.

Le TVR

3,097 posts

274 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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DustyC said:
can tell me what to purchase from the polishingcompnay stall.


All of it no doubt

DustyC

Original Poster:

12,820 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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If I buy a 1/4 of what he says it should still leave me with some beer money and time to drive it then!

Podie

46,647 posts

298 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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IIRC he uses something from a small specialist company... you can't even order it over the 'net..!

DustyC

Original Poster:

12,820 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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He probably has his own hive of pedigree bees producing a perfect mica blue wax for his car.

WildfireS3

9,919 posts

275 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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Pies uses P21-S Carnuba Wax from www.seriousperformance.co.uk They are considerably cheaper than thepolishingcompany, but there is no online ordering. I use Meguiar's Gold Class Clear Coat Wax. £12.99 Excellent results.

>> Edited by WildfireS3 on Thursday 1st July 14:44

Pies

13,116 posts

279 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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won't be there (family comitments)

But this should keep you going

P21S wax and P21S GEPC

The polishing company do a kit on their website,it might be a good deal as the wheel cleaner is supposed to be good, i haven't tried it myself, but it gets good reviews

Meguiar's Microfibre Drying Towel
Microfibre Cloths (you can never have enough )

If they have one of those dusters for light dusting they are good,but only if you garage your car

rolex

3,119 posts

281 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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Pies said:
won't be there (family comitments)

But this should keep you going

P21S wax and P21S GEPC

The polishing company do a kit on their website,it might be a good deal as the wheel cleaner is supposed to be good, i haven't tried it myself, but it gets good reviews

Meguiar's Microfibre Drying Towel
Microfibre Cloths (you can never have enough )

If they have one of those dusters for light dusting they are good,but only if you garage your car



I took pies advice a couple of months back and can only say this.
www.thepolishingcompany.com/whatpeoplesay.html

GregE240

10,857 posts

290 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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Pies said:
...the wheel cleaner is supposed to be good, i haven't tried it myself, but it gets good reviews
Best wheel cleaner I've ever used. Bar none.

The Porsche wheel cleaner available from OPCs is P21 rebadged. Its fabulous. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Greg

WonkyGibbon

476 posts

274 months

Thursday 1st July 2004
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WildfireS3 said:
Pies uses P21-S Carnuba Wax from <a href="http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk">www.seriousperformance.co.uk</a> They are considerably cheaper than thepolishingcompany, but there is no online ordering. I use Meguiar's Gold Class Clear Coat Wax. £12.99 Excellent results.


Me too. The P21S carnuba wax is excellent and it's sister product Gloss Enhancing Paintwork Cleanser is quite frankly amazing. I had some nasty discoulouration (embedded dirt) which I couldn't get off by any normal washing method - but with that stuff it just wiped right off. Very very impressed. Both prodcts are easy and pretty quick to use.

DustyC

Original Poster:

12,820 posts

277 months

Friday 2nd July 2004
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Pies said:
won't be there (family comitments)

But this should keep you going

P21S wax and P21S GEPC

The polishing company do a kit on their website,it might be a good deal as the wheel cleaner is supposed to be good, i haven't tried it myself, but it gets good reviews

Meguiar's Microfibre Drying Towel
Microfibre Cloths (you can never have enough )

If they have one of those dusters for light dusting they are good,but only if you garage your car



Cheers mate.
I'll print this thread and take it with me.

I've been wanting one of those dusters for a while now.

As for microfibre cloths, are they like my AutoGlym chamois?

Pies

13,116 posts

279 months

Friday 2nd July 2004
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DustyC said:

As for microfibre cloths, are they like my AutoGlym chamois?



Nope

Not dear either, but far better than cotton cloths for polishing and buffing after waxing

DustyC

Original Poster:

12,820 posts

277 months

Tuesday 6th July 2004
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Forgot to take the printout so I bought lots of things with numbers on.

- 303 UV Protectant (for the interior and all things spongey (rubber trim, tyres etc))
- P21S Gloss enhancing blah blah (& applicator sponge)
- P21S Wax
- P21S Wheel gel
- P21S(?) Shampoo conditioner (take 2 bottles in to the garage? )
- Windscreen wipes
- Small microfibre cloth.

All in a nice box with instructions.

Now all I need is some good weather and free time. Hopefully before Griff growl. (Any of you lot coming?)

GarryM

1,113 posts

306 months

Tuesday 6th July 2004
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A question: can you apply the P21 wax after using Autoglym super resin polish? I have loads of Autoglym stuff but they don't (AFAIK) do a wax.

Pies

13,116 posts

279 months

Tuesday 6th July 2004
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GarryM said:
A question: can you apply the P21 wax after using Autoglym super resin polish? I have loads of Autoglym stuff but they don't (AFAIK) do a wax.


Yep,

GarryM

1,113 posts

306 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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Thanks Pies.