Annoying white bits!

[TheYeti]

Hey up guys!

Going to be a bit of a wierd one this, but on the raised bit of the chip protection (i.e. the boundary between paintwork and the protection itself) I get polish build up after cleaning and I can't get rid of it. Its only light, but its such a contrast against the dark blue paintwork, I find it really hard to get it out and it looks really bad. Is there any "colour" polish that I can use for this area or does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of this? I might take some pictures later to illustrate what I mean and see if I can post them up, but I don't have a host.......

Cheers guys!

[gooby]

There are a couple of cures, one deals with the problem, the other deals with the symptoms.
1) use a decent polish - I was told by a very experienced valet that low quality polish has fine talk in it so numpties know when they have missed a spot. Use a decent quality polish.

2) maguires produce a fantastic little brush that is great for detailing. It gets in all the panel joins / gaps and is superb for getting in the nooks and crannies where it is hard to get the polish out.

[speedyellow]

Can someone just clean my cars for me, I'd never manage that level of attention....... please!!!!! lol

[bogie]

I have loads of armourfend on my black car (more than the Lotus kit) - use Meguires polish and Cold glass wax - and put it on sparingly

always apply it in strokes away from the edge, not onto the edge of the film

then when done, rub your 'wax off' towel along the edge of the film with your fingernail - sorted ....its even worse on a black car....dealer polished my car once and the monkey - used a ton of polish and left white lines everywhere

[TheYeti]

All good stuff guys. The polish I have at the moment (as I have had very good results with it in the past on my MR2) is the germans stuff, Mer. Problem is, it IS a white based polish (bit like Autoglym, but better) so its very difficult to avoid these problems. Also, I never had anything like the chip protection on my MR2, so never had the problem. So this is a new things to me unfortunately......

I am going to have to look into Meguires soon. I have heard SOOOOO much about it and its all good. Down to the local Halfrauds I think...............

Keep the info coming in guys! Cheers for all of this!

[bogie]

Mer is OK - but very dusty ...get the Meguires stuff from Halfords:

paint cleaner polish
polish
wax

foam applicator pads
microfibre towels for removing polish/wax

sorted

[Paul RN]

Use a toothbrush to clean up the edges

[Lotustuart]

Meguires is great but you can still get a little bit of the white. As the rest said, use sparringly. To get rid of the white already on there, use a pressure washer, or better a steam pressure washer. Just don`t hold it on there for too long or you`ll lift the armourfend!

[TheYeti]

bogie said:

Mer is OK - but very dusty ...get the Meguires stuff from Halfords:

paint cleaner polish
polish
wax

foam applicator pads
microfibre towels for removing polish/wax

sorted

You're not wrong about the Mer. It IS dusty, but still not as bad as the Autoglym stuff....

Right oh! Will be off to Halfrauds tomorrow after work. Cheers Bogie!

[gooby]

Halfrauds?

Do the job right -
www.parcferme.co.uk/