Just bought a black car...

Just bought a black car...

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Dav_s

Original Poster:

1,774 posts

193 months

Saturday 10th July 2010
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...and boy oh boy is it a nightmare to keep clean!!

I used Zymol Auto Wash on it, and was wondering which polish is best? Any which are specifically good on black cars?

Think some wax and Quick Detail may be a good idea too!

diesel piston

287 posts

215 months

Saturday 10th July 2010
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Your on the slippery slope when you get a black car, its cost me a fortune on different products.

golfer99

387 posts

179 months

Monday 12th July 2010
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Dav_s said:
...and boy oh boy is it a nightmare to keep clean!!

I used Zymol Auto Wash on it, and was wondering which polish is best? Any which are specifically good on black cars?

Think some wax and Quick Detail may be a good idea too!
Just did mine with the FG6357 Turtle Wax Black Box Item number 60791
It came up a treat I used my electric Meguiars as well and results were
stunning

Johno

8,427 posts

283 months

Monday 12th July 2010
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Ah black cars . . .

Snow foam
Meg's Gold class shampoo
Dodo's super drying towel (plus a few MF's)
2 x buckets etc etc

For polish I use Meg's in varying grades to get the finish and tend only to polish the twice a year if I can get away with it.

For wax I was using AG's HD which I was really impressed with, but wanted to try Dodo's Purple Haze as it's designed for darker coloured cars. I've been very impressed with it's application, ease of removal (much better than AG HD in my experience) and it's durability. Once I'm through this pot I will upgrade to Dodo's top wax as I've been impressed that much with it.

The only reason I've added the bits on cleaning at the start was that the only way I keep mine looking any good is by washing it a lot, so that I try to never have too much dirt to remove and being as gentle as possible to keep the dreaded swirls away . . however gentle you are though, black shows em up more than anything else. Welcome to my hell smile