If you've painted your car can you give some input on the steps to bring out the shine, if you use polish or wax first and whats the difference?

If you guys can suggest a kind/brand name it would be appreciated <3

 

polish is usually synthetic and because of this it has less of a tendency to yellow with repeat applications. Continued applications of certain waxes without using a stripper from time to time will cause a slight yellow build up as the wax is organic. I typically prefer polish myself, namely "Race Glaze" as the results of it are amazing. Plus its made for racing boats so it has a tendency to really adhere for a while. It depends on what you mean by "bring out the shine" is that paint faded or oxidized? If so you most likely should look into using a rotary buffer, but that in itself is a completely different conversation, and if you look around in this forum there is a ton of good info of peoples personal experience with different compounds, buffers, applications, etc.

 

Polish and wax are often reffered to as the same thing but that is not that case what-so-ever. Wax is made to PROTECT your car from things such as acid rain, airborne pollutants, bird crap, UV rays, as well as pretty much anything else in the air that may take a tole on your cars finish. Wax also serves another common purpose which is to add GLOSS and BEAUTY to the paint. While wax can enhance the look of your car, you cant truely reep the full benefits of the added gloss without the proper preperation. This is where polish comes in. There are two main groups of polishes. Pure polishes and abrasive polishes are what come to mine here. A pure polish is a polish that has no abrasiveness or "cut" to it and is simply used to add gloss by replinishing oils back into the paint. Abrasive polishes, typically used by a machine, are used to grind away the top most layer of paint. The most common uses for abrasive polishes are to rid of swirl marks, scratches, wetsanding scratches, or oxidized paint. You can also find mixtures of abrasive polishes and waxes. These have light cleaning/polishing/cutting power while putting down a coat of protection at the same time. There are also cleaner waxes out there as well, which consist of a chemical cleaner which cleans the paint to provide a clean surface for the wax to bond to as well as putting down a coat of wax.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ8tunerman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Polish and wax are often reffered to as the same thing but that is not that case what-so-ever. Wax is made to PROTECT your car from things such as acid rain, airborne pollutants, bird crap, UV rays, as well as pretty much anything else in the air that may take a tole on your cars finish. Wax also serves another common purpose which is to add GLOSS and BEAUTY to the paint. While wax can enhance the look of your car, you cant truely reep the full benefits of the added gloss without the proper preperation. This is where polish comes in. There are two main groups of polishes. Pure polishes and abrasive polishes are what come to mine here. A pure polish is a polish that has no abrasiveness or "cut" to it and is simply used to add gloss by replinishing oils back into the paint. Abrasive polishes, typically used by a machine, are used to grind away the top most layer of paint. The most common uses for abrasive polishes are to rid of swirl marks, scratches, wetsanding scratches, or oxidized paint. You can also find mixtures of abrasive polishes and waxes. These have light cleaning/polishing/cutting power while putting down a coat of protection at the same time. There are also cleaner waxes out there as well, which consist of a chemical cleaner which cleans the paint to provide a clean surface for the wax to bond to as well as putting down a coat of wax.</TD></TR></TABLE>

good info here^

 

thanks

so after i wet sand use the abrasive polish kind