topless94style Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 What is the best way to polish wax the car? I am cleaning the car today, and would like to know which to apply first. Should i go cruising with the top down today?? It is 60* so maybe i will. What cleans the rims best?? I have simple green and that seems to work well on other areas on the car. What grain sandpaper should I use for wet sanding scratches and my new fender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 wheels....i just use regular car wash and a rag. wash car, wet sand with 1500 then use rubbing compound over it, then wax entire car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerz34 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Like someone said in an earlier post (sorry can remember who) make sure you clean the inside of the wheel wells. Because if that car and wheels look great but then you can see the nasty dirt and mud in the wells, it looks bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regalized Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 In my experience, I wash the car then polish the car then finally wax the car, if you wax then polish, the polish takes the wax off therefore defeating the purpose of waxing the car in the first place. Just my 2 cents...Regalized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOut Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Another tip on the wheels. Looks like you've got the fivestars like I do, so just clean them up real good with soapy water and a sponge/brush first. Then when you get them clean to your liking give them a couple coats of wax, preferably a synthetic or polymer wax, as opposed to a carnauba, of some sort since they seem to hold up to the heat of breaking better. It only takes a couple extra minutes to wax them and you'll never have to scrub your wheels again to get that crappy break dust off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPdriver1986 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 i'm sure its been mentioned a million times here, but clay bar does wonders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 yes, what canadian badass said. i will emphisise the fact to use a BUFFER and not a GRINDER. they look almost identical, except the BUFFER has a variable speed control on it. a grinder is set to run about 8-9k rpm. a buffer runs to a max of 3k rpm. if you use a GRINDER it will iBURN! the paint. also, this is a VERY time consuming project. plan out a WHOLE weekend, rather then do a rush job in just one day. you want the best results, i'm sure. Just be carefull on athe edges. don't cut any corners on this, or you will regret it after your done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erok01 Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 http://www.autopia.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Another tip on the wheels. Looks like you've got the fivestars like I do, so just clean them up real good with soapy water and a sponge/brush first. Then when you get them clean to your liking give them a couple coats of wax, preferably a synthetic or polymer wax, as opposed to a carnauba, of some sort since they seem to hold up to the heat of breaking better. It only takes a couple extra minutes to wax them and you'll never have to scrub your wheels again to get that crappy break dust off. I'm gonna have to do that sometime. Will it work on chrome too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 hah! someone beat me to mentioning it! (autopia.org). I really dont know why many of yall wetsand. Dont do it. Clay the car, the polish, then wax. Wetsanding is a prep thing...and not very nesc. Its taking to much off the paint (unless you do this stuff ever 5 years). go to autopia.org, read up all night, go buy products, and do the car tommrow. jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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