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How To Make Your Ca Shine?

Bilz
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hi, i was wondering how to clean my ca prooperly and make it shine.

is there any steps i have to take e.g. put polish on and then wax it?

i used to just polish my old cars (CLIO) by hand but would like a electrical polisher, what machine you you recommend.

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    Two sources of info...

    My Detailing Guide

    Detailing World

    All the info you could ever need is on the latter - the former is my attempt to condense things a little.

    Machine polishers aren't covered in my thread - they fall into two main types - cheap rubbish and things that work.

    Most 'electric' polishers are the former - ie those sold by Halfords and the like.

    Good machine polishers come in two main types - random orbital or dual action and rotary. For a beginner I would suggest a good quality RO/DA such as the Kestrel DAS-6.

    Here's a great starter kit...

    DAS-6 on RubbishBoys

    Loads of info on detailing world on how to get results with one - and plenty of decent videos on YouTube too.

    It's worth mentioning at this point - it's not polish that gives you the shine, polish is used to correct imperfections in the paint, which can help with a deep, full look to the paint, but the shine will come more from the products applied afterwards.

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