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Offline tim.b

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tornado red
« on: January 12, 2012, 01:11:05 am »
Just picked up the new ride and want to keep it as gleaming as pos. Prob been asked before but whats the best polish and wax to use on red paint work?
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Re: tornado red
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 01:21:55 am »
How about Swisswax divine? About £2000. Reckon it'd be awesome on red.




Depends on budget, kit, and you. Everybody has their own opinion of what they look for in a finish. Machine polishing will give you a better finish than hand polishing. Autoglym SRP is usually enough for those who want to hand polish. Wax is also subject to individual preferences. Vic concours is supposed to really bring out reds.
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Re: tornado red
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 04:30:59 pm »
I use zymol glasur on my tornado red gti finished with zymol field glaze and its awesome !
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Re: tornado red
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 08:50:44 pm »
The Vics Concours does look really good on red but I find it a right pain to remove for some reason. If the finish is already in good condition I'd just slap some colinite 845 on for winter and have another look in the summer months.
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Re: tornado red
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 09:53:43 pm »
Vic's is good. Have a look at my tr red r32 thread in here.


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Re: tornado red
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2012, 08:58:42 am »
Quote from: strapper on January 13, 2012, 09:53:43 pm
Vic's is good. Have a look at my tr red r32 thread in here.


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Re: tornado red
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2012, 03:43:40 pm »
I use AG SRP followed by Vics Concours , great finish. In winter though I generally use a sealant after SRP , I used AG EGP yesterday.
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