Just Iced (turtle wax ICE) my hood, amazing stuff!
04-09-2006, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by luckyou03
it just makes the car shiny. it wont hide swirls or scratches.
Here are more pics, sry it's getting dark here. I'll pull the car out in a min and take some more.
the car has to be clean and preferably claybared. If you put wax and crappy paint, it's gonna look crappy.
BTW this product is not a WAX!! It says on the bottle that it's a polish... so it wouldn't hurt to use a paste wax like i did then use this polish.
Here are more pics, sry it's getting dark here. I'll pull the car out in a min and take some more.
the car has to be clean and preferably claybared. If you put wax and crappy paint, it's gonna look crappy.
BTW this product is not a WAX!! It says on the bottle that it's a polish... so it wouldn't hurt to use a paste wax like i did then use this polish.
The was acts as a selant. You should be applying polish before the wax.
04-09-2006, 06:30 PM
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A wax is not intended to make a car shiny, rather protect it. A wax is to protect the paint from water spots and oxidation and such. A polish is what shines the car up, then you "seal" in that shine with a wax. Look st the Meguier's 3 step program...it basically explains it right there. Scratch, polish, wax. I have seen the best results just using their 3 step process. You can as many coats of each on as you want, so yes the more polish you apply the shiner it will become, but that's what you should be applying the most, the polish. I see too many people cake on wax weekend after weekend. Try it the other way, put 3,4,5 hell, 6 coats of polish on then put the wax...i promise you'll say, wow...i wish i was doing that before.
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04-09-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SLPHawk300
A wax is not intended to make a car shiny, rather protect it. A wax is to protect the paint from water spots and oxidation and such. A polish is what shines the car up, then you "seal" in that shine with a wax. Look st the Meguier's 3 step program...it basically explains it right there. Scratch, polish, wax. I have seen the best results just using their 3 step process. You can as many coats of each on as you want, so yes the more polish you apply the shiner it will become, but that's what you should be applying the most, the polish. I see too many people cake on wax weekend after weekend. Try it the other way, put 3,4,5 hell, 6 coats of polish on then put the wax...i promise you'll say, wow...i wish i was doing that before.
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04-09-2006, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28Camaro01
According to my lil autopia.org ebook. If its a true polish this is correct
04-09-2006, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by luckyou03
i doubt it's a true polish because it's so oilly. Wax would never stick to it.
04-10-2006, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by bboyferal
Okay, so how's this thing to be used then? As a polish/abrasive? Or as a wax/sealant?
And if it doesn't cover swirl marks/scratches, what is a good product that will? And if you are supposed to use a wax over this...
What order would you do all of this in?
04-10-2006, 02:02 AM
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In my opinion, mainly because of it's oiliness, it is most definetly meant to be used as a wax, or the top layer on the car. The order is swirl remover > polish > glaze/seal > wax. Yes, I know the product is called Ice Synthetic Polish, but if you read the text on the back it refers to itself as a wax also. The polish smooths out the paint, the wax and glaze protects and gives it shine.
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Info here: http://www.guidetodetailing.com/arti...p?articleId=28
04-10-2006, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 00'WS6Rocket
I emailed turtle on this issue and they said the polish doesn't need the wax afterwords!
Scratch remover/swirl mark first
polish second
wax third