Polish and wax new car?

• deemweet

  20 Oct 05, 14:40

  Do you recommend polishing and waxing a brand new 3-day-old car? The factory paint job does not look particularly shiny, plus the new car's been through lots of rain these past few days. Or should I wait a bit longer, maybe after the 1K servicing, before polishing and waxing?
• buowen

  20 Oct 05, 14:42

  boss, go for glare coating. it will be good for the long run
• blue_dog66

  20 Oct 05, 17:25

  
  What you mean by glare polish?
• tomsss

  20 Oct 05, 20:08

  the name glare says it all?
• zulu4

  20 Oct 05, 22:52

  Originally posted by deemweet:

  Do you recommend polishing and waxing a brand new 3-day-old car? The factory paint job does not look particularly shiny, plus the new car's been through lots of rain these past few days. Or should I wait a bit longer, maybe after the 1K servicing, before polishing and waxing?

  there's no need to polish, but applying some wax will definitely help with the shine and provide your paintwork with some level of protection against water spots from rain etc..
  
  some pple swear by glare, some pple, like myself, don't quite like it because it doesn't give a deep glossy shine, its your personal choice. i tried glare but switched to Meguair's. i'm now using Meg #21, its a synthetic wax aka sealant.
• blue_dog66

  21 Oct 05, 11:38

  Zulu, self applied or pro-job?
• zulu4

  21 Oct 05, 12:14

  Originally posted by blue_dog66:

  Zulu, self applied or pro-job?

  pro. meg #21 is a professional product. PM me if you want the add of the shop i go to.
  
• blue_dog66

  22 Oct 05, 14:43

  Zulu, PM seems not to work. Pls provide add and $.
  Thanks.
• Apollo_sg

  22 Oct 05, 20:55

  Originally posted by deemweet:

  Do you recommend polishing and waxing a brand new 3-day-old car? The factory paint job does not look particularly shiny, plus the new car's been through lots of rain these past few days. Or should I wait a bit longer, maybe after the 1K servicing, before polishing and waxing?

  recommended tat you protect & maintain, regardless of the condition.
  
  the shiny surface you see is the acrylic coating only.
  
  
• blue_dog66

  22 Oct 05, 23:15

  Anyone heard of the teflon polish? Any good?
• hmsg

  22 Oct 05, 23:23

  Originally posted by deemweet:

  Do you recommend polishing and waxing a brand new 3-day-old car? The factory paint job does not look particularly shiny, plus the new car's been through lots of rain these past few days. Or should I wait a bit longer, maybe after the 1K servicing, before polishing and waxing?

  thought all brand new car would be solid... only heard of a couple of incidents on poor paint jobs.... all from the same car brand..... but i think u should wait.... until 1 - 2 mths....