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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 02:22 AM
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wax her,?

Greetings,
My 89 iroc was painted iroc blue a year and a have ago ,and the car was given a 3m hand glaze on her. My question is, what sould I do next? Should I polish or wax her? If I should wax her, what hand wax should I use?

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Gerry:rockon:
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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try polishing then wax, mothers has both
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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Polish it first that way you can get it all nice and shiny then wax it to protect. I use meguiars gold class wax and it works great!

Mike
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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wax her?

Greetings,

Thanks for the reply's guy's. Should I still use the 3m hand glaze or should I use another type of polish and can I apply by hand?


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Gerry
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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3M, you cant go wrong with it, then some nice mothers wax...
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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depends on what 3m hand glaze it is....as well as the condition of the paint, etc.

i would try a light grade polish of sorts staying away from any real abrassive cleaner polish unless it's necessary.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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wax her?

Greetings,
The paint is in awesome condition, so should I just wax her ? If so, by hand?

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Gerry :rockon:
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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I say you polish then hand glaze then wax. The imperial hand glaze kicks *** it gives it a really deep shine, but you still need the protection from the wax and I've used Maguier's gold with good results.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 01:33 AM
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Ok If your paint is "awsome" I would use Formula113!!!!
It kicks ***!!!!! otherwise you could use 3M Foam polishing pad glaze (partNo051131-05996) on a dimple foam pad then wash & hand polish with 113 I'll guarantee the results!!!!!!!! its the best I have ever used thats why I spent $750AU importing the stuff to Australia! Ok so I bought a hell of a lot!
113 is really easy to use on good paint & even old oxide paint.
It only takes me 12 minuites to do my car.
The 3mfoam polishing pad glaze is also a very very good product & if you want a show finnish I would use it first
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