Best finishing wax and sealent for wet look?

[Ant1]

Going to de-swirl my car for the first time (gulp) and I am after for the best wax and sealant to give my Dark Blue a nice deep wet finish.

Any suggestions? Currently use autoglym polish, autoglym sealant, and megiuars nxt spray detailer.

 

[Alastair.]

my vote always goes for collinites 476 or petes 53 for waxes, dont really bother with sealant especially when using the collinites.

 

[Ant1]

That's what this fella is using and the finish looks cool as.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=482418&highlight=flamer

Best place to get them?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

AG SRP and EGP is very underrated as products, they stand up very well against the more expensive products.

I think you should stick with those and find a really good wax to finish with.

 

[Ant1]

Sorry what's EGP?

 

[jenic]

Auto glym extra gloss protection

 

[Ant1]

Thanks chap. So what order would i apply these in? Sorry for the newbie questions.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Wash --> Dry --> SRP --> EGP --> Wax

Those are the most basic steps

 

[badgerbite]

get yerself on cleanyourcar.co.uk - all the best stuff (polish and wax p**n) and you can even call them up for advice, good guides on there too.

Also, you get CS discount wit them

 

[Šįk]

megs clay n Megs wax from halfods =

 

[jenic]

get yerself on cleanyourcar.co.uk - all the best stuff (polish and wax p**n) and you can even call them up for advice, good guides on there too.

Also, you get CS discount wit them

Dont bother emailing them though, they never reply

 

[Daniel]

Wash --> Dry --> SRP --> EGP --> Wax

Those are the most basic steps

Do this, car will look epic!

 

[guysy]

SRP then Collonite 476 for me.

Claying helps a lot aswell if you have rough paintwork.

 

[Ant1]

Wash --> Dry --> SRP --> EGP --> Wax

Those are the most basic steps

Thanks once again. Just want to make sure I have all the right bits ready and the final finishes in order after I have de-swirled the car as I might be a tad hacked off by that point!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

lol no worries. Post up your results

 

[pritchard182]

i like to use poor boys black hole then any dark wax you fancy try a fiew testers out to see what you prefer

 

[VIICarCare]

I'd go with claying first, then apply your srp, uds then egp

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Poor Boys Black hole + pete's 53 =

i know the "black hole" isnt a sealent, but its a glaze and its ment to hind swirl marks which it does as that is what i call "the black swirl" and its in dier need of a MP

 

[fil_b]

jeffs products is good, car comes up really nice after

also like the dodo juice

 

[sdh2903]

Finish kare fk1000p for me, Tis cheap, you get loads, works wicked on alloys as well as bodywork, last ages and is a piece of cake to use.

It's a synthetic sealant rather than a wax but it really is good stuff.

 

[richy22]

Depends what type of finish you want. You can get a nice wet look from using natty's blue paste wax (use that on my Monaco)

EGP is good but its not a very long lasting sealant IMO...Its good but I have since found other products. I also used Chemical Guys Wet Mirror fifnish a few times and that gave some pretty good results.

But nothing can help your car look its best other then a proper correction detail.

The finish is all down to prep work.

 

[DrewBear11]

Sorry to hijack the thread but i recently, SRP'd then EGP'd the 182...

Now... should i give it a wax for more protection ? Or should i look for a spray sealant (zaino Z8 maybe ?) to top up the protection ? or should i just get a wax and QD ?

 

[gleammachine]

Sorry to hijack the thread but i recently, SRP'd then EGP'd the 182...

Now... should i give it a wax for more protection ? Or should i look for a spray sealant (zaino Z8 maybe ?) to top up the protection ? or should i just get a wax and QD ?

You can wax over the top of the EGP if you wish, personally I would give a wipedown with a spray sealant like Z8 or Dodo red mist after each maintenance wash, this will help to lay down some more protection and recharge the finish until it requires another sealant top-up.

 

[Gally]

Black hole will always give a very wet look.

A glaze will give a wet look but not as much protection.

 

[Cliotoby]

All in the camera work i find. Real life, theres not a lot of difference between waxes for looks, more the durability side of things.

FK and Colly aint bad but id sooner invest in something worth while like supernatural.

 

[bigmaddaz]

ok sort a newbie to this sealant and wet look

ill follow the:

WASH - DRY - SRP - EGP - WAX (the wax part, is this the wet look part? if so any ideas whats beft for my albi blue 197? )

 

[Cliotoby]

Dont even have to wax after applying EGP if you dont want although ive applied collinite over it before.



If you want a mirror finish so to speak, youll have to invest a fair few quid, im talking hundreds, into detailing products. If not, be happy with your SRP/EGP combo. Itll do the job but it wont be as good as you might expect.

 

[richy22]

You dont have to spend hundreds SRP...

Replace EGP with this

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/chemical-guys-blitz-spray-sealant/prod_227.html

and stick a wax like this over the top

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/victoria-wax/victoria-wax-3oz-concours-wax/prod_312.html

Job done.

Price that up

Orrrr

USe SRP then this

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=494

Then maybe EGP or

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/chemical-guys-blitz-spray-sealant/prod_227.html

If you wanted an even wetter look whack a wax on like this

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/clearkote-yellow-moose-wax/prod_285.html

You'd be surprised what you can do with soooo little.

 

[Christophe]

use some z8 at the end.