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Seriously, my car has only been polished one time, and that was a year ago. I'm going to try to give it a light polish with PO85rd and a gray pad if I can before I go to Detail Fest, but if that doesn't happen, I won't worry too much about it. It only has light swirls in a few spots, some light toweling marks, etc. But it is a daily driver that gets used every day of the week and sits outside every day of the week, so that's OK. My point being, in the almost 6 years I have owned the car, its primary care has consisted of regular washing, claying, paint cleaners sometimes, and waxing/sealing the paint. That's it. Simple and sweet. Once you polish, if you are doing everything else correctly, you shouldn't have to polish all the time. As far as the "super light hazing" David Fermani mentions you put into the paint when washing, if you can't see it, why would you worry about it? Nobody I know looks at their car's paint with a microscope. I would rather have protected paint that 100% perfectly polished paint. Here's a quote from Mike:
