Polishing a Daily Driver Over Time

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I know it's okay to polish a car over time in parts, but what if it's a daily driver that'll see the highway?
If I seal up the polished part and use something like a spray wax/sealant to get get by on the other parts is that okay? I figured I'd do the front bumper last because of the bugs.
 
Sounds like a alright process to me just be careful/dont polish the bumper too much as it is very thin paint there with that said you may want to coat such bug attacked ateas for better protection/hopefully less polishing
 
Personally, I don't even bother polishing out my front bumper on my daily driver. There really is no point whatsoever in doing this on a daily driver IMO. I clean it well and have coated it to help keep the cleaning easier. Polishing it out is just a waste of time with all the rock chips and whatnot from highway driving and construction zones.
 
Polishing does take time and there's no harm in doing section by section until complete. It's your car so take as much or as little time as you desire....
 
My car is a DD and it sees 100 miles of highway everyday. While I don't really "polish out" the front bumper cover, I do regularly use an AIO on it and seal it with a synthetic sealant or spray sealant (Megs UQW) to make cleaning easier.
 
I guess I am "lucky" that my front bumper is unpainted black plastic.
 
Thats pretty much what I do since I dont have a whole day to do the whole car. Plus I am always finding new spots I need to buff out. The paint is probably 80-90% clear of defects, but some panels have a spot or two with a swirl or a mar. So when I do a detail I just choose a panel or two to buff out and then hopefully dont have to touch that one for a year or two.
 
So just to be clear, it's okay to work a panel at a time over a period of time and drive my car on the highway before finishing.
 
conman1395 said:
So just to be clear, it's okay to work a panel at a time over a period of time and drive my car on the highway before finishing.
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That's what I do. It's never really done anyway, because once I'm "finished," I'll be working on it again. :buffing:
 
Yeah by the time you make it all the way around the panels you started on will probably need a touch up. The good thing is, at least for me, the defects I need to fix keep getting smaller and sparser, to the point where my wife thinks I am wasting my time at this point. Id say I have 1/3 of the car where I want it, another 1/3 thats 'acceptable' to me, and then there is the rear hatch which I cant seem to get right and the roof which I neglect because its an SUV and most people cant see issues at that angle and its a chore using a buffer on a step ladder.
 
conman1395 said:
So just to be clear, it's okay to work a panel at a time over a period of time and drive my car on the highway before finishing.
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I sure hope so...I do it all the time!!

NOTE:
There seems to be a constant battle waging between an OCD'er's egosyntonic and egodystonic personae!! :eek:


Bob
 
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