Thanks for the advice guys. The GT has only 3000 miles on it so the paintwork is in great condition. I will do the baggie test tomorrow to see if I need to clay bar. If I don't need to clay I will weigh up if I need to use the Wolfgang Polish Enhancer.
Hello again Davo67.
Everyone here has of course good intentions, and as well different opinions. Maybe on a different day I'd suggest going to the nines with a full blown decon, clay, polishing, all that good stuff.
The other members who've responded to you, I respect them, and their opinions, all are fine experienced members here.
Not trying to be philosophical here, but reckon you ultimately must decide just how far you wish, or should say "need" to go to accomplish the tasks set before you.
To judge condition, and what condition of paint do you need to have to achieve to your personal satisfaction?
Good to mention the baggie test, that will identify just how clean your paint, and glass is.
And yes, just after a few month's time, a vehicle often won't pass such a test. Fallout, road grime, saps, you're in your summer there at the moment.
The WG Polish Enhancer will work as a cleaner. Might not need to go further than that? I'm saying this first, because the possible need of resorting to Claying can have its side effects. Namely, slight marring and scratching of the paint, even with the gentlest of Clays.
Many factors, how hard the paint is, how bad the above surface contaminants are to necessitate Claying?
Common knowledge most certainly, everyone here will agree, any and all paint protectant products will bond better to clean paint that's free of contaminants.
If such leads to a need of Polishing, either by hand or machine, those are steps which you'll have to make a judgement call on, and whether or not such needs to be done at any given time.
And it's why I say that "less is better" in many regards. The keep it simple principle applies.
Sure, many of us "stateside" members on the other side of the globe have much easier access to the vast array of Autogeek Products. That we can select from our arsenals a good number of decon-cleaning products to use prior to applying an LSP. Thus can often make a better and wiser judgement call of what might be the ticket to use to attain desirable end results.
Some might simply pick up an AIO (All in One) product that can clean, and protect in one simple step. Others might select separate dedicated products to achieve the same goals. Many paths which can take you to the same end results, and some can save time, work, and money.
We all have different approaches, but I'll still stand by what I've said earlier and say that I myself am such a person, that every time I wish to apply an LSP, I surely don't wish to, or hope to not feel the urgent need of pulling out polishes, polishers, pads, clay, iron-x, etc etc just to clean things up and get some protection on a vehicle.
That again less can be more.
