Whats your "Go To" Polish?

WaxMaster1 said:
It reminds me of Meguiar's #6 which smells the same since the late 80's when I started using it. It has a Banana(y) smell
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Well, I'm in my chemical room with both products.

While I say A12, M06, and M26 all qualify as banana, Ultimate Polish smells like a banana shake.

I think I'm going to stop and get one later. I'm done working for the day (aside from washing towels/pads)...

Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Compound are products I wish were available in larger quantities.

Maybe Nick can get them for me by the case?
 
I use Meguiars M205. I been using it for more than 5 years now, and brought nothing less than stellar results. However, I recently bought a gallon of BOSS Perfecting Cream, because I heard that it capable of long buffing cycle. It will also awesome with my BOSS G21.
 
Shine Supply Classic Cut with Megs MF pad hands down the BEST :buffing:. You get good cut and rarely have to go back to polish it. Or their Classic Polish is good too.:xyxthumbs:
 
Optimum Polish II works well for me but most of the time I use Poli-Seal instead.

Your #6 may be dependent on your paint and what kind of orange pad you have.

I did a AIO the other day and the difference between my test spots with LC orange and white Flat Pads on black paint was obvious. I had to go with the white because the orange pad left a haze behind.
 
I have used OPT hyper polish on 3 of our 4 cars at home and its hands down brilliant.

Some of you guys mentioned Megs UP...That one does nothing for me and its a nightmare to buff off. But Megs UC on the other hand is great.
 
wn1998 said:
I'm looking for a polish that I
can use for the following.

1. Swirl Removal and minor defect.
2. Gloss Enhancement
3. Easy to remove
4. One step, no additional polishing needed
5. Finishes great with Orange light cutting pad

This will be used primaily on "daily drivers"
that was to clean up the paint a bit and
increase gloss.
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•For a Finishing polish (that needs to
be followed with an LSP):
-I nominate Meguairs M205

•For a one-step product...(needs no
follow-up polishing/LSPing steps)...
that will, IMO, meet your above criteria:
-I nominate McKee's 37 Jeweling Wax


Bob
 
pdqgp said:
For Polish I really like HDAdapt with an orange pad. I also love and use Meg's Ultimate Polish. For German Paints it just seems Menzerna SF4000 is awesome. Not sure I have any "one" that I use on everything. I usually test or note in my book what works well on cars as I go through doing them. Any areas of polish that are more difficult to remove, I just use a MF Towel and a small bucket of Uber Rinseless and wipe it off. Zero issues.

I would suggest that if you have areas that are difficult to remove to verify you've actually removed all the contaminants. I will say that on cars where I've clay/nanoskinned AND Chemically decontaminated the paint, I have no issues removing Adapt when used in right amounts. Swap Pads after two panels and do the above and I would be surprised if you have trouble.

AIO Wise, hands down HDSpeed. I only do this work on the side so 1 car per week, sometimes 2 and 90% of what I target is HDSpeed AIO applications.
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Am going to update this with Essence now too. I use it as my base polish before ceramic coatings now.
 
The Griot's Garage Boss correcting and perfecting creams are great, no fooling, but M205 is really something else. It works very, very well with different styles of Lake Country orange light cutting pads and is great for a quick "one-step" job that necessitates light correction (the customer doesn't need or want perfection).

With that said I only use M205 with the Flex 3401. The Flex gets used with all sorts of abrasives, but I stick to the Boss creams with my G15. I'm sure the G21 and G15 will work fine with M205 too.
 
Griots Boss Finishing sealant with any of the Boss pads.
 
Desertnate said:
I don't really have a single go-to polish. For softer paints, or unknown paints, I start with Meguiars Ultimate Polish. Harder paint gets Blackfire SRC Finishing Polish. In order to cover all bases, I also have the compounding "partner" to each of those products.

Going forward as I try to simplify my detailing product shelves, I'll probably collapse everything down to the Blackfire polish/compound or possibly Menzerna. The Blackfire polishes are really easy to work with and yield amazing results. I'm pretty confident I could use them on just about any paint I come across.
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I've always been a fan of Blackfire, sealant and waxes, But, I keep hearing so many good things about Menzerna and I can't wait to try it. On the other hand, I also, want to "simplify my detailing product shelves". I depend a lot on the advice I read on this forum to make those choices since I can't try everything.
 
HD Polish hands down the product I reach for. If its real bad HD Cut.

Sonax Perfect Finish on a Rupes Yellow or White pad in a close 2nd.
 
I don't want to alter the OP's original question but will answer with "what do I use the MOST on a wide range of different paints when only doing a one stepper?". HD Speed or McKee's 360 AIO. That's not to say i use those exclusively. I use a wide range of products as my "favorite" for "this" job but find myself using those 2 AIO's the most.
 
I find now that unless the paint is bad enough that I'm using FG400 or a heavy compound along those lines, I always just use Essence with an Orange pad. It works great for me, and I use that combination as a compound. If I need to, I spritz with DI water to make it work longer but the combination of the semi-permanent fillers and the actual abrasives really make a great combination for me.
 
Is there any issue with using BOSS pads and creams on the GG6? I'm thinking of getting the 5 inch backing plate and using these pads and polishes.

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Powerwheels said:
Is there any issue with using BOSS pads and creams on the GG6? I'm thinking of getting the 5 inch backing plate and using these pads and polishes.
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There is no issue whatsoever. The combination of the Boss pads and abrasives work very well with the Griot's Garage machine.
 
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