What product do you plan on using to polish?

 

I don't know the first things about polishes, lol.

 

And that's probably why he asked. First off, some people use the term "polish" interchangably with "wax". Real polishes have abrasives that remove a small amount of paint and are typically used to cleanup paint problems and imperfections.

Because they remove a microsopic amount of paint from the surface,they also remove any waxes you have on your car. If you polish a Zainoed car, you remove it in the process so you're starting with a clean Zainoless surface. That's why in my last post I mentioned that you don't need to do the Dawn wash and claybar because in theory, you're starting with a fresh clean surface.

If you don't know the first thing about polishes, then I would suggest that you NOT use one on your car. If done improperly, all you'll do is scratch up the surface.

Is there a particular problem that you're trying to solve by polishing (i.e. swirl marks, scratches)?

 

Yeah, actually I took Mother's Fine Cut Cleaner (a polish I think) to a section of my car with a microfiber cloth (I know, I know, very bad of me) and it left a lot of those little swirly scratches which are only visible if you look at it at a certain sunlit angle. Don't ask why I did it in the first place; let's just say I am a noobie. So I know that I'm going to need to polish/re-polish that area but this time with a PC Orbital to get it off, correct? I'm also thinking about polishing because the DB color on my Z doesn't look as "deep" and dark as other DB Z's I have seen so I want to try and bring back that color.