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PhilD
17-03-2005, 13:14
Now that the weather is getting better, it's looking like I might be able to get out and play with the Swissol I've had since Christmas!

I started trying to check how easy it was to prepare the surface last weekend, and found that the Swissol cleaner fluid was still leaving a 'cloudy' smear behind; I suspect this is the remnants of previous coats of Autoglym Super Resin Polish (presumably a silicone-based product?).

So, I tried Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover (basically a solvent?); that works ok in small areas, but on larger areas just seems to end up moving the old polish around (without *vast* amounts of rags and elbow grease), resulting in the same 'cloudy' smear.

Is there an easy way to get back to pure, clean, paint finish?
dalepearson
17-03-2005, 15:22
You could try a clay bar to remove the top layers, and try again. Meguiars do a decent clay for about £13.
WatchHill
17-03-2005, 16:38
I don't think clay bar takes off wax/polish, not sure about the Meg ver though.
Perhaps you need one of the stronger cleaners such as medium? I find the lowest strength to be a little too gentle sometimes.
Tony spears
20-03-2005, 19:10
Yes i tend to aree with watchhill i only use standard cleaner fluid on new cars ,and mainly use medium all round now its top stuff and gud on black cars.
Cleaner fluid med £25.50.
PhilD
01-04-2005, 14:25
Just to finalise this, I finally got around to doing this last weekend, and went for the "*vast* amounts of rags and elbow grease" approach, which seemed to do the trick.

Swissol cleaner fluid seemed to get it back to pure paint (how squeaky :blink: ?!), although I've no doubt the stronger medium stuff would have been easier. Then a good coat of Saphir later, and it's looking superb.

Of course, then what did it do the next day... rain!
WatchHill
01-04-2005, 15:41
Yeah but wasn't the beading satisfying!
PhilD
01-04-2005, 16:09
True, it was very impressive!

I'm hoping that a simple wash this weekend will be a quick and easy affair; splash plenty of water around, and watch the dust/dirt just fall off...
WatchHill
01-04-2005, 16:44
...er

OK.


Best of luck with that!