Thread: Using petrol as a car polish for Defender?

Mine always looks shiny when I apply water.....wet mud always glistens

Wayne

Originally Posted by VladTepes

I use a special cleaning product on mine.

It's very expensive though.



It's called water.

Hmmm... might try that one day.

But I doubt it.

Enamel, Acrylic and Two-pack.
OK, I think? The older style of paint, per 1980’s ish was Acrylic? The old EH comes up a treat with a bit of the old Repsol – Cut and polish. But use that stuff on the 08 Defender? I don’t think so! What I’m saying is petroleum based product (Gasoline, RP7, Metho) might work fine on older vehicle but not on the new ones. Different sort of paint.

On mine I use Meguiars gold class car shampoo, with a sheep skin mitt. I wet it thoroughly first and am very careful to only move the mitt lightly, and slowly in the direction of the grain of the paint. If I drop the mitt - I throw it away.

After washing, I analyze the surface carefully. If there is any resin, bug tar etc I use a clay bar and lubricant before applying a silicon free pure polish.

Once this is all dry and polished, I give it a separate wax. For an absolute mirror finish I spay on a finishing oil.















.....but not on my county!