Can you Polish a car to much?

[Rashman]

lol @ Dave


As mentioned, polish and wax are completely different things.
Polish cuts, where wax protects and adds luster/ shine.

I’ve never polished mine.
Clayed twice, wiped down after each drive (not washed with water, ever) and waxed probably 95-100 times in the 11 years I’ve had it.

Sadly, not a joke

 

[daveenty]

Just brought mine out of the garage to turn it round as I've been painting the hubs and having a general tidy up with it, so thought I'd take the opportunity to take a couple of pictures: -





This had a very light polish when it was delivered, mainly to get rid of the marring it had acquired en route from Germany, after that it had a ceramic coating and from then on it's just been topped up with the same quick detailing spray used and recommended by the gentleman in the previous post.

Wax over a ceramic coat is a futile exercise to me, though I do like to use the QD on it.

 

[SmartAmg]

This made me lol at 1am, cheers!

Glad I can be of assistance,
Colin.

 

[clk320x]

lol @ Dave


As mentioned, polish and wax are completely different things.
Polish cuts, where wax protects and adds luster/ shine.

I’ve never polished mine.
Clayed twice, wiped down after each drive (not washed with water, ever) and waxed probably 95-100 times in the 11 years I’ve had it.

Sadly, not a joke

 

[daveenty]

I know that you meant for Rash to answer this Abs, but I also thought I'd just post one of my favourites of his car.



It sort of brings home the attention to detail which he's know for.

 

[Deleted member 126251]

.....but now 6” wider than standard, hahahaha

and 50kg heavier...

 

[Wolfie1]

Funny you say that i used to work with this guy and we had to work every second saturday till 12 and whenever he worked he always used to underseal the underside of his car, the running joke was that he wouldnt get over speed bumps soon!

 

[ShaunB]

Wax over a ceramic coat is a futile exercise to me, though I do like to use the QD on it.

You should try Gyeon wet coat for a change, it just enhances the glossiness that the ceramic coating gives, and the hydrophobicity.
On my own car, its enhances the glossiness a lot, I'd imaging it would be exactly the same on your S63.

 

[Alex225]

Depending on how you're polishing the car will depend on the outcome. So if you're machine polishing the car ever two days, you'll have no paint left eventually and you'd certainly eat through the lacquer in time. If you're doing it by hand with something fairly mild and full of fillers like Super Resin Polish, unless you're the Hulk I suspect it would be literally years and years before you went that bit too far!

The question is, why would you want to really. If the car is shiny then it and was recently polished then it won't need another polish for a reasonable amount of time or unless you're aiming to re-apply protection or start afresh.

Applying layers of wax is an interesting topic. I mean the guy who's waxed his car 4,000+ times isn't probably lying but I suspect not even a tiny percentage of the first 3,995 layers exists on the car. Waxes have solvents in that would remove old layers anyway as they break down, the rule of thumb is usually that 3-4 layers is your maximum.

What you could do if you have time on your hands is go full on and do your wash, decontamination, clay then polish. Instead of simply waxing on top, go for a glaze to give it that bit more, then apply two layers of sealant. Then apply two coats of wax over that. Alternatively just have a coating applied and you can just wash it for X amount of time! haha

 

[mbfan77]

looks great

 

[holbay]

This post reminds me of something from the 70's a neighbour bought an old Mk2 Cortina in that saluke bronze colour and it was bloomed he asked best way to make it shine so showed him how to use T-cut and then wax he was over the moon with the finish. He came up to me a few months later saying that this funny looking colour is appearing on the car, the twit had been T-cutting every week and started to reach the primer coat, i still have a laugh at the thought of this to this day..