Review: Mothers Professional Compound and Polish

[The Guz]

Like all other recommendations the test spot is your friend. There is no recommended interval of when to use a compound or polish.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...test-spot.html

[mwoolfso]

how often to use the Mothers Compound? Is it every 3mo? 6mo? 1yr?
how often to use the Mothers Polish? Is it every 3mo? 6mo? 1yr?

The short answer is that there really is no regular time interval.

You don't compound and polish as a part of any regular "maintenance cycle". For non-professional, retail products that Mothers has (and competitors), that is a different animal altogether because those products are not 100% abrasive in nature (they have cleaning agents in them to keep things simple for the casual user).

Typically you compound when the paint has become dull and has a fair amount of swirls/scratches. And typically you would polish when the paint's finish is starting to show some wear, such as water spots, light-medium swirling, etc.... - OR - you want to jewel the paint for whatever reason, maybe you want to put a fine wax on the vehicle or a coating - things like that.

[lhei]

Thanks @mwoolfso, very informative.


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