Polishing a Daily Driver Over Time

[conman1395]

I know it's okay to polish a car over time in parts, but what if it's a daily driver that'll see the highway?
If I seal up the polished part and use something like a spray wax/sealant to get get by on the other parts is that okay? I figured I'd do the front bumper last because of the bugs.

[jamesboyy]

Sounds like a alright process to me just be careful/dont polish the bumper too much as it is very thin paint there with that said you may want to coat such bug attacked ateas for better protection/hopefully less polishing

[tommythecat]

Personally, I don't even bother polishing out my front bumper on my daily driver. There really is no point whatsoever in doing this on a daily driver IMO. I clean it well and have coated it to help keep the cleaning easier. Polishing it out is just a waste of time with all the rock chips and whatnot from highway driving and construction zones.

[BobbyG]

Polishing does take time and there's no harm in doing section by section until complete. It's your car so take as much or as little time as you desire....

[Don M]

My car is a DD and it sees 100 miles of highway everyday. While I don't really "polish out" the front bumper cover, I do regularly use an AIO on it and seal it with a synthetic sealant or spray sealant (Megs UQW) to make cleaning easier.

[trekkeruss]

I guess I am "lucky" that my front bumper is unpainted black plastic.

[KneeDragr]

Thats pretty much what I do since I dont have a whole day to do the whole car. Plus I am always finding new spots I need to buff out. The paint is probably 80-90% clear of defects, but some panels have a spot or two with a swirl or a mar. So when I do a detail I just choose a panel or two to buff out and then hopefully dont have to touch that one for a year or two.

[conman1395]

So just to be clear, it's okay to work a panel at a time over a period of time and drive my car on the highway before finishing.

[trekkeruss]

So just to be clear, it's okay to work a panel at a time over a period of time and drive my car on the highway before finishing.

That's what I do. It's never really done anyway, because once I'm "finished," I'll be working on it again.

[KneeDragr]

Yeah by the time you make it all the way around the panels you started on will probably need a touch up. The good thing is, at least for me, the defects I need to fix keep getting smaller and sparser, to the point where my wife thinks I am wasting my time at this point. Id say I have 1/3 of the car where I want it, another 1/3 thats 'acceptable' to me, and then there is the rear hatch which I cant seem to get right and the roof which I neglect because its an SUV and most people cant see issues at that angle and its a chore using a buffer on a step ladder.