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Thank you everyone for all the help. I really appreciate it!
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Re: Polish and Pad Recommendations for a New Car
Originally Posted by GotBPS
I just bought a brand new black Honda Civic Si and I am looking to ceramic coat it myself with CQuarts UK 3.0. The car has just hit a 1000 miles on it and I want to protect it since I live in the Midwest. What polish and pad would be good for a new car with minor to no imperfections. I plan on washing, claying, polishing and then ceramic coating. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
What do you have in your possession at the moment?
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I still need to buy the polish, pads, and CQuarts 3.0 ceramic coat. Other than that I have all the products for the preparation to wash, clay bar, polish, ipa wipe down, and then ceramic coat the car. If there is anything else you think I need make sure to let me know. Thanks!
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Re: Polish and Pad Recommendations for a New Car
Originally Posted by GotBPS
I still need to buy the polish, pads, and CQuarts 3.0 ceramic coat. Other than that I have all the products for the preparation to wash, clay bar, polish, ipa wipe down, and then ceramic coat the car. If there is anything else you think I need make sure to let me know. Thanks!
I would look into Sonax Perfect Finish, EX 04-06 or Meguiar’s M210 for a polish. Honda’s have been known to have soft paint. This is a generalization as the test spot is the only way to tell.
You could also look into a small bottle of CarPro Essence.
Form a prep stand point CarPro Eraser would be a good choice. I would add CarPro Elixir as your maintenance product.
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Just to confirm before I start buying everything. I have a griots garage 6" Dual Action Random Orbital Polisher. I am going to get Carpro essence and pair it with a black foam finishing pad. For the ipa wipedown I have 90% ipa. Should I dilute that with water and put it in a spray bottle or how would I use that? Also another question, I have 18" alloy wheels. Would cquarts 3.0 work on those too? Thanks
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Re: Polish and Pad Recommendations for a New Car
Originally Posted by GotBPS
For the ipa wipedown I have 90% ipa. Should I dilute that with water and put it in a spray bottle or how would I use that?
IPA and water is a horrible panel wipe in my opinion.
On the other hand, CarPro Eraser is a great panel wipe.
CarPro Eraser Intense Oil & Polish Cleanser, IPA, paint cleaner, polish remover, wax remover
And "yes" I think the coating will work fine on the wheels if they are painted.
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Re: Polish and Pad Recommendations for a New Car
Originally Posted by GotBPS
Just to confirm before I start buying everything. I have a griots garage 6" Dual Action Random Orbital Polisher. I am going to get Carpro essence and pair it with a black foam finishing pad. For the ipa wipedown I have 90% ipa. Should I dilute that with water and put it in a spray bottle or how would I use that? Also another question, I have 18" alloy wheels. Would cquarts 3.0 work on those too? Thanks
I am going to agree with Mike. Just get Eraser. As far as using it on wheels you certainly can. I would go for the 50ml bottle though if that is the case.
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I have everything I need added to my cart, but I'm still not sure which polish to go for. I know the only way to really tell is with a test spot before doing the whole car, but I don't have the budget to buy different kinds to polishes to test this out. What would be the "safest" polish to buy that would most likely deliver the results I am looking for. Currently the car has minor to no swirl marks and some water spots. Once again I really appreciate everyone's help as I am new to ceramic coating.
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Re: Polish and Pad Recommendations for a New Car
You have received some good recommendations on polishes throughout your thread. I can not tell you what to get but only give you recommendations on those that I ave used. Folks have different definitions of minor imperfections. So go with one of the recommendations and start from there.
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