Polish a new car?

[hiraz]

Hi, is it OK to polish a brand new car? I’m looking to give my Honda Jazz a real detail this weekend, but the car is only a few months old. Is this OK?

[RichardA]

You can polish a new car, but unless your car has visible swirl marks I wouldn’t bother. I didn’t need to polish either my blue or silver Jazz’s, although my black Civic had some marks when I took delivery.

[Goffs Oak]

Perfectly safe to polish car if you use a light polish like Autoglym SRP. This polish is very light and uses fillers to mask defects. The car would come up a treat.

[hiraz]

Thanks. There are a few swirl marks on the car so following the advice here and in the Autoglym topic, I’ll pop down to Halfords for some red label Autoglym.

[guest238]

I thought you had to hold off three months before polishing a brand new car, so to allow paint to cure?

[Goffs Oak]

[quote:30h2q4k7]I thought you had to hold off three months before polishing a brand new car, so to allow paint to cure? [/quote]

Not on a brand new car. By the time you’ve collected it the paint would be fully set-in.

With resprayes you should wait a couple of months before polishing or waxing, although it depends on the work done. Ask your repairer, although leave it untouched for a while if unsure.

Best advice really is to wax the car when new and then use a very mild polish or paint cleaner like Autoglym SRP/UDS, Carlack68 AIO, etc, at three or six months old then apply it twice a year.

But don’t wax or polish a car ‘protected’ with those kits dealers try to con you into buying….diamondbrite, supaguard, etc., although Autoglym Lifeshine *can* be used with Autoglym SRP/EGP.

Oh yes…polish/paint clean then wax!

[JazzyB]

I would wait about 6 months and then use autoglym super resin polish

[guest765]

New car ? no such thing..........when you buy a "new car" it could be months old.
But if you want to polish it correctly first you need a good citrus wash and then clay the car....its amazing how many "new cars " have contaminated paint......then you use a polish (not a wax) first with a machine polisher then you either seal it or wax it.....thats if you want to "DO" it corectly.