Polish

armourer
armourer Forum Participant Posts: 218
edited December 2015 in Parts & Accessories #1

anyone know what type of polish and the name of it that paint shield use and where to buy it as its a dear polish if they do it

reckon could do it myself if i had the polish

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  • JohnDH
    JohnDH Forum Participant Posts: 183
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    edited December 2015 #2

    If its the Paint Shield I'm thinking of, it's not a polish, but a protective film.

    http://www.paintshield.co.uk/paint-protection-film-installation.php

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004
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    edited December 2015 #3

    It's not the answer you were looking for but we use Greased Lightning Showroom Shine to clean and polish our car and caravan.  It doesn't need water so it can be done in our storage depot, and it cleans and polishes really well.

    It gets very good reviews from others, too.

  • JillwithaJay
    JillwithaJay Club Member Posts: 2,485 ✭✭
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    edited December 2015 #4

    I agree with what Val says.  We've used the Showroom Shine and been quite happy with the results.

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  • CBRBlackbird
    CBRBlackbird Forum Participant Posts: 184
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    edited December 2015 #5

    I find that while the waterless cleaning/polishing products (Greased Lightening/Aldi's own etc) do a good job, the staying power of the polish element is short lived.

    You need to use a good auto polish to give a longer lasting shine. Autoglym or other products are available.

  • armourer
    armourer Forum Participant Posts: 218
    edited December 2015 #6

    cheers folks

  • Runrig
    Runrig Forum Participant Posts: 186
    edited December 2015 #7

    I think the OP means the type of protection marketed by the likes of Paintseal direct, as opposed to Paint Shield.

    Paint Shield is an excellent product, a transparent film protecting vulnerable parts of expensive cars. I had it on the noses of TVR's and an Elise, also the rear arches of a Porsche 911 Turbo that caught stone chips terribly. Never thought about it before,
    but it would be good to use on the lower vulnerable part of a caravan front panel.

    The PaintSeal type products, I think the OP is refering to are merely surface coatings, they will tell you it is not just a polish... but it is really.


    I think they use PTFE based products, similar to Permaseal or Ultraseal, readily available from Amazon etc.



    Another option would be the new ceramic coatings like CQuartz, but would be wary of these on plastics or ABS. 

    Best of luck

  • skodaman
    skodaman Forum Participant Posts: 141
    edited December 2015 #8

    showroom shine is good as a short term polish / cleaner but it does not clean ingrained dirt from the paint surface ,it is best to use a polish like turtle wax or simoniz [other brands are available]to give a good clean and shine at least once a year and
    use showroom shine to keep the van clean inbetween and whilst out and about on site etc,

    ps i use both products

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