How to Polish Your Car By Hand

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Polish Your Car By Hand

Our cars represent a major purchase, and as such need to be protected. At least twice a year, you should polish your car. If not garaged, and left outside, you might want to polish your car more often. Polishing your car by hand will save you money, too.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Car wax/polish
Soft cloth to apply wax/polish
Several soft cloths to remove wax/polish

Step 1

Polish your car only after a thorough washing.
Step 2

Work in only one area at a time. Apply wax/polish with a soft cloth or with the applicator (these come mainly with paste wax) included with the wax/polish. Apply wax/polish according to the directions on the can or bottle. Follow manufacture's directions on how long to leave it on, or how to determine when it should be buffed off. Using a clean, dry cloth, buff wax/polish off of the car. Change cloth when it becomes covered with residue.
Step 3

Start applying the wax/polish to the top of your car. (Drive a convertible, and it will save you some work.) I then move to the hood and trunk. I polish the sides last. This is the same order I use when washing my car.
Step 4

Step back, and admire your beautiful hand polished car.

Tips & Warnings

Old T-shirts make good polishing cloths.
Best not to apply wax/polish all over your car and then come back to buff it off. Wax can become very hard, making your buffing job much harder to do.
This is really good exercise. (Can skip the gym that day.)
This is a good teamwork job. One applies, and the other buffs off.

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on 12/11/2009 COOL. GREAT DIRECTIONS

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