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shaywez - 18/12/04 at 05:56 PM

Hi all, just a quick question, what is the best product for polishing GRP. I have been told Farecla G6 and G3, and not to use anything with silicone in it like Mer, what do you all use?


Hugh Paterson - 18/12/04 at 08:30 PM

Farecla's the stuff that I use its a cutting compound formulated for use with a polishing mop, hard work by hand, finish by using a good quality grp polish, boat wax is usually good stuff, as u mention avoid silicone based jobbies. Meguiers do a range of suitable stuff for GRP, including a machine glaze.
Shug.


wilkingj - 18/12/04 at 11:49 PM

Why avoid the Silicone types like Mer... I have been using it for years... Am I missing something here?.
Am using it on a Ally caravan and Land Rover (once a year on the LR ).


undecided - 19/12/04 at 08:31 AM

G6 and a polisher makes for less elbow grease, any scratches can be taken out by going through the grades of wet n dry ending with something like 2000grit then use G6


Mark Allanson - 19/12/04 at 12:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
Why avoid the Silicone types like Mer... I have been using it for years... Am I missing something here?.
Am using it on a Ally caravan and Land Rover (once a year on the LR ).





Silicone polishes are fine until you come to repaint, you need to chemically clean to bodywork or you will get fisheyes galore