There’s a world of different types of car polish, including colour-specific kinds, scratch removers and more. Without glossing over the details, here’s which one is best. For more reviews, go to whatcar.com/tag/product-test
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TESTING PROCESS
STARTING WITH A clean, cool, dry car, we used a fresh polishing pad and a mechanical, rotary polisher so that every polish we tested was applied with the same vigour and pressure, before finishing by buffing with a clean microfibre cloth. We’ve assessed the polishes based on how quickly and how effectively they removed any haze and minor surface scratches from the paintwork, and how good the finished shine was. As always, we’ve also considered price and value.
1 Meguiars Ultimate Compound Price £16.30 Buy from Amazon Min price per litre £36.22
The Meguiars polish did the best job of all of our polishes when it came to scratch removal, even helping to remove a fairly noticeable supermarket trolley scuff. It goes on smoothly and buffs to a really high shine, and left the paintwork looking lustrous for a good few weeks afterwards. Sure, it isn’t the cheapest product in the test, but it is the best, whether you choose it as a general car polish or for tackling specific marks and scratches.
WHAT CAR? SAYS 5/5
2 Simoniz Liquid Diamond polish and wax Price £5.95 Buy from Amazon Min price per litre £12.53
This is fantastic value. It can’t match the performance of the Meguiars polish when up against tougher scratches or marks, but it’s easy to apply, it polishes up quickly and it doesn’t take much buffing to be brought to a shine. It keeps the paint looking fresh and clean for a long time, too. For the money, you just can’t knock it.
WHAT CAR? SAYS 5/5
3 Turtle Wax Renew Polish Price £6.10 Buy from Amazon Min price per litre £12.20
This does a great job, going on easily and buffing up to bring a bright shi
