Thank you for this. I am not a “car nut” but I want to keep my car in the best shape I can without all of the machinery. Great video and thank you for it

Wasn't sure what to expect from that 50/50 but that blew me away! I think this will give people who are unsure of machine polishing some confidence too. Doesn't take much effort to really improve the finish. Can't wait to get mine done!

Thank you so much for this. Exactly what I was looking for.

Exactly what I needed to know. Going to get this stuff ordered and applied to my Lapiz Blue Golf R and my work van. Thanks mate

Great video Nick, this will really help people starting out with polishing by hand ✋

Just come across this, very good, thank you. Great result

Wow great video! Was scared of using machinery especially if I'm new. This is a great start!

This is very informative.. I've always hand polished but lacked the technique.. Pretty sure I will get better results now...

Great video man and thankyou so much, great explanation on the why and hows 👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a great video. Thank you! I now know what products I need and how to use them. It has given me the confidence to polish my car for the first time. Simple, straight forward and informative video. Love it :)

Fantastic result 👍

Brilliant video. Rewatching this one for the 3nd time now. Definitely going to be picking these compounds up

Amazing man. You made it look very easy and user friendly to do. No clay and no machining

Thanks! This will be helpful when I'm going to polish my bike.

Great results. Cheers for the heads up. Defo going to give this a go.

just bought sonax from amazon great with the autobrite ph9 polisher better tham maguires .. thanks nick for your support going to order some fantastic yum cloths

Great video. Thanks.

That was a great video to watch and shows what you can achieve with a little elbow grease. I have some lake country hand polishing pads one orange for cutting and one white for finishing and also get great results but I think I will be trying the sonax products you recommended a little more expensive but with those results well worth it. Thanks

absolutely brilliant i love your videos and your fantastic website .. ordered some of your amazing products , your hand pad is fantastic also your finishing cloth for hand polishing all best wishes to you

Brilliant video. The transformation is astounding! Right.. I'm gonna book a week off work and give this a try 👍🏻

"not bad"? That's a perfect result. And in my case, with a black car, can't wait to purchase those 2 products and take my time by hand. Thank you for the honesty with this. 👌👍

Wow that’s cool - very good video for us newbies

Thanks for this amazing hand polishing video. Don't see much on videos on this topic esp for hard clear coated cars like Mercedes. So did you use the strong cutting compound because you know you're using your hands (less effective than machine)? If you were to use a motorised machine, would you still use cutmax or something with a lower cutting power? (To try to use the least abrasive compound to get the effect needed without cutting thru unnecessary clear coat.)

Was not expecting that good of a result!!

Brilliant video Nick. It’s on my to do list this spring 👍🏻👍🏻

The difference is crazy! Reminds me of when I first became obsessed with car care 🙈 could only really get hold of a rotary and there were lots of horror stories of them so stuck to hand. But it’s amazing to see how far the market has come!

Amazing amazing amazing ❤❤❤❤❤

Awesome video!

After going for a machine polishing lesson it ruined my desire to use this method despite investing in machine pads & polish but if I can get results like that by hand and I have plenty of time in my retirement so I have saved my shopping list of products for spring time and will crack on. Thanks for the inspiration.

Excellent tip for those who don’t have or don’t want to use a machine polish. Tq!

thanks from Thailand bro I will choose this method, so classic way

Great job !!!

Just coming around to this now. I understand professional detailers need the power tools to get multiple cars done in a day at the highest of high quality, and even the guys with show cars want that perfect finish. But for the average dude who wants to get a nice looking clear coat on their car, to get 85% of the results by hand with no power tools, seems like a no-brainer. Excellent demonstration

Very helpful. I've got a black xc90 that needs a polish but no machine. Thanks 🥂

👍🏽 amazing as soon as the weather gets better I will give this a try as I have what I can only describe as a burn on my rear bumper caused by a pigeon, hope it works.

Another great watch Nick , very informative for us novices ... keep up the good work ..

Hi Nick, I appreciate you taking the time to get back to. In your expert opinion would I be best to use the orange cutting pad or the white finishing pad from lake country. Am new to your channel but you have some really good posts and some really quality products on your website. Keep up the good work, look forward to your next post

Knows his stuff and fantastic product range, fantastic detailing services and an overall absolute legend of a guy - YumCars is exactly what the detailing industry needs.

Great sharing tips bro. FULL STAR from malaysia

Hi, thanks for the video! Where can I get the products you are using???

I spent 14 hours doing mine by hand last summer, by the end i couldn't lift my arms. I'm currently trying to find the motivation to do it again as this winter has really caused a lot of swirls with all the grit and terrible weather we've had. Will be trying the products you've recommended for sure.

Oh and looks good

🔥👍🔥 Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic information thank you, i assume you should clean the pads if attempting to do a larger area, if so how often in comparison to the area you polished and any suggestion as to how. Best wishes.

Nicely done! I’m repairing a rather large scratch but not so large to justify buying an electric buffer. One thing I’m familiar with in furniture polishing is the French polish. Aside from the actual method, it requires polishing in a figure 8 motion, while moving in a general direction. This eliminates swirls and streaks, leaving a glassy finish. I suppose it isn’t heard of in the car polishing world because DAs do at least as good a job, and a helluva lot faster. But it’s worth noting that figure 8 polishing is the best way to hand polish.

Wow, didn't expect such good results! :D

Super brother

Those results are awesome, no more aio polish 👏

So to get best result, first coupound then polish and then wax?

Excellent video...very helpful! Is there a polish that isn’t as abrasive as the cutmax which you recommend and can still be done by hand? For a white bmw

I might give this product a try. I have a 40,000 original mile 350Z one owner well now I'm the second owner. I really like the idea of doing the polishing by hand yeah might be a little bit more work. However less chance for you to destroy the finish

This is inspiring. I found out you need 3 different polishing machines to paint correct ALL the paintwork, because of different parts of the car, and a pad washer. I was about to resolve to do the first step of paint correction, after the wash, and that is tar remover, then step 2, iron remover spray on and rinse, step 3, clay towel or bar, myself, then take the car to a detailer, to machine polish it, then drive it home, wipe it down with a panel prep spray and then apply the coating/sealant myself (I might still do it that way if a detailer would be willing to do just that one machine polish step only). Now this great great demonstration shows that you can do all the steps by hand if you've the time and are methodical. By the way, as he says, the Sonax Perfect Finish Polish is the best and can be the only compound if doing it by machine, according to Esoteric Car Care. They mention 3-4 pads per vehicle by machine, so it probably applies to hand polishing, as well. Did a ton of research on cleaning tires and wheels and Yum made the list for wheel cleaner, tire cleaner and tire dressing.

Hey Nick, great video, I'm amazed with this result. Just asking for your expert opinion , can you use the Sonax Perfect finish even if not using the cutmax? Say for example simple swirls not that deep. Thanks

Great video Nick, kindly can you tell what compound cut max degree you use…thanks

Wow, Amazing results 👏

That's quality

Excellent video! What wax would you recommend for protecting this?

This is exactly what I was looking for. Very good video, amazing results. I just wanted to ask... Do I really need to clay the paint before polishing it ? Which clay was used ? Thank you.

Thanks ! 4:45 I got a mazda 3 with very soft and thin paint, which currently almost perfect and I want to work on perfecting. so that's really scary

Hi , cutmax and similiar strong sonax "cut 06" compounds used with DA polisher on +- 4000rpm its ok or too much for MB, BMW..? How many rpm do you recomend?

Wow

Wooow, very nice result o.O! I can use same materials and techinique on PPF?

Those are nice results. Would doing this to remove some swirls polish away the ceramic coating I have on my car?

Love the video thanks for sharing! I’m new to washing / polishing cars. Shall I shampoo was my car and dry off before using these products? Also, after polishing should I wax or will the polish be enough ? Thanks

Hi Nick, I have a Isuzu D Max pick up and the Japanese paints are quite soft as I have been informed. I have some scratches and swirls but was wondering if the sonax cut max would be too much would I be best to just use the perfect finish or could you recommend something inbetween from sonax or another brand. Thanks

Can we use Sander machine as polishing machine? any difference between them ?

Amazing.. Can I ask how often you should do this? I woukd worry about going through the top?

How? That’s amazing. I’m gonna have to try that. I didn’t even know it was possible to remove that many swirls and scratches by hand, gonna have to try it. Autoglym super resin polish sure doesn’t compare 😂

Hi i want to hand polish my car with sonax sponge application and sonax perfect finish! What will be the results, i want to vanish spiders and to be glosy Its vw golf 2009 Or after that it will have haze ?

I use menzerna by hand to maintain my merc, now it did have a paint correction... But ye to agree with you, you can do it by hand 👍👍 oh & remember new people - arnie polishes his hummer by hand 💪😜 😂😂😂

Very informative and helpful. I will try my first car detailing attempt and this tutorial helped me not fear using compounds/polish...and not using a machine at that. Can you do these steps right after claying? Do you need to do IPA washdown before this or just a simple car wash would suffice? I will give this a shot.

Hey guy this hand grip is good for the car or it will make scratches? And if i dnt use the first product and only the perfect finish is there any problem?

Really nice video! I have a white car and im just looking for a nice finish as I don’t have any deep scratches. Do you think I should go for Sonax Perfect Finish or Sonax Polish + Wax color (white) it saves me half the money as the Polish + Wax color is half the price. But which do you recommend?

Very nice Nick it's ok to apply for windows ??))

Great Information! , however I’m curious if it’s safe to do this on a nano ceramic coated car? Thanks.

Got the same products, took some swirls but not much not sure what I’m doing wrong

I'm thinking of using Gyeon Q2 primer before applying a ceramic coat. I was thinking about buying a hex pad to do this job so that it allows the ceramic coat to bind better to the surface. You mentioned you have great experience with all polishes, would Q2 Primer be OK to hand polish the surface to remove the lightest of swirls? (Toyota pearl white painter work on a new car).

Hi, my car already had 2 polishing by machine one when i bought it and 2nd one 2 years ago, i want just remove some Washing swirls etc, this procces gonna work?? I dont wanna go for machine again because i dont have machine to measure the paint, and i dont wanna waste a lot of paint, by hand, how much we lose of paint more or less????

Which is better foam pad or microfiber pad

Needed this. Just done the decontamination on my black mx5 and its SO swirly. Dont wanna mess up on this stage!

Great video.How long these wax stay on the car?

Hi mate, how long once worked in to the paint do you leave each polish on the car for before buffing it off with the plush cloth?

hi mate - just to check this be done after using a clay bar, before using the wax or ceramic spray?

The names of the two polish please. I really like this video❤

Hi, just wondering if it's ok to polish by hand after sanding orange peel effects from clear coat, and if I use foam application pads for both compound and polish? Thanks for any help 🙂

Really impressive. I have had denim pads on a rotary polisher for an hour and not made that much of a difference on German paint. Was that really only one pass of each?

hello for soft lacquer of a kia do you also recommend these polishes to give by hand?

have you tried the meguiar’s ultimate compound and ultimate polish? would you say sonax does a better job?

What product did you use?

Hello, whats the result after a pass of an inspection product, or ipa? Is it the grease of polish that mask swirls or it's really scratch removed?. Ty buty work

This was great, I’ve been wanting to watch a video like this done by hand as I’m not confident using a polisher on my motorbike, plus obviously there aren’t any large panels. Will this help remove polish holograms, and how do I prevent getting holograms in the future please?

After washing and drying my car, do I go straight to the compounding or is there a step I’m missing in between? I’m getting into detailing my own car. I normally use my hands because I don’t have a machine.

Stupid question time haha. While I don’t have any dedicated car detailing power tools, I do have a kick ass variable speed random orbit sander. If I put a soft foam backer on it and used detailing pads, could I use that for polishing a car. Or would it obliterate the clear coat?

Dope

I have a pearl black 15 GTI I used sonax perfect finish with rupes yellow polishing pad as a 1 step and didnt notice any difference at removing swirls. Should I have used cut max than do a 2 step with perfect finish?

So did you only rub for as long as you showed us or did you cut out for a bit? I'm American and I am looking for the best compound and polish and over here people recommend Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and Polish for beginners. Would you say that this Sonax setup that you have going is even better and that I should go that route? I guess after listening a second time you said you only rubbed for six minutes which is pretty good! I imagine this has a heavier cut than Meguiars would have. I'm not sure if it will be tricky to get Sonax or if Sonax is an American brand. I don't think that it is because I've seen it mainly from the British detailers that I have watched. But I have no experience and I have an older vehicle, a 2007 Camry so nothing fancy by any means but it definitely needs work because it sat out in the hot North Carolina sun since the day it was purchased. My car is dark gray of that helps. I'm ready to pull the trigger on a purchase I just I'm still a bit lost and what the best product is. I'm definitely with you on that hex grip pad though! (And I do see it for sale here online and I'm wondering is one bottle of each sufficient to do an entire vehicle? I'm sure that it is, I just want to be prepared.) Thank you!

do you use a microfiber pad? what heavy cut compound do you use?

Nice. What wax, polish or sealant is good for new paint with a 1-part clear coat? I don't care about the looks, I simply want to wax it yearly for protection from salts and sun. For the past 10 years I only wash my cars twice a year. Spring and Summer. Seems to be good for the paint overall. The dirt creates a protective film! 😆 And doesn't wash away the wax/polish.

How much u would charge me to polish only ford c max white 2012

are there any other liquids/products, you recommend for old cars? Or do i just use the same things?