What polish to use on a carbon framed MTB?

Tim in Yorkshire
Tim in Yorkshire Posts: 54
edited January 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
My giant XTC has a carbon frame, and the top tube is a little dull, possibly due to my waterproof trousers rubbing on it. I'd like to get it Shiney again, if only for that bling black carbon look ;)

Are there any types of polish I should avoid using on it? I was going to use a light motobike polish (similar to furniture polish) that comes in a spray can.

Cheers,

Tim
New '06 Giant XTC composite.(Black bike No.3)
Specialized Allez double (Black bike No.2)
Suzuki Sv650s (Black bike No.1)
Subaru Legacy GT-B twin turbo (White not Black)

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    All carbon frames are lacquered to protect the weave, so you need something that will work well on lacquer.
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  • glen4
    glen4 Posts: 250
    As all mettallic cars are lacquered any decent car wax/polish will do, I personally use meguairs nxt on my stumpy HT, only as I had a load left over when I sold my Evo VIII
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Turtle Wax Black car polish is ace on naked (not painted) carbon, it brings it up mega shiney.

    I used ot use it on my EG civic that had multiple cabon body parts and it looked mega shiney in the sun, a bit like this :arrow:

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    If you're feeling proper clean freak you can, once the black polish is buffed properly use some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection :arrow:
    http://www.autoglym.co.uk/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=FH&Range=1

    It forms a really tough[url]top coat that dirt and water literally slides off :D[/url]

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