wong600 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Hey Guys, What is the purpose of Revive polish? I read many threads on it and feel like it is unnecessary because I do the SHR, FMP, BW routine.. Does it clean off all residue (SHR,FMP) and allow BW to bond better? That would make sense? I love polishing my ride, so I welcome an extra step but I like having a reason for it Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 its a cleaner polish but IIRC it has glossing agents that will really bring out the metal flake in some paints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Think of Revive as more of a hand polish and FMP as more of a machine (pc) polish . No need to use both one or the other.SHR & FMP & MSW make for a very good system! Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Revive HAND Polish is pretty much self explanitory. It's for use by guys who do their cars by hand........like me. Whereas the FMP, Fine Machine Polish is for use by machines. Both will give you great results. Just use whichever one suits your methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 David, The benefit of Revive after FMP would be debatable, personally I don't do it on my black vehicles as there just isn't enough benefit there to justify the extra work. Revive works to deep clean the paint as well as add gloss, it also has some slight filling properties to it... not major swirl and scratch fillers, but it will help mask some minor imperfections or make them less noticeable IMO. For your car specifically theres really only one way to know for sure if the work is worth it.... do half of your hood with Revive, then apply a coat of buttery to both halves. Pull out into the sun step back and admire.... if the side you did the revive looks better theres your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 David, The benefit of Revive after FMP would be debatable, personally I don't do it on my black vehicles as there just isn't enough benefit there to justify the extra work. Revive works to deep clean the paint as well as add gloss, it also has some slight filling properties to it... not major swirl and scratch fillers, but it will help mask some minor imperfections or make them less noticeable IMO. For your car specifically theres really only one way to know for sure if the work is worth it.... do half of your hood with Revive, then apply a coat of buttery to both halves. Pull out into the sun step back and admire.... if the side you did the revive looks better theres your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaEmt1991 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 David, The benefit of Revive after FMP would be debatable, personally I don't do it on my black vehicles as there just isn't enough benefit there to justify the extra work. Revive works to deep clean the paint as well as add gloss, it also has some slight filling properties to it... not major swirl and scratch fillers, but it will help mask some minor imperfections or make them less noticeable IMO. For your car specifically theres really only one way to know for sure if the work is worth it.... do half of your hood with Revive, then apply a coat of buttery to both halves. Pull out into the sun step back and admire.... if the side you did the revive looks better theres your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Emma Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I bought a PC and got the fine machine polish, but I also bought the revive as well. The reason I bought the revive is because I figured I may not be able to get the PC pads onto every piece of my car (the small areas like the rims and the spoiler). So I got the revive in case there were some small areas that I couldn't get to with the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP 08 GXP Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 since my car has the metallic paint would it be a good investment for me to really make it pop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I like it, it is a really fine last step prior to MSW or wax. It just adds that little bit of extra depth and pop, and I want all the pop I can get !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP 08 GXP Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Bill when you get a call from an anonymous phone number expect it to be my angry fiance lol...i think i will add the revive to the arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natch02 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Bill wont answer the phone. He has to be Mayor here!! His secretary might though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Leave a message at the tone :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss-truck Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Bill when you use Revive as a last step to get a little extra POP from the metallic, are you using it by hand or machine? If machine, what pad are you using? I'm far too lazy to hand polish is the reason for my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 For the revive I just do it by hand but you could use a black pad on the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss-truck Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Bill , thanks. I will probably reserve that for VERY special situations, like maybe the gold stripes on my black show car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hey Guys,
What is the purpose of Revive polish? I read many threads on it and feel like it is unnecessary because I do the SHR, FMP, BW routine..
Does it clean off all residue (SHR,FMP) and allow BW to bond better? That would make sense?
I love polishing my ride, so I welcome an extra step but I like having a reason for it
Thanks!
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