COMPOUND VS POLISHING FOR YOUR CAR | When to use compound vs polish?

One of the questions I get all the time is how do you know if you should use compound or polish on a car? In todays video I will be going over exactly that. What the differences of compound and polish are? When should you compound a car? When should you polish a car? Do you have to polish after you compound? The simple answer is to use the least aggressive method to achieve. the results you want. I will walk through 3 different brands of compound and polish and see which works best: Meguiars, Chemical Guys, or Turtle Wax? ENJOY!!!

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Time Codes:
0:00 - COMPOUND VS POLISHING FOR YOUR CAR
0:11 - When to use compound vs polish?
0:42 - Meguiars vs Chemical Guys vs Turtle Wax
2:40 - Showing the difference of Compound and Polish
4:37 - What Pads do you need?
5:44 - Polishers
8:05 - Compound Results
8:58 - Polish Results
12:54 - Final Thoughts

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[KDlGG]

I feel like “it kinda works but not my favorite” should be chemical guys slogan 💀

[Troy-Echo]

I was just looking to do a decent once over on our 11 year old vehicle we were gifted from my mom and it's never had anything but hand or automatic car washes. Thanks for the amazing display of side by side.

[Ammar-kuyx]

I like your honesty in all your videos and you make it easy for my to pick up the right product, I enjoy your videos. Thanks Josh

[audieconrad]

Really good vid Josh. With ALL of the wretched excess of detailing products and brands out there [most of it solid] it is good to see you use some standbys that have well known names, are readily available at a brick & morter on a Saturday morning and are considered to be generally reliable. Imo these are generally considered to be solid driveway detailer go-to's for solid results. Although [as a driveway detailer] I lean towards TW products, one cannot deny just how good Meguiar's compounds and polishes are. Well presented cause and results here...
Shine on you crazy diamond!

[alexmitchell]

Earned a sub from me. I’m a DIY guy in everything and auto detailing is by far the most difficult to find a YouTube guy that will get to the point and make it simple. Thank you!

[Aswaguespack]

Due to last season’s Hurricane Ida, home renovations forced us to live in our Garage for 8 Months. My white truck had to stay outside for those months. Finally when Renovations were 95% complete (is it ever 100%?) my 2012 Tacoma was spotted like an
Old Dalmatian. After a deep strip wash, and clay barring, a compound was a no brainer followed by a polish (Meguiar’s products locally available) before waxing. It came out nice following Josh’s excellent advice and teaching.

Another great production Josh

[BLUBRZ]

Man I was so lost about what everyone on the internet had to say for beginners. You made it super easy to understand and easy for a hands on person like me to sit down and watch a full video! Subscribed and will definitely watch more content!

[TransformationDetail]

Would be interested in a video about different pad types and their functions/use

[wilmafingerdo]

Great video quick and to the point, also used all three products and Meguiars is awesome, used Chemical bros and was happy with the polish on my single stage paint

[jaberjaber]

I just used turtle Wax compound from Walmart, I tried it on the top of my truck, it did a great job for me, especially since the truck didn't look great and it was my first time ever used compound, my big mistake was not using polish afterwards, I didn't see it on the shelf so I used TW wax, it looked better after the compound. I'm going to redo it your way. Thank you for sharing this video.

[joshuavild]

Great video bud, nice to see the effort of what it takes to get a good finished product!

[chrisrefaei]

Half way in to the video and loving this types of in depth vids. Love that you mentioned playing with the pads and liquids (ex. Polish on a compounding pad and vise verse) Yes to the Depth gauge and seeing how much you can relatively speaking could bring down a clear coat.

[johnndname]

Hi Josh..thanks for your input and time making this video. I would of liked to see if you did a section on the panel using 1500 wet rub and polishing to see if there was a difference..cheers

[stevencrvelin]

love your vids and variety of videos you produce. I think i watched all your vids over my weekend. Building a foam cannon using your advise and bought a name brand one also. love the tips and tricks. much appreciated

[DRDRADR]

Glad to see you upload this. Man always gets into the nitty gritty.

[eddiefitzgerald]

Yes please can you do a video of the paint dept gauge also keep up the good work love your videos

[suhailmoola]

Very informative, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and insights.

[SneakerQun]

I've used both the CG's products you used in the video and had similar results. I might have to try out some of your suggestions.

[thefosterfam]

great job with the unbiased video. Thanks!

[brautoshinemobilecarwashce]

Best explain video about 2 step paint correction my brother you are the best