Regular car maintenance helps maintain colour and appearance. Car owners wash and wax their vehicles but forget an essential step, polishing. When done well, polishing improves your car’s exterior finish for an instant appearance upgrade. On top of revitalising your car, polishing eliminates paint defects on the exterior, removes the bonded surface contaminants and prepares the surface for waxing. In this guide, you will learn how to polish a car with a polishing wheel or by hand.