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If you want your car to look stellar it will take some effort but if you just want to do a basic polish & wax you could get away with a simple cleaner wax type product.
What I recommend to remove winter grime is at least a two-step process including a polish and wax or sealant. The polish will remove the embedded dirt and crud, remove some of the swirl marks from the winter car washes, and restore gloss. The wax or sealant will add gloss and protect the hard work from the polishing. Using products designed to do a specific job will always provide better results. And this process is only done maybe twice a year.
There are a zillion possible combos of polish and wax but a couple choices are:
Polish/ Mothers Prewax Cleaner Wax/ Mothers carnauba or Mothers Reflections
Polish/ 3M swirl mark remover Wax/ Meguiars #26 hi-tech wax
Polish/ Meguiar's #9 swirl mark remover Wax/ Meguiars NXT tech wax
That's just a few possibilities. They're all interchangable too. The products I mentioned can be bought at most any auto parts store in the country.
If you want to stick with a one-step cleaner wax product, the best one I know of is called Klasse All In One. Not available in stores so you have to buy online. It uses chemical cleaners and a light abrasive polish with an acrylic sealant to not only clean and lightly polish your paint but to provide long lasting protection (like 4+ months). If you top it with Klasse Sealant Glaze you've got 6+ months of protection. Or you could top it with a good carnauba wax like Meguiar's #26 or Mothers and get an awesome shine that's easy to produce.
Like I mentioned in another post, remember to use new applicator pads and new or newish towels for wax removal. And put a coat of wax on the wheels while you're working on the paint.
Good luck and happy waxing!!
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