> What I'm looking for is an amazing > shine with little or no residue. Then don't use polish. :-) I used to use the 3M polish, and when I ran out of it I tried Stainless Steel Magic for a while. Products like that will make the car look shiny, but at the expense of filling in the grain with goop and providing a nice sticky surface for dust to cling to. "Bare" stainless looks great, is less of a hassle to maintain, and easily sheds off any dust that might settle on it. Check out Walt's post on this topic from February 2002 (message 23075). It was that post that prompted me to clean all the polish off my car and carefully regrain the stainless with an 80 grit sanding sponge and a blending pad. The results were fantastic. The order in which I cleaned the panels resulted in a bare fender next to a polished hood. The difference was like night and day -- it looked like I had just bought a brand new fender and stuck it on the car. It wasn't just that my stainless needed to be regrained or that the car was dirty (I had regrained pretty recently and had just washed the car the day before). It was a matter of getting all the gunk out of the grain so it could shine properly. Just put forth the initial investment of time and elbow grease and I'll think you'll be pleased with the results. And if not, you can always go back to polishing! _________________ Todd Masinelli VIN 6681 (Nov 81)