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[Kevin.]

It's getting to be that time of the year, and I am trying to figure out what kind of wax I should be using on my car.

My paint is the Topic Green Metallic, the same color that MrTropher has on his 850.

Honestly, I have never waxed a car before and if any of you could help me out on what I should be using, as well as waxing techniques, that would be so awesome.

[sconeman]

It's getting to be that time of the year, and I am trying to figure out what kind of wax I should be using on my car.

My paint is the Topic Green Metallic, the same color that MrTropher has on his 850.

Honestly, I have never waxed a car before and if any of you could help me out on what I should be using, as well as waxing techniques, that would be so awesome.

there's a lot to learn, tons of different waxes/polishes out there. check out Autogeek they have turorials and lots of information.

also Griots garage.

I can tell you that poorboys makes some really good stuff that's not outrageously expensive. that's a good place to start IMO contact NGB he sells it.

[Dave 54]

Agreed^^^

I like to personally use paste wax over liquid wax and my wax of choice is mothers caranuba paste. I apply it only by hand never by machine, just my personal preference, all the other steps get done by machine and as mentioned poorboy's has a great line of products! I use there professional polish, ssr1, and black hole followed by a good coat of wax.

[Kevin.]

I just wish my paint looked as good as MrTrophers lol. God damn his paint looks new

[Logan2224]

I use all Griots stuff, nothing else, and I couldn't be happier. Great company to deal with, their customer service is awesome.

[crazykn]

I personally like the Zymol blue bottle. Nice shine and nice smell! Always hand applied.

[greasy]

Its mostly personal preference. I have used a bunch of different paste waxes. Still have to figure out what works best for my S60.

Up until now, I have found that Meguires gold class is my favorite (NXT is a close second). I use mostly Meguires stuff for my full details. I have Griots stuff for the quick washes.

[Zappo]

Che's Nut Wax!

[sconeman]

I just wish my paint looked as good as MrTrophers lol. God damn his paint looks new

if you want a really good finish you need to look into polishing your car.

steps to perfect paint: (as long as you don't have massive scratches rust etc.)

• Wash and dry car thoroughly
• Use clay to remove embedded dirt and oxidation
• use 1 or two polishes to remove swirls scratches etc.
• apply wax or sealant

each step needs to be researched especially the polishing and quite honestly it's a ton of work to restore the paint but totally worth it.

hope that helps

Che's Nut Wax!

I would avoid that at all costs

[JVC]

Che's Nut Wax!

Don't you mean Justin's Ball Cheese?

[impulse922]

pick up a can of poorboy's red carnuba. great stuff for the price.

[sconeman]

Don't you mean Justin's Ball Cheese?

um yeah...you'll want to keep that off your car at any cost

[Keep Calm Chive On]

i washed my car on a friday. spend all friday night & saturday detailing just the paint. then late saturday i finally put my wax on. it was so beautiful i took my dads car to work so it wouldnt get bugs on it in 5 min after spending 2.5 days waxing. i use liquid wax and by hand never by machine. machines run in an orbital random pattern and eventually causes swirls over time. wax the car in the back an fourth direction that the air rolls over it. thats typically the direction of small scratches. the clay bar will help remove the dirt out and then the poish getting hand buffed in the direction of the "scratches" will help fill them in. give it some love and im sure youll be happy with the results

[303jrodt5]

do you guys polish with machine or hand though? i have tried polishing by hand and it doesn't work too well. i do always wax by hand though.

[Keep Calm Chive On]

i personally dont use a buffer or machine anything. Im no professional at car detailing so basically unless you know exactly how to use it and the right pressure you run into basically doing nothing or doing to much. i used a buffer on my old jetta but it was black paint and hid a lot. I dont use anything new im still usin stuff from the chrome chevy era. looks beautiful everytime and even JRL said it was top notch. after JRL's sweet approval i wrote an acceptance speech hahaha. jk but idk id rather tax 2x as long but know im doin it right

[sconeman]

do you guys polish with machine or hand though? i have tried polishing by hand and it doesn't work too well. i do always wax by hand though.

yeah you'll want to get a machine to do it right. I have a porter cable which is fine if you have all day to polish your car but this year I want to learn how to use a rotary polisher. time is precious.

[TFIVEM]

poorboys is awesome, NGB (nick) got me started on it last year, and now ive fully changed over from
meguiars

[TaskMule]

yeah you'll want to get a machine to do it right.

Indeed. Machine is where it's at. There's a reason why detail shops use them. They work better and faster than by hand, no question. I wanted to get my paint back into decent shape, so I bought a used Dewalt orbital . I did lots of research, then bought everything I needed like foam pads, polish, wax, glaze, claybar etc and plunged into the job. Meguars seems to be pretty good stuff, easily available, not horribly expensive. Orbitals are slower than rotary, but it's near impossible to burn the paint, esp if you dial down the speed. The results were good for my first try. Check my sig for some shots of the car the day after I did all that. It doesn't suck too badly...

[Modus]

I used to be a die hard meguiars 3 step fan till I tried Nu Finish.

The problem is all the products that use Carnauba Wax do not last one rain underneath my oak trees.
Unfortunately I can't cut the trees, just had to find a car polish that would stand up to the abuse of the oak sap acid.

Carnauba Wax is a vegetable wax obtained from the leaves of a Brazilian palm tree
it melts at 181 degrees F which is why they tell you not to apply in the sun.
Carnauba Wax is the hardest natural wax available and it's extremely durable.
Best of all it dries to a glossy finish.

Unfortunately after years of using and experimenting wasting time waxing buffing and polishing
the same wax up to 8 times in one summer I got the hint.

Carnauba Wax because of it's properties melts at a low temp then it get's sticky
and all the pollen an dust sticks to your freshly cleaned polished surface,
only to redo all the work you just put into your car for the weekend.
Buying more of the same Carnauba Wax polish ect.. And wasting more time.

That new Meguiar’s NXT Generation™ Tech Wax 2.0 I don't even know how to rate it.
I didn't like it, too sticky.

Nu Finish is the only Car wax polish that stands up to the rain under the trees,
I can apply in the sun, and the shine lasts about 1 month including water beading.
That's a crazy feat to beat.
I'm sold. It's wipe on and wipe off too. My PortaCable 7424 doesn't see that much car buffing.

Nu Finish's main polishing ingredient
Diethanolamine tall oil acid amide with Kaolin clay (calcined)
Stoddard solvent
and
Water

[Kevin.]

I used to be a die hard meguiars 3 step fan till I tried Nu Finish.

The problem is all the products that use Carnauba Wax do not last one rain underneath my oak trees.
Unfortunately I can't cut the trees, just had to find a car polish that would stand up to the abuse of the oak sap acid.

Carnauba Wax is a vegetable wax obtained from the leaves of a Brazilian palm tree
it melts at 181 degrees F which is why they tell you not to apply in the sun.
Carnauba Wax is the hardest natural wax available and it's extremely durable.
Best of all it dries to a glossy finish.

Unfortunately after years of using and experimenting wasting time waxing buffing and polishing
the same wax up to 8 times in one summer I got the hint.

Carnauba Wax because of it's properties melts at a low temp then it get's sticky
and all the pollen an dust sticks to your freshly cleaned polished surface,
only to redo all the work you just put into your car for the weekend.
Buying more of the same Carnauba Wax polish ect.. And wasting more time.

That new Meguiar’s NXT Generation™ Tech Wax 2.0 I don't even know how to rate it.
I didn't like it, too sticky.

Nu Finish is the only Car wax polish that stands up to the rain under the trees,
I can apply in the sun, and the shine lasts about 1 month including water beading.
That's a crazy feat to beat.
I'm sold. It's wipe on and wipe off too. My PortaCable 7424 doesn't see that much car buffing.

Nu Finish's main polishing ingredient
Diethanolamine tall oil acid amide with Kaolin clay (calcined)
Stoddard solvent
and
Water

Nu Finish is the bomb. I use it once every few months