Your car? (I don't want to know about anything else!! ) What product(s) do you use? I just waxed my 47 coupe again for the 2nd time. The 1st time was the end of May, so about 10 weeks ago. I used Meguiars Cleaner Wax, as the surface of the paint was in pretty bad condition. It came out well then, considering the shape the paint was in. It was time for a reapplication, so yesterday I waxed it again, and I used the cleaner wax again this time and it came out better this time. It's actually in pretty good shape now, maybe next time I should try something besides the cleaner wax. I'm thinking another product may provide a longer lasting shine, though I guess 10 weeks is not bad. In between I was cleaning it with Meguiars Quick Detailer, but on a whim the last time I was wiping it down I tried some lemon Pledge, as I used to use that regularly on my bikes, and I've been using it all along on the 30 pickup, and I'll be damned but the Pledge seemed to work much better than the Quick Detailer (easier to wipe down, less streaking, leaves a nice shine), I think I'll switch over to using that now for wipe downs in between waxing. It's been many years since I had a shiny car (other than daily drivers, which I don't wax except for when running it thru the car wash), back in the day I had a whole process of rubbing the paint down first with a light cleaner, then applying a fill-in glaze underneath straight carnuba wax. I know things have changed a lot over the years and technology marches forward, so what is your hot tip for getting a nice long lasting shine on your car? BTW, it took me about 3 hours total. A little over an hour to apply the wax, and then about 2 hours to remove it and buff it, then clean the windows and chrome, clean the dashboard and whisk broom the carpet and floormats.
Only when I got a date. Oh you meant my car. When I have one that needs the paint protected I wax about once a year or when the water quits beading. I always figure that if the water does not bead up it needs to be waxed.
Once a year at the end of the season. It rains a lot here from October to June so the cars sit a bit. I wax them with an orbital polisher, Staybi the fuel tanks, plug in the trickle chargers and cover them up. When the rains recede I wait till the dove returns with an olive branch and unload the ark.
Its kind of an archaic term for this pasty stuff in a kind of a flat-ish little can that was applied with much elbo grease. It was used to protect your paint and keep it looking nice and shiny. It was something that was pretty important to hot rodders before the New-Stalgia movement. Some of us actually use it, my favorite for ease of application is a paste wax marketed by a company called DuPont. but if I am feeling froggy there is a kind of wax called carnauba that is the cats ***. But is work on steroids.
Rarely most of the old cars we drive shouldnt need waxed very often. They spend enormous hours under shelter. Normally overwaxing causes cloudiness. A good cleaning every month and a wax once a year is my schedule. 40 yrs ago I came across a wax that lasted two yrs on my everyday drivers. Easy thin paste to apply without turning white. Called Collinite. Still available on Line. http://www.collinite.com/
I don't know about you, but I can just tell when it needs another coat of wax. So, the answer is: "When it needs it."
Pledge has silicone oil in it. Causes lots of problems with fish eyes if you ever need to have any paint repairs done. Spraying pledge or any other silicone containing stuff will also contaminate anything nearby. The typical body shop forbids anything containing silicone from even coming in the door of the shop, and furniture refinishers hate the stuff too.
What do you think is in Meguiars Quick Detailer? https://www.meguiars.com/sites/default/files/pdf/M66 SDS.pdf
Damn sure does. That's interesting because, for years, one of Meguiar's selling points was that none of their products contained silicone.
Wax on wax off You guys are gonna go blind Ask Bandit billy how often he does it I bet he’s always got wax under his fingernails
Clay bar 2 weeks ago, 18 months after paint. Probably didn't need it. Harley (not HD) paste wax. Looks great. Chrome is the toughest to keep looking good. Surf City cleaner and Turtle paste for it.
When Lynn and I had the shop I had my own tools and he painted a line down the center of the shop. I never touched his tools and had to wash up just to cross the line. Silicone, oil about anything slippery is a painter's enemy.
<------ I've owed this sedan for a very long time and it's never seen a can of wax, the paint was bad when I took ownership and waxing it is not going to make it look better, I do wash it once in a blue moon! The Ranch Wagon is a different story, shortly before I drove it for the first time I spent a entire Saturday afternoon waxing and polishing on the wagon. It's been on the road for several and I have kept the car clean but I haven't waxed it since then. I guess I need to before we go the the '54 Ford club of America nationals in Memphis next month. HRP
To all the guys who felt it necessary to tell us that they never wax their primered cars, thanks for keeping it relevant. We were all wondering if you waxed them often. ****s.
You might be surprised what can be done with it. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/11/28/detailing-tips-for-vintage-single-stage-paint/
I knew a guy back in the first part of the century that used that waterless car wash **** on his flat paint. It always glistened like it was covered with morning dew. But I don't know what happened with time he is no longer playing cars and motorcycles.
Cars that live inside get waxed once a year in the spring. A friend used to buy me meguiars for helping him and I’ve ac***ulated a bunch so that’s wha I use. Daily drivers get waxed with nufinish spring and fall. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I’m married so I wax it every night in the shower...... oh you mean the car????...... A clay bar can work wonders on a dull finish, I like using turtle wax paste. Again I only wax when needed as I hate waxing my car.
Every car get a detail when I first buy it. Meguiars pro compound or polish (depending how bad the paint is), if it's a single stage (all my cars are) then Meguiars #7 (this is a MUST) and then Meguiars ultimate wax. All put on with various pads and a Porter Cable Variable-Speed Random Orbit Polisher. Then after that it's just waxing as either the paint soaks it up or it stops beading. It could be a few years between waxing and most all of them live outside under a cover.
I use it to knock off hard water spots IF I'm going somewhere fancy or before the 2 shows a year I take it to (not in the show, just off to the side). Never really waxed anything (or had anything to wax for that matter) until the '47 came along in 2010 ish. First time was by hand.......and that was the last time by hand.
The old cheap blue on my coupe starts fading bad after a few months, so it gets waxed about 3 times a summer. The Rustoleum white still shines, or I should say, what is left of it still shines, no wax for it! I use a container of cheap wax, I think this can is Turtle Wax. I hate waxing cars..... Gene
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