wax recomendation

"After 60 days, the vehicle may be waxed" I just read this in the House of Kolor tech manual.

 

You can get a pretty good education on waxes & polishes on this site.......

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/index.php

Terry

 

Wait 90 days. Glazes are not the same as waxes. My local paint shop lays paint so slick they don't usually buff it. If they do buff it they will glaze it as a final step. When it is glazed it will be as slick as it can get. After 3 months you can seal it with wax if you want. Nearly 20 years ago my base coat/clear coat finish looked waxed. I was embar***ed when a guy asked me what wax I used to keep my car so slick. The paint job was nearly 2 years old and I had never waxed it once, just wash, rinse, chamois.

Basecoat/clearcoat will be too hard to polish by hand but it can be done. Use a machine glaze/swirl remover. 3M, Meguires, Mothers and other make their own version.

 

Thanks guys! Lots of great info.

 

Collinite Liquid Insulator Wax (No. 845) This is the best stuff I have ever used bar none

http://www.collinite.com/about.htm

 

I like the 3m hand glaze to if you like buffing her yup alot. No build up. For wax i like ****een wax or lucas wax is great to.

 

When I worked in the trade, we did a lot of things that are questionable; we drove just finished cars down to the drive thru car wash, (one with the rolling brushes, no less!). We waxed new paint jobs, etc, the point being, just because someone does it (even a pro), doesn't mean it's right!

Brian

 

I like race glaze myself

 

Glaze is safe for new paints and has higher optical clarity than wax, so indoor show and megabuck paintjob guys tend to prefer it. It also washes off with water. Totally different product than wax even though it applies the same.

 

Not to be ignorant, just un-educated, but doesn't waxing a car also rub dirt and grime into your paint/finish? Since no wash job would ever fully remove all the surface contaminants, how often can you wax before you effect a deterioration of the fnish?

 

HOK recommends 60 days, we go ahead and say 90 days. Then maybe they'll at least wait 60 days.

 

You have to sponge wash, not pressure wash. Waxing after pressure wash only will cause problems unless there's a rubdown step like a chamois before waxing.

Yes the wax will seal in some contaminants, but it will also bond with existing contaminants and when the wax is removed, the contaminant leaves with it. And liquid wax itself is a great solvent, much like bug and tar remover.