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I don't know what's up with the whole wax thing. I guess it makes the car look better, but white cars (like mine and Dale's) always seem to look clean anyway, no matter how dirty they are. I guess waxing is good for the paint, but I don't have the room (although not as limited as Dale's) to do it at home.
You don't need space to wax...only time. If you can walk around your car, you can wax it.
Yakohama your Momma! ;-)
Don't knock it till you've tried it!
In fact, my car is due for another coat soon, depending on the weather - and now that I have a digital camera, I'll take a few before and after shots for your benefit.
So, for the 18 odd months that I have been waxing the car, I have waxed approximately every 3-5 months (less often in winter - for obvious reasons).
What about the rest of you? I know we could take this to the Waxes board, but I'd like to know what the average duration-between-waxes over on 'our' little board is, first.
:-D
Mother's Clay Bar
3M Imperial Hand Glaze
3M Show Car Wax
It gives the car a very deep rich looking shine. On my light colored car (Sand Mica) it's not going to be noticeable, but it is to me. Makes the car look new again.
With a "pure" Carnauba wax I find that 2-3 months is the max that it will last. Beads start to get larger and shine is lessened.
I don't know of any wax that will last longer than 5-6 months, except MAYBE some polymers.
I used to use this, but switched last time (a few months ago) to Meguiars.
Bruno
Meade
P.S. Let's all pray the Love Train doesn't read the last dozen posts. Get Larry started on car detailing and LOOK OUT! ;-)
For quick drying, try a California Water Blade. Its silicone-rubber blade is much more flexible and is less sticky than the ones with Santoprene (sorry AES) blades. You can knock off most of the rinse water, w/o leaving drops behind, except for inside creases etc.
I average about 6 months on my Protege, about 4 on my 323 (its paint is old and faded, but it's amazing how the wax makes the chalky faded red back into almost showroom-quality shiny deep red...well, except for the dots of touch-up paint). My Pro is garaged at night while my poor 323 has to sit exposed to the weather 24/7.
Anyone else notice that birds like to poop on shiny, clean cars? Yeesh, one nailed my 323 smack in the center of its roof the next day (my Protege suffered a glancing blow to its left-front fender). My wife thinks they get overly excited by the glare and can't control themselves.
Anyway, I finally took pictures, which I'll post on the Yahoo site. I also have pics of my 323 before and after I waxed it and lubricated the black plastic trim.
OK, OK. Stop wincing, Pat. I won't go there.
Meade
Just kidding..
Meade
If used properly, I don't see a problem, but I know that I have to wash and wax outside and crap is continuously landing on my paint after I've cleaned it.
Know what I use to "dust off" my car prior to waxing, and to remove wax dust after buffing?
MY LEAF BLOWER!
Works wonders on pollen in the spring too! Not to mention it dries the car well too -- why risk your life (and a ticket) like Paul did (sorry Paul), going 100 mph just to dry your car off, when you can plug in the 120-mph leaf blower and do it safely in the driveway?
Granted, the neighbors think it looks kinda silly -- but c'mon -- who cares what the neighbors think? They all drive Fords, Chevrolets and Dodges anyway!
Meade
btw, i use Klasse. Good one.
Thanks Larry aka protegextwo.
meade, the fight is about tire on the protege.
why drag the 300M bargemobile into this?
btw, per my friend, the bargemobile handles sloppy on uneven roads and road joints, with or w/o the A2s.
Well, I guess you can't improve handling if it wasn't there in the first place!
And the tire fight's getting old. I wanna fight about something else now. Tell me, which is better ... disk or drum brakes?
Meade
I'm sure it's online somewhere.
Changing or even checking drum brakes is a real bother. Even I will pay someone else (I trust) to do it. At least I find from past experience that rear drum brakes only need to be inspected at about twice the interval of the front disk brakes.
Meade
With the 100mph, people do that on the Capital Beltway everyday when I am on there.
Or, maybe the concern is that if any water gets into the system, then the hydrogen from the water could bond with the sulpher and create sulpheric acid?
When you had your Pro, your neighbors beat the crap outta your car, right?
Now that you have a Jetta, they don't touch it?
Huh?
In the UK,
sulphur (sulphuric)
SmartA$$=Shut up :P
BOOYA!!!!
Meade
Meade
And of course she's smart, she's a teacher...
EDIT: Oooh Meade, that was TOO funny!!!
Meade
J/K Dale!!! Muwhahhahahaahahah