Wax Advice

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:23 pm

What is the best car wax? I want a glossy finish, my friend had some that was just like candle/bee wax not that white liquid s**t. Any ideas?

Phill

siilver · Post by **siilver** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:37 pm

i have a simonz wat stuff realy old stuff that my dad used 2 use, does the trick mind hell of a lot of work for the same results as mer

and it these the car not feelin smoth as a polish

think il stick 2 the polish

JTLondon · Post by **JTLondon** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:09 pm

Last time I washed and waxed (polished) it was really hard to get rid of.
My arms were well tired by the end and now I'm thinking of just getting one of them rotating waxer/polishers

And my dad was saying the reason why they did it back in the day was cos it offered some exercise while caring for your car.
I'm thinking... to hell with that

I play footy already and I just want to give my car a good polish with less work

In Argoose, its about Â£15 for a mains powered polisher and Â£25 for a mains charged cordless polisher... theres also one in between the 2... cant remember whats the diff with that.

warrmr · Post by **warrmr** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:21 pm

it reall depends on paint and how bad/good it is. i usally do a deep clean once every 6 months. it usally involves about 5-6 hours of work.

wash with fairy dish liquid ( strips wax)
clay ueing meguirs claybar
wash using meguiars soft wash gel
dry
use meguires deep crystal 1 paint clenser
meguires profesional bodyshop safe speed glaze #80
topped with NXT Tech wax
finished with DC 3 canubra wax.

will post some pics up tomorrow if the weathers good when i finish her off.

EDIT: 80# and NXT wax applyed with porter cable Dual action polisher at setting 4-5

warrmr · Post by **warrmr** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:51 pm

as promised pics of the results of all my hard work

http://www.porka.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26533#26533

dino · Post by **dino** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:55 pm

Good work dude!

JTLondon · Post by **JTLondon** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:02 pm

Great stuff!

Looks bloody great... like a sexy bird in shiny pvc

You said you do the deep cleanse every 6months... how long does that showroom look last for?
Like are you building up the layers of wax in between that time?

Is that a buffer you use there?

loud · Post by **loud** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:27 pm

i use auto glym super resin polish then follow it with auto glym extra gloss protection, turns my car into a mirror

JTLondon · Post by **JTLondon** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:34 pm

loud wrote:i use auto glym super resin polish then follow it with auto glym extra gloss protection, turns my car into a mirror

So is the extra gloss protection a wax?
I was gonna ask if there was a difference between polish and wax... as I have 2, some super wax (cant be arsd to go downstairs and look up the make

) and turtle wax polish. As I was polishing yesterday, the polish just seemed the same as the wax, so I just did the polish... kinda lazy

loud · Post by **loud** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:53 pm

the extra gloss protection is a mixture of waxes and resins that makes it shine like hell and protects it, unlike polish which also has cleaning additives

warrmr · Post by **warrmr** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:53 am

JTLondon wrote:Great stuff!
Looks bloody great... like a sexy bird in shiny pvc

You said you do the deep cleanse every 6months... how long does that showroom look last for?
Like are you building up the layers of wax in between that time?

Is that a buffer you use there?

yes that is a buffer you see there. a rather expencive one at that. it would be the portercable random orbital polisher. import from the states at a rough cost of Â£200 all in transformer pads and extention lead.