camaro88sc

how offen do you all wax your cars?

neubauej

Every Monday (no kidding)

nolanr0413

i wax it less and less each year i have the car. I only drive about 3000 miles . I dont drive in rain but when it gets a little dirty i might do it. Probably about 3 or 4 times now.

therckid

well it was every 2 weeks with turtle wax, then it was once every 3 months with meguires Mirror Glaze #26, and sicne i just applied my new Meguires Gold Glass Today, i'll tell ya in a while.




Shane

IROCThe5.7L

Once a month.

therckid

IROC you use gold class right???? Does it really only last that long? I use to use Mirror Glaze #26 and it would beat for a few months, but your waxing once a month, whys that?

FirebirdNYC

once a week! , how bout wash? i wash my car every 3 days if its not raining, if it rains i wash it the day after, the day after i wash it i use the detalining spray meguires got , its pretty cool being that the car always ends up dusty the next day

Sickness91Z28

iTrader: (1)

no waxing here....just good ol polish....mine really isn't open to the elements...and sits most of it's life in the garage, here's a reflection...

IROCThe5.7L

It lasts longer then that. But nothing beats a freshly waxed car


So far I used Zymol and Gold Class. Gold Class gives a little better shine, but Zymol lasted longer. I just got some nxt last week, going to try that next, then zaino.


That is if I ever start putting my car back together...

CamarosRUS

im gonna start to wax her at least once a month.........however i heard too much waxing can hurt your paint!!! is this true?

Sonar_un

Not nearly often enough..

once every few months.. maybe?

Kandied91z

iTrader: (7)

haven't waxed the car since i paited her 6 or so years ago.....never will either.

wax is for destroyed paint. it only promotes the bad areas and seals contaminents. however, i use it on my very high mileage paintjobs on the daily drivers because it adds depth to the paint that is lost after alot of abuse. however i make sure that swirl marks, imperfections and contaminents are as free as possible before i do so knowing that it will make them show more.

if you have factory paint or a really poor repaint then a good quality wax (hopefully without carnuba) is for you. otherwise a good polish/glaze of fine grain is what you should be using.

but what would i know....my paint will be 7 years old in a month!

CamarosRUS

kandied............is your kandy really 7 years old? and elaborate on the waxing thing........i thought carnuba was good and whats the diff betwen waxing and the polishing stuff you were talking about?

Kandied91z

iTrader: (7)

yep its that old.....roughly 60k on the paint too. just have to know how to take care of it.

do a search on paint care. most of the articles i have writen up are so long that i'm to tired to repeat it. search out paint care and my name you should find something.

IROCThe5.7L

Quick question, what type of polish are you using?

therckid

he says he dont polish or wax soo..... i guess none.

SC82TA

He never said he doesn't use polish...just not wax. He has posted before what polish he uses in other threads.

therckid

well i use meguire stage 2 polish, its in the red/pink bottle. Awesome stuff. You apply it before you wax.

Kandied91z

iTrader: (7)

i use wizards....however any of the professional series setups work similar from meguiars, mothers, etc.

i find wizards to give the best results.....

Sickness91Z28

iTrader: (1)

Exactly, I've used several types of polishes...they all work pretty much the same. I'm using a product made by "Car Brite" it's a local detailing business that sells to car lots and shops around here. It's called "Crystal Shine" and I buy it by the gallon. I would like to try wizards some time too though. It's hard to get something that works really really good on black/dark paints though....and so far, the stuff I've used works the best for me.

Kandied91z

iTrader: (7)

drive to jasper next week and i'll bring a sample of wizards for you to try.