Best wax for the car ???

[Neekk1]

You use that same wax on the plastic rear window ?

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by Neekk1

You use that same wax on the plastic rear window ?

I use the Porsche plastic polish, and Plexus on the rear window.
Using Meguiars Clear Coat Body Scrub to remove paint scratches, with Meguiars Deep Crystal Wax to finish. I've had these for a long time and I don't think they are sold anymore. They have new products that are similar.
When I am lazy (often), I hit it with a coat of Meguiars Ultimate Quick Detailer in between the paste wax sessions.
A lot of the new polymer based waxes will hide the swirls and will give the car a beautiful gloss until they wear down. Then the swirls re-appear and you have to do the whole car again. A properly polished car will look good even with no wax on it.
But like I said before, it's not the brand of wax, but how you do it.

[Kianfar]

I bought one of these buffers from walmart, and used a swirl remover compound and got no where. It's such a pain to wash the car, and spend 8 hours on it. It looks nice and shiny in the garage, or in shade, but as soon as the sun comes out, all the little swirls and circles show on the paint, and it's as if you just didn't do any cleaning on the car. I might have to get mine professionally detailed, and get the swirls out.

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by Kianfar

I bought one of these buffers from walmart, and used a swirl remover compound and got no where. It's such a pain to wash the car, and spend 8 hours on it. It looks nice and shiny in the garage, or in shade, but as soon as the sun comes out, all the little swirls and circles show on the paint, and it's as if you just didn't do any cleaning on the car. I might have to get mine professionally detailed, and get the swirls out.

The professionals will use a power buffer on your car also. The paint will look good for awhile until whatever wax they used wears down and the swirls begin to show again.
I want you to try something since you already have some swirl remover compound. Take a small section of your car (the rear trunk is the easiest) and lay a string or some masking tape in a straight line from front to rear to use as a reference line right down the middle. Take a terry cloth rag (I use an old cotton sock) with some of your swirl compound and rub it in by hand following the reference line you put down. Keep working the compound until it works down to a fine polish. Follow the reference line exactly and use a push/pull type of motion. Don't stand to the side and try to do this. Your arm has a natural tendency to swing in an arc that will negate what you are trying to do. It takes a lot of time and training to make your arm go in a staight line from side to side. Do just one half of the trunk and be careful to follow the reference line exactly. When you are finished with the half you are doing, clean off the residue very carefully in a straight line and apply your wax in a straight line also. Polish the wax to a shine following the reference line and then stand back and compare it to the other half. Tell me what you think.

[jrblackman]

Originally Posted by Spinnaker

The professionals will use a power buffer on your car also. The paint will look good for awhile until whatever wax they used wears down and the swirls begin to show again.
I want you to try something since you already have some swirl remover compound. Take a small section of your car (the rear trunk is the easiest) and lay a string or some masking tape in a straight line from front to rear to use as a reference line right down the middle. Take a terry cloth rag (I use an old cotton sock) with some of your swirl compound and rub it in by hand following the reference line you put down. Keep working the compound until it works down to a fine polish. Follow the reference line exactly and use a push/pull type of motion. Don't stand to the side and try to do this. Your arm has a natural tendency to swing in an arc that will negate what you are trying to do. It takes a lot of time and training to make your arm go in a staight line from side to side. Do just one half of the trunk and be careful to follow the reference line exactly. When you are finished with the half you are doing, clean off the residue very carefully in a straight line and apply your wax in a straight line also. Polish the wax to a shine following the reference line and then stand back and compare it to the other half. Tell me what you think.

Great info, thanks. I am going to try it this weekend. My Box is also Midnight Blue and swirl marks show easily.

[Joel-Box-ster]

I saw this at Walmart.. dark paint owners might give it a try..

[TWODAN]

get a griot's 6" random orbital polisher. then purchase his all in one sealant/protector and an orange polishing pad. read the directions, and go to it. it will look wicked _issa.
Dan