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Offline wortho8

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quick waxing question
« on: October 15, 2011, 04:18:06 pm »
hi people


so ive just polished and waxed my car for the first time every :jumpmove: ready for winter. now i hear peeps adding 3 or 4 layers of wax to really protect the car.

now my question is:     is this process repeated 1 after the other, or can the wax be applied fru the week?

ive been using the auto glym high definition wax set, which i love, really easy to apply and the end result is spot on

thanks in advance  :smiley:

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Re: quick waxing question
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 04:43:09 pm »
For maintenance, just wash the car weekly and apply a top up of wax every 4 weeks or so. I tend to look at sheeting and when it retains more water, rather than rely on beading but if either starts to go off, I top up the wax.

More than two or three layers is OTT IMO.  I'd leave at least 48 hours between coats.

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Re: quick waxing question
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 07:06:50 pm »
Sorry for butting in with slightly different question on this topic. I washed and flayed car today but started to rain so couldn't do super resin polish and wax. Can I just do this tomorrow.

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Re: quick waxing question
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 07:14:00 pm »
Sorry for butting in with slightly different question on this topic. I washed and flayed car today but started to rain so couldn't do super resin polish and wax. Can I just do this tomorrow.

Give it another rinse/wash in the morning and away you go.... :wink:

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Re: quick waxing question
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 07:17:02 pm »
+1. You want to make sure there's no dust that's settled on the car overnight. TBH at the very least I'd give it a snow foam and rinse.

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Re: quick waxing question
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2011, 08:45:07 pm »
Will do. Cheers. Wouldn't want to undo all my good work ;-)