Hi guys
I have had a pot of Extreme Wax in the garage for a while - it is in a Lime Green tin , I think it is a Turtle Wax product and thought I'd have a go on my newly washed car yesterday.
I applied it with the applicator sponge, which got a little wet as the car was still damp - don't know if this affecs the result ?
Rubbed it off with a clean worn-out cotton cut from an old T-shirt (but soft and freshly laundered)
Didn't seem to polish up very shiny, but in the rain today the water beads up like nothing I've ever seen before !!!
Does anyone have any tips on succesfully applying it ?
I am assuming it can be made to shine fantastically as claimed, or is it more of a polish for keeping the dirt off by waxy-repulsion, as it seems from the water-beading I've just seen.
It does seem a very "solid" wax - unlike most other polishes which seem too liquid to me to be a real "wax"
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I have Turtle Wax Extreme Nano Tech in a lime green bottle and it's a liquid.
It is very easy to use and buffs off to a shine easily without having to buff away endless smears and haze.
It sounds like yours maybe different. How old is it? Maybe it is reacting with some previous polish, or maybe a fabric conditioner was used on the t-shirt, which I don't think helps.
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Its only a few months old, was quite firm when new.
it is in a screw-cap wide tin, like old-fashionned polishes used to be, so don't think it has "hardenened" by drying out as the lid is well-sealed.
The T-shirt wash just washed with ordinary , no conditioner.
Any ideas if it helps to apply with a damp/moist cloth to "seal" the polish as you put it on ?
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A wax is different to a polish. It's the wax that protects the polished shine on a car - hence the excellent beading on your car. If you have the time and want a real mirror like shine, depending on the quality of your paint you'd be better off preparing the paint by removing the top layer of wax and all the surface contamination you've sealed over (using a "mild" clay bar is very effective and doesn't damage paint). Polish it with a polish or cleaner polish and then apply a couple of coats of your Extreme Wax to seal in the shine and protect it. Most polishes and wax work best if the paintwork is dry, out of direct sunlight and applied with a foam pad and buffed off with microfibre cloths. Sites like detailing world and polished bliss have masses of advice.
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Surrey, even if you´re not familiar with a clay bar, don´t worry, it´s dead easy and makes a massive difference to the finished result. I think Halfords stock them.
In the back of the garage do you have a polish as well? Maybe worth going in this order next time - 2 bucket wash, clay the paint, rinse and dry, polish, then wax.
Have fun,
Barchettaman
www.autogeek.net/pinnacleprod.html
scroll down, and there are some very useful instructional video clips.
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