Hey any one now of a real glossy wax, im sick of killing my arms for a whack shine. any input guys?

 

cmon someone has to have a secretwax, like mix two cups of creamed corn with a bit of hunny, apply and wax as usaul lol.

 

Well Rock, the used car lots use'ta use a turpentine/carwash mix ta get a quick shine on their wares n' dazzle the marks ou'da their hard-earned, but it wuz short-lived n' hadda be done on an almost daily basis.
'Like any enviable skill, everybody wants the ability, but nobody wants'ta put in the effort n' the practice time.
'Fact'a life Rock: 'only stuff I know worth a damn requires elbow-grease.
Bu'cher creamed corn/honey suggestion'z got me hungry.
Lunch time!
Be well,
Java

 

Go to a Honda motorcycle dealer and buy a bottle of Honda Gloss. This puts the best shine I've found yet and it lasts for quite a while.

 

nice, never thought of that.

 

I have been really impressed with Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax. It is really easy to work with, polishes off easily and doesn't leave your car covered in little white flakes (so annoying). It also seems to last a long time. You can buy it online or at a local auto supply place like Pep Boys.

 

I use Meguiars deep crystal system. Its the best shine I have seen but it takes a while to apply because it is a 3 step process. Theres a prewax, polish, and caranuaba wax. Looks real good

 

Zaino for everything

Jonathan

 

Being from the "old" school I like to use good old paste wax such as Mothers 3 step, there is also a quick detailing spray which still has to be buffed off. I had a friend who sells cars, he told me they use furniture polish for the cars in the showroom

 

mothers and meguiars are my favorites. My buddies dad that builds hotrods swears by zaino. I like most waxes as long as they dont say turtle wax on them

 

Ratings
car wax


1 Black Magic 2 Turtle Wax 22 Eagle One 23 Turtle Wax CR Best buy CR Best buy
Availability: Most products at stores through December 2006.

Within types, in performance order. Blue key numbers indicate Quick Picks.
Products with equal scores are listed alphabetically.
LIQUIDS
1 Black Magic Wet Shine Liquid Wax BM48016 CR Best Buy
$7 16 $0.44 2 Turtle Wax Carnauba Car Wax T-6 CR Best Buy
7 16 0.44 3 Eagle One Nanowax
12 1

 

couldn't fit the whole thing above. If there is more interest I'll post some more.

 

Like Java said, elbow grease....http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=32

I personally prefer any synthetic polymer wax over a carnuba (spell check) any day.....NXT Tech Wax is what I'm using now. Only because carnuba is basically a fancy word for tree sap.

 

Great site! Just ordered a bunch o stuff!

 

That's where I got my flux capacitor.

 

I like Meguiar's NXT and Gold Class, great shine, but doesn't last more than a couple of weeks. Both have a very mild chemical cleaner in the formula which helps too.

When I want a great shine that really lasts use the Meguiar Tech Yellow Wax, has a lot of carnuba, has not cleaners so the car has to be spotless.

Prefer to us the Porter-Cable, but the waxes work well by hand too.

 

These days liquid polish works better than wax. Black Magic leaves a hard shine. Most bugs scrape off with your fingernail. A little more work than paste.

 

follow these steps. for beginers- meguiars 3 step is good enough and you will see a difference.

1- claybar the car
2- polish using a buffer- not by hand
3-wash
4-wax
5 wash
6 buff the headlights with PlasticX or another plastic polish

 

SWEET! I have to get me another one of those. I tried to travel back in time before we had this bug infestation and mine broke...

 

I'll use Zaino for the rest of my life.

 

Why?

 

He got a deal on the Super-Giant-Colossal-lifetime supply at Wal-Mart....

 

In my experience, there is no "off the shelf" product that even compares.
http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc

 

I have better things to do with my time. I'm quite happy with Black .Magic. At one time I sold a wax called "Custom 500". All you had to do was demo it and it would sell. No better than any other over time. At least Consumers did a comparison. I think Zaino finished somewhere in the middle of the pack.

 

I dunno folks... No disrespect, but I'm pretty sure you're all missin' the boat here! I just opened up this month's Motor Trend, and sure enough there's a big whoppin' ad for Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax... and it brazenly touts "Hydrophobic Polymer Technology".. yes that's what I said "Hydrophobic"..which clearly indicates to me that the polish is actually AFRAID of water... or that the water is afraid of the polish... or that this polish will make the user afraid of water... Well, regardless... it certainly indicates that someone is obsessively afraid of something, and that is enough for me to want to own it bigtime!

 

Hydrophobia is another name for rabies. LOL! So you might became infected.

 

"Hydrophobic Polymer Technology"..

Somebody in their marketing department thinks that if they make it sound very technical people will think it's good stuff. That person needs to read a dictionary.

 

Haven't waxed my car in a few months. Hasn't been washed in a few weeks. Here's what it looks like and it's 6 years old. I put 303 on the plastic light covers. No time and energy consuming routine. Just 1 coat of polish.

 

Phil, looks kinda splotchy on the driver's side front and you have 2 big scratches across the hood and onto the passenger fender.

 

Nah, I just had that painted on to look like a relection

 

Is relection what an excited male person from Asia might have? (had to put a lot of words in there so nobody would get upset )

 

It's what you get when you reflect on the last time you had a date.

Also has a political connotation, but we won't go there.

 

Hmm, I think that might have been '68 or so...nope, believe it was '69

 

You said it. once the car is clean and smooth. Z2, Z6, Z2, Z6 for ever with occasional washes.

Jonathan

 

Doubt you could get much more shine on a light, old paint job like that.

 

WWW.AUTOGEEKS.COM

 

yea.. i usually use meguiars nxt tech wax along with the turtle wax ice spray detailer. it works real nice... also make sure to use the armor all tire gel. it stays for a long time and has real deep shine

 

The best shine is produced in this order:
1.wash the car
2. clay bar
3.apply sealant.
4.apply carnuba wax.

 

anybody ever use Liquid Glass?

 

I have never used the whole claybar thing... does it work good?