advice on waxing my car

[wizurd]

Hi all

 

Just a quick question. Never used wax before but since i had 30 mins of dry weather wanted to try out the poorboys wax on the roof.

 

So clayed and then used Meguires paint cleaner on it.

 

Then applied a thin coat of the poorboys wax - let it dry to a haze and buffed it off.

 

Left it another 5 mins then applied another coat.

 

This time when i buffed it off though it was harder to buff off plus it produced some fine white powder as i buffed it.

 

Is this correct or is it because i put too much on the second time around or didn't let the first coat set for long enough?

 

End product was ok though :-)

 

Edited May 15, 2013 by wizurd

[Ekona]

Should really leave the first coat overnight, assuming you can leave the car in a garage or summat.

 

Looks great though, just stick with the one coat next time

[ioneabee]

its normal to get a dust afterwards, however, you need to allow 24 hours in between coats

[Ekona]

Heh, I wrote 24 hours first of all but I never stick to that rule myself, overnight is long enough to wait for me!

[Will370z]

Looks great

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Dodo Juice say 1-24 hours for there ones.

[ioneabee]

dodo supernatural for me all the way - tried a few different ones, but always come back to this

[wizurd]

cheers.

24hrs! and I thought 5 mins was enough lol

will try that next time. for now and with Wales weekend approaching will be just the one coat across the rest of the car.

thanks as well, loving the shine on the roof. fingers crossed for the rest of it. my arms are gonna be knackered by the end of Friday

will have a look at the dodo stuff as well. do like my car smelling of bubble gum though.

 

Edited May 15, 2013 by wizurd

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

I'll be bringing all my detailing stuff with me, like many others. So you can come have a look.

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

results from my waxing session earlier on today. It rained a few hours afterwards.

 

 

[ilogikal1]

Natty's does tend to dust when it's over-applied. Also, as has already been mentioned, it's best to leave it a few hours (I've found with Natty's, about 6+ hours is good) between coats.

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Nattys?

 

EDIT: Just realised that this is post #5000!!!

Edited May 15, 2013 by The Bounty Bar Kid

[ilogikal1]

OP said he was using Poorboys wax.

 

Poorboys Natty's Paste Wax - http://www.poorboysworld.co.uk/cgi-bin/pbw.cgi?Command=ShowEPage&db_epid=7

[HaydnH]

Nattys?

 

EDIT: Just realised that this is post #5000!!!

 

In 3 years and, at the time of me writing this, 11 more since you posted that! I can understand everyone's comments on the woman front now.

[wizurd]

yep it's nattys poorboy wax. the dust must have been a combination of not letting the first coat set for long enough and then over applying the second coat. cheers for the advice.

 

bbk will have a look at that wax on the weekend then. was thinking about bringing some supplies for cleaning.

 

Edited May 16, 2013 by wizurd

[wizurd]

results from my waxing session earlier on today. It rained a few hours afterwards.

 

 

 

nice finish on that! love that beading.

[sipar69]

dodo supernatural for me all the way - tried a few different ones, but always come back to this

 

I second that - great stuff. Not cheap but lasts ages and produces a brilliant shine