Wax

[bd]

Mothers website:

• Mothers California Gold

Amazon Retailer:

• Mothers 05550 California Gold Pure Brazilian Carnauba Wax Paste - 12 oz (Ultimate Wax System, Step 3)

[78 Chevyrado]

removes swirls means its abraisive...

I always use meguiars...  has always worked for me... 

I use Meguiars NXT Tech wax, and the shampoo and detailer that goes with it...  No problems, beads n shines no matter what, and i only wax my truck myself every 18 mos or so...

Also I use a machine car wash but hand drying place every two weeks or so,,  hasnt caught up with me yet...

[78 Chevyrado]

If ANY PRODUCT SAYS IT REMOVES (whatever)  it is abrasive and removes layers of the finish also.

[78 Chevyrado]

I use swirl-x...  a light abrasive, on anything that stains my paint...  but the polish n wax i use dont claim to remove anything, only replenish oils or protect top coat. 

If it claims to remove anything it's abraisive and will remove layers from your paintjob.

I only use swirl-x on spot problems, never over the whole truck...

then meguiars polish and NXT 2.0 wax and car wash...

Meguiars has kept my teuck looking like this since 2008.

[Tazman]

Your tuck looks great but I wax mine almost monthly mainly because I drive it daily so it gets a lot of sun to it. Our sun here can really damage paint if you do take care of it. I also use mostly Megiurs, it works very well.

Thanks,

[roger97338]

Well, the only thing I can find locally is "Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus Paste Wax".

The container CLAIMS it is safe for all paint types, but it also says it "removes swirls". Whatever that means. Bravado or is their some kind of abrasive in the product that their not telling us about?

And why does it say -in bold- "KEEP OFF RUBBER, VINYL & PLASTIC"? Just looks bad or is damaging?

It doesn't damage rubber, vinyl and plastic. But, applying it to those surfaces doesn't provide any benefits to them. By that I mean that waxing something made from those materials isn't going to make it shiny, nor is it going to cause water to bead up and roll off. It also means that you should avoid getting wax on those materials because it isn't easy to remove from them.

If it's going to be difficult to keep wax off of something, like a strip of plastic body moulding, you can tape it off with some masking tape. Another trick is to use a protectant (such as Armor-All) on the plastics before you wax. That's worked well for me in the past.

Actually, I'm not going to try to seem like an expert and make the claim that waxes absolutely will not cause damage to rubber vinyl and plastic. I've not read or heard of a car wax causing any sort of catastrophic failure to those materials, but I've seen first hand what plastic body moulding can look like if someone grinds a bunch of wax into it with a random orbital buffer.

[IdahoMan]

Well thanks everybody.

I ordered some Mothers 05550 California Gold Pure Brazilian Carnauba Wax Paste - 12 oz (Ultimate Wax System, Step 3) from sumitracing and just waxed my truck last night. I am pleased.

Also discovered that it isn't the pigeons but the HoneyBees that are leaving droppings on my truck. 

[78 Chevyrado]

i think mainly it doesn't matter the brand so much, but how often you put the EFFORT in...

[roger97338]

Would one of you please buy this wax (http://www.zymol.com/zymolroyaleglaze44oz.aspx) and let me borrow it?