 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Jeep / March 2007Wax Question
It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy, Ford what have you....one thing I noticed was how slick the cars were when I touched the body.....a fly couldn't stay on the hood in this Texas wind on the hood.....I have waxed my Cherokee and Grand but never do I get that kind of slickness.....just wondering if there is some secret wax the cars use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics > It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, > they throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying to get a little > aerodynamics polymer waxes McGuire's NXT is quite slick. Every time I wax the hood of my ZJ the cat finds somewhere else to sleep since she slides off.  SignatureDougW >> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, >> they throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > of my ZJ the cat finds somewhere else to sleep since > she slides off. I hope you keep her toenails trimmed ... > It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they > throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy > Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics You want to improve the aerodynamics of a brick by polishing it? Good luck with that. You will never go fast enough for a good coat of wax to help. Jeff Strickland proclaimed: >> It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, >> they throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > luck with that. You will never go fast enough for a good coat of wax to > help. Maybe they have an SRT-8? Porsche got ticked off enough to do a new engine due to being waxed regularly. Run a clay bar across the paint before you bother waxing it. You will be amazed. Cay bars and clay bar kits are available at most auto parts stores. > It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they > throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy > Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics Get a big bar and use detailing fluid or even window film soap for lube. Get a couple bars, if you drop one, toss it a neighbor, don't reuse it. Jewelers tin oxide also works, but boy is it messy and lots more work. billy ray proclaimed: > Run a clay bar across the paint before you bother waxing it. You will be > amazed. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy >>Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the procedure is not all that had... > Get a big bar and use detailing fluid or even window film soap for lube. > Get a couple bars, if you drop one, toss it a neighbor, don't reuse it. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>>secret wax the cars use and if any one knows what it is.....sure would >>>help on all the boxy Jeeps trying to get a little aerodynamics > I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the > procedure is not all that had... Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use something else? You use "detailing" spray to wet the surface. The stuff I used was Maguire's but every car wax brand has their own version. They are pretty much interchangeable and run about $5 per bottle. Several companies make the clay bars themselves, mine is from Griots Garage... Good thing I got it as a present, that place is kinda pricy. The kit is often a better buy, they run 15-20 dollars depending on the brand. >> I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the >> procedure is not all that had... > > Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use > something else? I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly on vehicles that were worth waxing. What is the advantage of the clay bar? And what is the theory behind using the clay bar? Merrill > You use "detailing" spray to wet the surface. The stuff I used was > Maguire's but every car wax brand has their own version. They are pretty [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > - Show quoted text - > I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly > on vehicles that were worth waxing. > > What is the advantage of the clay bar? And what is the theory behind > using the clay bar? The only thing I can figure, since I bought and tried one, is that it's sticky and it removes all the stuff in/on the paint. I was surprised what came off the paint. I was trying to remove scratches. It won't do that but lots of other stuff came off the clear coat. Now I need to find time to put a few coats of wax on it. Every time I do it, it's only good for a few weeks. Right now there is no beading going on, just flat water when it rains. What works GOOD? I want something that will let me hose the mud off. I don't want to wax once a month. It's a Jeep, dammit! :) >> I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly >> on vehicles that were worth waxing. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > when it rains. What works GOOD? I want something that will let me hose > the mud off. I don't want to wax once a month. It's a Jeep, dammit! :) I've never heard of clay bars before this, but first hit on google says it works as an abrasive. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-clay.html Basically you use some lubricant to protect the paint, and the abrasive gets rid of anything that sticks out. I don't bother with wax. The way I usually clean my car involves vaporizing a large quantity of water, then condensing it (this gives me poor man's distilled water). After that it is accelerated towards the surface of my car. On impact it tends to break away most of the dirt and carry it off. :) Ivan Scott in Baltimore proclaimed: >> I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the >> procedure is not all that had... > > Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use > something else? Get the biggest bar you can find, and then buy a spray bottle of lube. The combo packages tend to have either really small bars which are hard to use or really small bottles of lube. The soap used for window film also works. Detailing spray also works. I foyu really want a slick shine then you need to follow the steps of the classic car folks. My dad spends the better part of a day waxing, polishing, buffing his old car just to go to a show the following day. I think both Mothers and Maguires have a multi step process that starts with soap and carries all the way through to a clay bar, you might want to check one of them out. At last count it was about an 8 step process my dad follows. Snow... Mindy proclaimed: > It is getting NASCAR season here in Ft Worth....with the TMS here, they > throw the cars everywhere to promote the race....Lowes, Home Depot, Chevy, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > if any one knows what it is.....sure would help on all the boxy Jeeps trying > to get a little aerodynamics Start with the body material. Then the paint, applied really thin for weight, non metallic. All of those buffed to glass smoothness. Then clay it, buff it, and the thinnest coat of wax. Reasonable for vehicles that get new fenders every thousand miles or so, not scalable for the street. Some folks have queried whether a micro dimpled surface would have less drag, but for nascar drag is generally a life saver. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.