Waxing The Car First Time

cseguide · August 13, 2011

I want to wax my car first time. I am hoping to to it first time by a detailing center. Can please tell me a good place for this. If it is in Kandy area it is very good. But outside Kandy also welcome. After the first time I hope to do it myself and the brand of Wax I going to get is Meguiars Wax. Is it OK. Where I can Buy Meguiars product? Thanks in advance

jdnet · August 13, 2011

Not sure if we have meguiars locally. You have three choices when it comes to waxes; paste. liquid and clear spray on liquid (I'm calling it that for the lack of a better term to use).

Paste waxes have the deepest shine yet are time consuming to use since any residue on plastic or rubber parts will show up as white and will need to be cleaned off. Paste waxes generally are better at hiding imperfections and scratches too.

Liquid waxes are faster to use but are slightly more prone to streaking. Make sure you dry the car real well as the slightest drop will make it a mess that will require a bit of time to clean up. Generally most liquid waxes will leave white patches on contact with plastic or rubber. The shine would be less than paste waxes though it varies wit the quality of the product. Better ones will be on par with the paste waxes.

Clear liquid waxes that come in the spray on bottles are the easiest to use and leave no residue. It takes about a quater of the time a job with paste wax would. Though the shine is considerably less.

Along with wax make sure you buy a few quality micro fiber towels. I say "few" because you are going to want to take a fresh one each time the cloth gets saturated with wax. Also if you drop the cloth don't use the same one until it has been properly washed and dried. A single grain of sand can be a disaster.

My recomendations for wax.

Paste: Turtle wax. Good old turtle wax has never let me down.

liquid: The best one you can find (can't think of any right now)

spray on: Eagle one nanowax

varunatech · August 13, 2011

Full stars for JDNET. 100% agree..........I do wax all my vehicles at home.....

Locally, probably the best brand is Turtle, 3M paste was seems to glitter a bit more. Just adding a bit, if your car has tar pasted in lower parts, better remove with mild kerosene and wash well (this is the cheap option, expensive is there are tar cleaners and you can clay too).

Mikee · August 14, 2011

On 8/13/2011 at 3:51 PM, jdnet said:

Along with wax make sure you buy a few quality micro fiber towels

How can we asses the quality of a microfiber towel? I recently bought 4 pieces pack from Sunl**ka just for Rs 275/=. Is that the usual price or are they cheap in quality? I guess quality one may bit expensive and if so where can i buy them?

Pericles · August 14, 2011

On 8/13/2011 at 3:51 PM, jdnet said:

Not sure if we have meguiars locally.

We did. There should be some old threads

zerocool · August 14, 2011

On 8/14/2011 at 3:32 AM, Mikee said:

How can we asses the quality of a microfiber towel? I recently bought 4 pieces pack from Sunl**ka just for Rs 275/=. Is that the usual price or are they cheap in quality? I guess quality one may bit expensive and if so where can i buy them?

3M one is really good and single piece one is about Rs 800/=.

vishkid · August 14, 2011

On 8/14/2011 at 3:32 AM, Mikee said:

How can we asses the quality of a microfiber towel? I recently bought 4 pieces pack from Sunl**ka just for Rs 275/=. Is that the usual price or are they cheap in quality? I guess quality one may bit expensive and if so where can i buy them?

Well, I guess price equals quality until it reaches a certain value. The 'better' micro-fibres could be bought for $ 10 for a pack of 3 off ebay. But in our car-stores and super markets we will get a varying quality. 3M cloths are available for Laugfs for 800/- although they are bigger, they certainly don't offer much more than the typical ebay variety.

Beware 'cos some people just sell ordinary terry towels as micro-fibre - they are not!

jdnet - where do you get Eagle One Nanowax in SL? I've been using 3M Quick Wax for regular jobs and while it's good, you don't get blown away!