I will be waxing my car for the first time within the next couple days and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? I've read that Turtlewax isn't all that great and I want to use pretty decent wax. Also is there anything else I need to worry about?

 

There's many other choices out there better than that, the quality of the shampoo is very important, also the applicators and microfibers are also important

 

Gold class car shampoo works well.

Definitely use a clay bar before you wax. They work wonders.

 

There's no shine like Mothers, as their phrase goes. I've been using Mothers products for many years, and they are excellent. I use the 3 step system after winter to clean my cars up. In between you only need to wax or sometimes steps 2 and 3. The below is pasted from their website, www.mothers.com

I keep an army of applicators from parts stores or wal-mart that I wash and re-use. They last a good many uses. Regular cotton towels to take it off. I have tons of old ones for that too that I wash and re-use also. (may leave a slight ring of gunk at the top water level of the washing machine, use household degreaser and a paper towel to wipe, no big deal, I've been doing this for years).


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