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cmatthewb101 06-17-2011 01:06 PM

How often do you wax?
 
Kinda curious to how often you wax. I've always done it in the beginning of summer, and end of fall. But then I read people do it every 2 weeks! Seems overkill to me. So just wondering what everyone does, and if I should be doing it more often.

umrdyldo 06-17-2011 01:06 PM

3-6 months. Multiple layers

TurboTechRacing 06-17-2011 01:07 PM

3 times a year, spring summer and fall (that is what I do.)

CobaltVenomSS 06-17-2011 01:07 PM

my friend does it every weekend :lol: hes dumb

TurboTechRacing 06-17-2011 01:09 PM


Originally Posted by CobaltVenomSS (Post 5859311)
my friend does it every weekend :lol: hes dumb

Who has time to spend 8 hours once a week doing that... When I wax it is a full day long job.

Rissa 06-17-2011 01:10 PM

Every 3 months.

utsadude 06-17-2011 01:14 PM

Thought this thread was going in a completely different direction...

vB00STw 06-17-2011 01:14 PM

When I had my car it was every monday for the week and then thurs fri sat and sometimes sunday for car shows.

CobaltVenomSS 06-17-2011 01:15 PM


Originally Posted by TurboTechRacing (Post 5859313)
Who has time to spend 8 hours once a week doing that... When I wax it is a full day long job.

he does it alot so hes fast at it lol

MastaShaKe_88 06-17-2011 01:21 PM

Not to thread jack, but I wanna wax an buff my car.. Wats a good way to go about it? I'm really a noob an have done Lil to no detailing aside from cleaning my rims Lol Ive used 'spray on wax' stuff, but it never seems like its ever that great

cmatthewb101 06-17-2011 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by vB00STw (Post 5859327)
When I had my car it was every monday for the week and then thurs fri sat and sometimes sunday for car shows.

Well that's a little different. For shows that shit has to look http://www.backyardturbo.com/forums/.../smilies/B.gif

cmatthewb101 06-17-2011 01:22 PM


Originally Posted by MastaShaKe_88 (Post 5859347)
Not to thread jack, but I wanna wax an buff my car.. Wats a good way to go about it? I'm really a noob an have done Lil to no detailing aside from cleaning my rims Lol Ive used 'spray on wax' stuff, but it never seems like its ever that great

This

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ng-how-116717/

blackICEbomb 06-18-2011 07:12 PM

once a month

TommyP 06-18-2011 07:26 PM


Originally Posted by Rissa (Post 5859315)
Every 3 months.

This. Though with the new stronger wax I'm using now I'm going down to twice a year, spring and fall.

MadBrad 06-18-2011 07:28 PM

Every 3 months

springerdesigner 06-18-2011 07:30 PM

1. end of winter (once it's above 40º outside)
2. late spring
3. Mid-summer
4. late fall (before the first snow)

so 4 times/year

gotboost?17 06-18-2011 07:42 PM

3 times a day, i mean 3 times a year

Do_WorkSS 06-18-2011 07:44 PM

you know if you think about it in a sick and twisted way...this thread should really be in the dungeon. :lol:

HHRSSouth 06-18-2011 07:48 PM


Originally Posted by Do_WorkSS (Post 5861506)
you know if you think about it in a sick and twisted way...this thread should really be in the dungeon. :lol:

Depends on what is being waxed :lol:

SSSnoop 06-18-2011 08:06 PM

I have a black car; arguably the worst to maintain the finish on.

I use a quality paste wax 2/3 times a year - after a major toothbrush/soft scrub brush/microfiber towel wash.

However, Eagle One (I think) makes a "wax as you dry" spray-on that is phenomenal as an inbetween-good wax detailing wax spray. I wash the car, rinse it good, then spritz this stuff on sparingly as I towel off the car. It leaves no swirl (unless I'm stupid enough to do it in the direct sun), no haze, no white stuff, and it leaves a phenomenal and smooth finish behind. I use it every other time I wash the car because its so easy to do.

I also use the supposedly "wash/wax" combo car wash liquid, but it really does nothing as far as leaving any type of finish behind - that is why I got the spray after reading about it in a restorer's mag.

Do_WorkSS 06-19-2011 08:56 PM


Originally Posted by HHRSSouth (Post 5861513)
Depends on what is being waxed :lol:

my point exactly!! :nuts:

Studmuffin02 06-19-2011 09:21 PM

Every two weeks. Clay bar with purple stick from carbrite, then Compound with white wool pad, then wax* with yellow wool pad, then more wax* with Orange pad and random orbit, then nano wax with black pad and random orbit. Spray wax for door amd trunk jams.

Nacademus 06-19-2011 09:28 PM

Machine buff/wax at start of warmer weather (May, June) Hand wax montly, machine wax before the snow flies. Makes for easy machine washes throughout winter months.

b00sted06ss 06-19-2011 09:35 PM

Once a month for me

BlackARCA06 06-19-2011 09:38 PM

Once a month on a sunday, when the gf works.


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