I waxed my car twice with Turtle Wax Hard Shell and each time the wax doest come completely off it leaves spekcles of wax everywhere on my black car. I did it in the shade and left the wax sit for a good 20mins. Is it the wax im using? What is a good wax?

 

wow don't use turtle wax unless your like 40 or higher (in age)...tho i hear turtle wax platinum was good which is no longer made..i highly recommend Eagle One products and i always use their nanowax which is great, a nice deep shine...i have the liquid wax an i havent tried the paste yet....just a recommendation

 

i agree with lambo, i've always used eagle one, and meguires liquid wax. eagle one makes a spray on, dry off wax, which works really well for a quick detail.

 

i use meguiar's gold class paste wax. works great for me. i read somewhere that it's better to use paste wax over liquid wax. never tried liquid though so i wouldn't be able to tell you.

 

from using both paste and liquid wax, paste does a better job of filling/polishing out scuff marks and swirls, where-as the liquid wax just makes the car shiny and slippery to the touch without really polishing the car. IMO.

 

i have used coutless waxes and i still like Zymol the best! it has a really good life (i used it b4 the winter.. in the middle of the winter and then come spring its still just as smooth) i would highly recomend it. it does leave soem dust but thats what the california car duster is for haha or a drive down the street.. its pretty easy to use also.. i personally love it!
http://www.premierbodyshops.co.uk/im...r_Wax_Z503.jpg


I bet this will work even better tho! lol
http://zymol.com/shop/item.asp?PID=1516&scID=25

 

Like I say in all topics related to waxing now, try TurboWax....they designed it in Florida in the heat so it works awesome, I used the Hard Shell before and was very unhappy with it compared to TurboWax products.

 

How warm was it when you waxed your car? If I was you I would have waxed the car on a day like today or yesterday other wise it has been to cold to do that IMO.

 

everybody seems to have different oppinions on using wax.. however being a detailer i used a **** load of different waxes and just found the best one ive got so far. It's 3M peformance wax. i figured 3M has good compound and polish (we use it in the body shop) and figured i'd try the wax... Its the only wax i used that doesn't wash off. I usually wax my car everytime i wash it and now i no longer need to.

 

Hottest I waxed it with TurboWax was about 97 last week....only harm done was me sweating my ass off. Car looked sweet though.

 

you hafta do a section at a time

 

And no matter how good the wax is, it always says that on the directions.

 

a former member on here lives in oconomowoc and is a good friend of mine. he does details for like 50 bucks if your interested

 

Dont use turtle was and use microfiber towels. they feel like they would scratch the **** out of your car but they do wonders

 

here's what my car looked like when he got done

 

honestly pretty much everything 3M makes is a good product..

i usually use mequires NXT

 

yea, if you want to do it yourself, i use 3M or turtle wax and use my buffer to take it off and get a nice shine

 

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this guy is like me. Tried em all but none really work well short of 3M. I would rate products differently though.

3M scratch remover is #1 (cant be beaten)
3M cleaner wax is #2 (I prefer mother's unless you have small scratches then use 3M)
3M Polish is #2 (I prefer Black Magic polish for ultimate shine) however Black Magic leaves a residue that u have to buff a bit to get off but is well worth it when your done.

I have a black car

 

i use all eagle one nano-products except for scratches i use meguiars scratch X and for tire shine i use Meguiars Hot shine an a eagle one tire swipe

 

I bought 2 bottles of scratch x last year.

1st time i threw it away because i didnt notice any difference.

2nd time because everyone on this forum said it worked.....still threw it away.

It doesnt work for me on my black car.

 

mines black as well an it worked better than 3M for me

 

Turtle Wax Ice Works the best i think and buy the spray detailer too.

 

i like mequiers tech wax 2.0

 

lol..havent we named every wax there is now?...i personally have experimented with almost all of them an eagle one outperformed all of them

 

i like to use feces!a bit smelly but it leaves a very nice shine,especially if yout car is brown.lol.what i really use iseither meguirs(definetaly speelled everything wrong)or turtle wax platinum i bought a grip before they quit makin it.SPIT SHINE!