Ultra high end wax

[2KLS1]

Wow 2600 and 7000 for car wax. For that kind of money you should just put a new coat of paint on the car, it will last longer and spend the money on something else. $100 is provably the most I would be willing to spend on wax. Besides $7K could make my car go awfully fast .

[NEC]

For 7 grand I'd rather buy a 99-02 camry than one that's older. With leather, of course.

[{FzS}BlacKMagicK]

Hey 2k, that ur car in the avatar? I've got a black WS6 01', getting tons of stuff from AG to do her up right. I can't wait to get two full days into her. Only thing is, these cars are infamous for their orange peel, I will live with it for only so long, before it will drive me nuts and I wet sand her.

P.S.---Like the smoothies, (or are they TTII's? hard to tell in the pic) thinkin about goin with them, but I'd like 'em even better in chrome.

[2KLS1]

Hey 2k, that ur car in the avatar? I've got a black WS6 01', getting tons of stuff from AG to do her up right. I can't wait to get two full days into her. Only thing is, these cars are infamous for their orange peel, I will live with it for only so long, before it will drive me nuts and I wet sand her.

Well sorta. I do have a black 00' WS6 but that isn't my car in the avatar. What is in my avatar is actually a drawing that I found online done completely in pecil, its actually pretty cool. I was looking for a drawing or picture of a trans am that I could use when I came across it. Except for the wheels It looks just like my car so I said what the hell. I still have the stock WS6 rims. When I'm done with school I might put some fiskes on it .

I actually detailed the bird over the Christmas break. I though it cleaned up pretty nice and I'm thinking of doing it again over spring break. Eventually when its no longer my daily driver I'm thinking of having it re-painted. Got quite a few rock chips in the front. The front bumper is covered with little white specs but they're only visible up close so I'll live with it for now. By the way I've seen some brand new Mercs and Bemmers with orange peel so I guess we don't have it too bad, but I feel you pain. What products are you planning on using?

[supercharged]

Unless you win a lottery, $7k on a wax is just not a smart investment. The only way to make it smart would be to sell you refills, for like $100-150, 'till that wax pays off (I still wonder how often can you refill it), and then you start making some moey off it. But I would not try $7k wax, Zymol offers another for $2k+ something like that.
Just my $0.02.

[{FzS}BlacKMagicK]

Originally Posted by NEC

I guess LOL

Well I thought you were pulling my chain since tree sap and clear coat really don't go together.

Although I go have to agree, it seems a bit outragous

Carnauba is a form of "tree sap" and goes quite well with your clearcoat

Not joking this time




2KLS1, that is fantastic for a pencil drawing!!!

I have the PC7424HD and am going to use the XMT line. I thought I could get away with just #2 and #1 but it looks like I'll be needing the #3, so I'm going to go with #3 on a green pad, #2 on an orange and #3 on a blue. May even use a fine glaze on a white pad if I'm convinced it has a finer abrasive than the #1. I've noticed a lot of people will go straight from 3 to 1, I guess for expediancy but I'll tell you why I'd rather not.

Years ago I used to do a lot of metal polishing, mostly stainless steel, and whenever I tried to jump and skip abrasives, the mirrored finish I was looking for was not nearly as spectacular as when I went through all the grades of abrasives, so I'm pretty much a believer in successive polishing. YES, it will take longer, but I'm WAY more concerned with the result than the time spent. This is my dream car, I've waited years to have her, and I don't detail professionally, so it isn't just some customers car. I plan on topping with Wolfgang and Souveran.

Good to know Mercedes and beemers also have orange peel, doesn't make me feel so bad.

[Bigfoot]

Let me put it this way: $7k will take 2 of my credit cards away for good, and still have enough money to take my wife on a nice vacation... I think so far, Natty's is doing the best job money can get, and I only spent $14.00 on sale. And Excessive Detail was mentioning about the dude that uses the Zymol, well, he charges $5k for each detail. Nice, ah? 1 detail a month and I'm set! The rest can be vacations! Yeah, like that's gonna happen to me...

Joey

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot

Let me put it this way: $7k will take 2 of my credit cards away for good, and still have enough money to take my wife on a nice vacation... I think so far, Natty's is doing the best job money can get, and I only spent $14.00 on sale. And Excessive Detail was mentioning about the dude that uses the Zymol, well, he charges $5k for each detail. Nice, ah? 1 detail a month and I'm set! The rest can be vacations! Yeah, like that's gonna happen to me...

Joey

It was up to 5k.

[Bigfoot]

Originally Posted by supercharged

It was up to 5k.

Well, I was close... But thanks for clarifying this to me

But, in another note, if I tell somebody around my house that I can carge them up to that amount of money, I think they will try to kill me with a bow and arrow... I'm planning to start my weekend hobby business as soon as I get the pads somewhere around March...

Joey

[Grimm]

I think the $7K wax would be a bit stupid, but if you can get free unlimited refills, then a $2500 wax wouldn't be that horrible if you do this as a business. I don't know how much a guy like Justin goes through, but if you were a younger person figuring to be in business for say 25 years. Then say you go through 3 containers of wax a year, then that would only cost you a little more than $33 per container. If it's a great wax, then I don't see a problem spending $33 on it. Plus I think a lot of the people that use the expensive Zymol stuff are able to get a nice extra chunk of $$ from their customers who want the Zymol.