Post wax maintenance

[buddiiee]

I personally believe you'll have better
results (longevity, less stickiness, etc.)
by using Sealants, instead of a Wax,
for your vehicle's protection product.


Bob

Would a hybrid like Collinite be better? I'm guessing yes.

[FUNX650]

Would a hybrid like Collinite
be better? I'm guessing yes.

I'm thinking that it contains
some Wax(es).

My understanding is that "Waxy"
protection products are presenting
you with a sundry of annoying and
(totally) unacceptable issues.



Bob

[Route246]

At a minimum you need clay and light cleaner like an AIO topped with a high quality wax like Collinite.


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[fightnews]

IDK If you guys just have crazy pollution or what. Maybe its just pollen season where you live. Its just starting where i live. start using a waterless wash and trying other waxes i guess. I hear Michigan is a real s h i t hole?

[buddiiee]

This isn't from just pollen season, this is every day. We do have a lot of industry here so maybe industrial fallout? Also, there's a constant year round asphalt patch team that is ALWAYS every day, patching holes in our roads, so you drive over that crap constantly, along with salt like 6 months out of the year. I don't know but my waxed car gets trashed really quick.
I wouldn't call it a shithole, but you can't have nice things here I can tell you that lol. The weather's harsh, the roads are bad, and we have the country's worse drivers; our auto insurance rates will show that lol.

[davidc]

I pretty much use this weekly
Optimum No Rinse Wash & Wax, no rinse car wash, rinse free car wash, optimum no rinse

Dave

[pilotpip]

You may want to up it to a sealant, topped with wax. Stick to the same family of products. I've used griots, blackfire, and McKee's and all have easily lasted 6 months with weekly washes using griots brilliant finish, ultimate wash and wax or McKee's Power wash followed by the spray wax from the same family while drying.

I'd also change your washing technique. Whatever you're doing, it isn't working.

I take one day in the spring, and one in the fall and do a full detail, and I don't have any issues keeping my vehicles looking good the rest of the year with anything more than regular washes with the two bucket method and using a spray wax while drying. In the winter I'll use a waterless wash on my car because I have a garage but the truck gets driven through a nearby brushless wash because it lives outside. If it manages to get above 50 I'll get a little wet and cold and wash it myself.

For the record, I live in the midwest, with crappy roads, crappy drivers, and on top of that I spend a lot of time on gravel roads.

[buddiiee]

You may want to up it to a sealant, topped with wax. Stick to the same family of products. I've used griots, blackfire, and McKee's and all have easily lasted 6 months with weekly washes using griots brilliant finish, ultimate wash and wax or McKee's Power wash followed by the spray wax from the same family while drying.

I'd also change your washing technique. Whatever you're doing, it isn't working.

I take one day in the spring, and one in the fall and do a full detail, and I don't have any issues keeping my vehicles looking good the rest of the year with anything more than regular washes with the two bucket method and using a spray wax while drying. In the winter I'll use a waterless wash on my car because I have a garage but the truck gets driven through a nearby brushless wash because it lives outside. If it manages to get above 50 I'll get a little wet and cold and wash it myself.

For the record, I live in the midwest, with crappy roads, crappy drivers, and on top of that I spend a lot of time on gravel roads.

You use a waterless wash with road salt dried on?

[pilotpip]

Light cleaning, sure. Saturate the panels. If they're too dirty, I'll go rinseless. If they're really bad, I'll go to the pay and spray to knock the bulk off, then finish up at home.

[buddiiee]

Ok cool. Going to try this set up in a few week. Can't wait.