Waxing under rocker panels

[FUNX650]

•You MUST get those areas cleaned-up before
a protection product—like a Wax—is applied.
-To do otherwise, IMO, would be contradictory
to one of the most basic "Laws of Detailing".
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•In a roundabout way, this reminds me of
one of Mike Phillips' detailing adages:
-"If it has paint, it gets polished".

•I'll take it one step farther:
-After the paint has been polished:
It gets protected with an LSP!


Bob

[99monguse]

NO wax gets applied unless the area is clayed FIRST. My applicators are as clean when I'm done as when I started.

[Captain Chris]

Cool, thanks guys!

[Eldorado2k]

•You MUST get those areas cleaned-up before
a protection product—like a Wax—is applied.
-To do otherwise, IMO, would be contradictory
to one of the most basic "Laws of Detailing".
_______________________________________

•In a roundabout way, this reminds me of
one of Mike Phillips' detailing adages:
-"If it has paint, it gets polished".

•I'll take it one step farther:
-After the paint has been polished:
It gets protected with an LSP!


Bob

NO wax gets applied unless the area is clayed FIRST. My applicators are as clean when I'm done as when I started.

Yea, I think we know the area should be clayed and polished prior to applying wax.... However that's not the point. The point is it doesn't matter how clean you think it is down there [or how well you think you've cleaned] The fact of the matter is there's a thin line between the edge of the paint and the underbody. And no, I don't do an underbody detail to most cars including mine...

Extra care must be taken down there, because the worst grit imaginable can accidentally be picked up without warning. Just look at what I once did to my own car while claying down there... Those are permanent deep scratches that were caused by going over that fine line and picking up a small rock from the underbody.



And I think it's safe to assume that most people don't like to run their polisher all the way to the end of that fine line for the same reason. Unless you're into ruining your pads..

[white97]

I wouldn't wax them I would use a sealant because they take so much abuse it would be better if you had a stronger sealant but it is the last step for me on detailing a car or truck since its so dirty and I just toss the applicator when I'm done.

[PaulMys]

Having a truck, I've been under it plenty installing side steps, oil changes, etc. Ever since my truck has been new, I've washed the underside of the rockers with the same cheap MF towel I use on my wheel wells, then just literally smear paste wax all over the area without even removing it. Yes, it's painted, and yes, you need to protect it, but who cares what it looks like? At the end of a long winter, I can still see most of the wax under there.

In the spring when I wash it off, it looks pretty protected to me.