What is the best car wax out there?

Waiz

I like this Zymol and it smells like bubble gum

StrokeThis347

That is turtle wax with a zymol label.

Amj2020

The truth is you will never achieve a shine with wax alone. You must polish a cars paint in order to get a greater shine from the paint. You can protect and make it feel slick with wax but this will not change any imperfections in the paint surface. IF you want to cheat polishing, just use Zaino products as they produce a nice "shine" after applied but they do not require orbital polishing. Whoever said that earlier was right on point. Good luck but sounds like you may benefit from a cleaner wax or an all in one type product. It all depends on how committed you are to your cars appearance.

cheshirecat

Waxes that have fillers will hide the imperfections. Sometimes these waxes are called "glazes".

Regardless, you're completely correct. When people wax and the car looks better, they're seeing this imperfections filled in and they think the wax gives the car more of a gloss, when it's really just a more uniform surface area reflecting the light more evenly.

cheshirecat

The darker the color (usually), the more swirls tend to show up as the contrast between the sunlight catching on the light scratches and the dark paint is that much more apparent.

Polishing the car is done to correct paint imperfections. Usually, this is in the form of light scratches that form when moving something across the surface of the paint. For this post, we are going to assume that's the only flaw your paint has- no paint chips or deep scratches.

The 370z has a very soft clear coat. This means that light scratches will appear very easily as a result of physical contact. I've actually seen them happen from application of detailer using a cheap microfiber towel.

If you've polished the scratches out, there's no need to polish again. Please also understand that many products contain "fillers" which fill in the scratch with materials which will eventually wear down and wash off. Many waxes have these fillers which even out the coat and make your car look more "shiny" because your paint now has a more uniform surface. However, this is all just a temporary solution.

If you have a panel that has light scratches (scratches that you cannot catch a fingernail on), you can buff those scratches out to get that uniform appearance without *any* application of a product with fillers. The process goes like this:

- Wash the car with a detergent-based soap. Dawn or Joy works. This takes the existing wax/sealant and detailing products off of the paint and gives you the raw surface to work on.

- Clean the panel you're going to work on with a 70/30% water/rubbing alcohol (IPA) solution. This will get the remnants of those products off just to make sure the surface is completely clear of product.

- Remove the embedded dirt and debris from the paint using a claybar or other contaminant removing product. Get some detail spray, a bar, and put on a latex or neoprene glove. Spray the deailer on to use as lube for the bar. If the bar catches, you aren't using enough detailing spray. This should be done on a cool panel in the shade. Run your gloved hand over the panel. Feel any dirt? Run the claybar over it until it's smooth.

- Clean the panel again to get the detail spray off

- Buff the panel. This step is pretty involved, so please go to Junkman's youtube to check out the process as well as pick the right pad and product for your scratches

- Once your panel is smooth, you're ready to apply the sealant. Think of sealant as a super-wax. Not only does it last quite a while (perhaps six months or more depending on driving conditions and storage) but it will give your paint that gloss coat that you thought wax did. Apply it by hand and follow the directions on the bottle.

- let the sealant cure. the bottle should tell you how long the sealant needs to properly bond with the paint. 24 hours or more isn't uncommon

- apply your wax. the wax exists for one thing: to protect your paint. apply by hand, wait for it to dry, and wipe off. don't get it on your rubber trim, noob. tape off areas if you need.

use a final detailing spray if you'd like to give it a nice glossy sheen.

kenchan

the best wax/sealant is one that is easy (super easy) to apply and maintain for the normal folk.

Prima Hydro plain and simple.

get it from phil over at www.detailersdomain.com

Nick@Adams

Americana works well for me.

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MacCool

Americana is excellent and is all I use, but I'll bet you a dollar that you didn't get that finish on that car without machine polishing as the first step.



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cheshirecat

hmm... the reviews on the americana are pretty stellar. think im going to have to grab a tub. expensive but if it looks that good and can go through 30+ applications it seems worth it.

jcosta79

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Better start saving your pennies now. It costs around $100,000.

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Cmike2780

You'd have to be a complete douchebag/idiot to ever think paying that much for a wax is going to outshine any other high quality wax out there. The fact that it exist merely points toward how truly gullible the super rich are to a pretty simple wax product. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

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cheshirecat

It's the same as producing speakers that cost the same amount. There are people that want only the best and they will spend that kind of money to get "the best", regardless of whether or not the quality is better than something else.

I'm assuming this wax is promoted heavily in Saudi Arabia or the UAE... I'm sure it would look super on a chromed Veyron.

Nick@Adams

It was definitely machine polished. As you know though, Americana just amplifies the shine.

You'll get closer to 50 applications on a Z car. It also comes with a 110% guarantee...but to my knowledge, not a single pot of Americana has ever been returned.

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MacCool

Yes. Machine polished, Super Sealant, Brilliant Glaze, Americana. It's hard for me to understand people thinking they can get any kind of depth of shine with just some brand of car wax from WalMart. Best appearance is not about the wax alone...the wax is just one step in the process. A necessary step for best depth of shine, but just one step.

I'm just a rank amateur with a Porter Cable (having become a believer, I recently moved up to a Flex), but I absolutely know that the difference between polishing-waxing and just waxing is very, very apparent.

Nick@Adams

B-E-A-utiful!!!

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