quick question about detailing

dP3NGU1N

A wax is just there to help protect your paint. It won't help with your swirl problems but it will help with preventing more swirls. What will help more with preventing swirls is how you wash the car. Look up the junkman for how to wash your car properly.

A sealant is a last step product that is, for all intents and purposes, permanent. Most sealants create a chemical bond to your clear coat which means you should NOT apply it before your paint is corrected (swirl free).

For something easy to apply, just go with optimum car wax. Best car wax out there for the amount of work required.

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Zeetah

ive read these tips in the past but its easy to forget since i havent done any of this to my car yet, so thanks for the quick recap, it really helped, especially when you said not to use the sealant when i have swirls already. this is why i love this forum.

i just wanted to use a wax to help with the water beading when it rains, because its such a pita after i wash my car and maybe a day or so later it rains, and the car looks like crap again.

and i cant pull out the leaf blower late at night and wake everyone up to dry my car in the garage after it gets rained on.

so when it gets rained on, hopefully most of it will bead off with the help of the wax, and the rest of it i can dab dry with a mf towel

bdavis89

You're thinking of coatings. Sealants can be applied just like waxes.

OP, typically you'll need a random orbital to take the swirls/scratches out.

Sealants are synthetic and typically last longer than waxes. Waxes don't last as long, however some people prefer the look compared to a sealant. Most sealants/waxes will "fill" in minor swirls to hide them, but they're still there. I recommend Meguiars Ultimate line. They last and you can get them mostly anywhere.

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