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Hey all. Need some advice. I have a new metallic white gt3 on order. I plan to have it paint corrected, waxed by a pro and the front xpell wrapped.

I use the two bucket method, griots garage car soap, lambswool mit, and then blow dry. the question I have is what kind of spray on wax can I use to keep the car looking good? I'm looking for something fast and simple to use. Also what kind of applicator should I use? I'm nervous I'll scratch the finish. Any help and product recommendation are appreciated. thanks
Old 11-24-2014, 10:06 PM
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Duragloss Aquawax is awesome, fast, and easy. Use a soft, high quality edgeless microfiber towel, such as the Detailed Image edgeless or the one by The Rag Company.

While there are tons of excellent paste and liquid waxes for our cars, I've had a harder time finding spray waxes, to the point of making my own! However, Aquawax is great.
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Adam's Quick Detailer spray is very good.

Have your detailer OptiCoat Pro your car.

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Originally Posted by LexVan
Adam's Quick Detailer spray is very good.

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Adams is great but washes off easily, as do other top detail sprays. Finish Kare 425 and Poorboys QD+ and Adams all look fantastic with weekly use.
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Originally Posted by Chrono
Adams is great but washes off easily, as do other top detail sprays. Finish Kare 425 and Poorboys QD+ and Adams all look fantastic with weekly use.
Thanks, Chrono, I want to ask Santa for some Aquawax AND Detail Image microfiber towels, but, do you know of any online seller that sells both? I want to make it easy for Santa to go to one place. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Thanks, Chrono, I want to ask Santa for some Aquawax AND Detail Image microfiber towels, but, do you know of any online seller that sells both? I want to make it easy for Santa to go to one place. Thanks!
Amazon has both the Aquawax and The Rag Company Detail Master Edgeless towels. The normal heavy hitters like Autopia, Detailed Image, etc don't seem to have both.
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Originally Posted by Chrono
Amazon has both the Aquawax and The Rag Company Detail Master Edgeless towels. The normal heavy hitters like Autopia, Detailed Image, etc don't seem to have both.
Thanks again, Chrono. Which microfiber towel; thick, extra thick, normal?

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Get a few of each. The thickest and softest towels for final wipe, medium for detail spray, wiping clay lube, etc.
Another great towel is Poorboy's World "DMT". I also love their Spray and Wipe and Natty's Liquid Blue wax.
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Sonax Speed wax is a good one.

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