Stan944

I'm attempting to make my 944 look nicer, and bought a few products for cleaning/polishing/waxing the body.
Among others, I bough Mother's Carnuba wax. But it's solid (like a bar of soap), not fluid, and I'm not sure if I can use it with a random-orbit electrical polisher? Can I?

Mighty Shilling

Ok, take a screwdriver, and chop it up, toss some chunks on the car, and random-orbit electrical polish the hell out of it. it'll look great.

Don 944 LA

Yeah that yellow carnuba wax is pretty hard. Make sure that that is the last ( outside ) coat. I like to also apply some sort of polish with plenty of oils in it. This soaks up into the paint. Then I apply a blue ( soft ) wax, then the Yellow Carnuba.

I'm sure that you can just put the chunk anainst the orbital spinning very slow to transfer the wax.

I only use orbit polishers for compounding. Nothing beats a hand waxed job. It's very easy to get it too hot and wear the wax right off.

hoffman912

carnuba in its natural state is solid as a brick. the more silicones they put in it the softer and more malable it will be.

macnewma

A hand waxed job? Sorry I couldn't resist.

As far as using a solid carnauba with a polisher, it can be done as a little heat from friction will allow it to spread pretty easily. Why not just use the foam applicator?

Max

Jakerx

or use meguiar's deep crystal system! good stuff...

83na944

I thought you were only supposed to use the polisher to polish the car to remove swirl marks. Then apply a wax.

Meguiars Gold Class Liquid is good.

Anyone ever use Klasse products?

GOBOGIE

I use the liquid Mother's Carnuba in the red bottle. It's all I use on my car and I consistently get remarks like "that's the shiniest guards red I've ever seen". Granted it helps that my car's paint is original and in great shape to begin with!

pologuy

Supposedly from the professional detailers site, the 2 best waxes are P21S and Meguiar's #16.....

Stan944

Guys, I didn't have much time lately, but did a few surfaces (mostly the roof). It was completely dull, now it's shiny! It looks great.
I used TurtleWax polishing compound first, Meguiar's color enhancement, and finally Carnuba wax.

macleod911

Go to CarCareOnline.com Get the phone number and call Larry. Tell him what your problem is and he will solve it! It is amazing how much he knows about paint.

Mongo

Mother's carnuba is awesome! It's a very good quality of wax and should last a long time on your finish. I am a fan of M-Gold Class wax also, its a combination of synthetic polymers and carnuba. It also lasts a hell of a lot longer than Meguiars conventional cleaner-wax.

BTW, a tip for applying the wax taken from the Zymol bottle and actually works too: After waxing the car. Spray cold water on the surface and buff out immediately to set the wax job in. Then, leave the car outside to bake the wax in the sun. Your car will have a more durable shine. Have fun!

Andy

UDPride

Only buy the wax that is just good enough for your paint. Finer wax on suspect paint is not worth it. The paint is the least common denominator. If you have crap paint, buy cheap wax because the better stuff will not be able to do its magic if your car has sore spots everywhere.

I cant wait for Pete to bring over his newly sprayed S2. When we're done with it he is going to pee his pants. If he takes photos you will too.

Mongo

are u gonna take photos of him peeing his pants too?

Andy