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Waxes and Polishes

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Snowfox
Vancouver
Washington, US
  • Master Mechanic
 Could someone help me out a bit discerning between waxes and polishes?I worked at a car wash dealing with both for a good while, but I was never really educated on the two or the difference between them.Any recommendations on a good polish? How is it applied? Before or after the wax?

[#] Jul 09, 2005 08:49pm
TRD_tC
  • Scion Guru
 Polishes are paint cleaners that generally use abrasives or chemicals to remove paint that has been discoloured by impurities and oxidization.Waxes contain many of the same abrasives and chemicals that polishes do with the addition of silicones or solvent resins to mask scratches and imitate what a “real?wax should do. However many waxes/polishes such as Zymol, Zaino Bros, Poor brothers, dont- have abrasives in them, and use all-natural ingredients to do the same, but better job! Overall pro-longing the paint-life of your vehicle!Simply Put.... -Polish Shines, Wax Protects.- :mrgreen:

[#] Jul 09, 2005 10:23pm
iripthekut
  • Tech Advisor
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However many waxes/polishes such as Zymol, Zaino Bros, Poor brothers, dont- have abrasives in them, and use all-natural ingredients to do the same, but better job! Overall pro-longing the paint-life of your vehicle!
do you mean Poorboy-s world, rather than Poor brothers?

[#] Jul 10, 2005 12:25am
Snowfox
Vancouver
Washington, US
  • Master Mechanic
 TRD... you know too damn much about everything. -_-So, if polishes have abrasives, should I even be using them? I currently don-t, but that-s why I had to ask about this in the first place.Do you know if Meguiar-s NXT Gen. tech wax has any abrasives? I-d like to start using Zaino once I run out of my current stash of Meguiars, but, of course, it-s pricey.Also, is wax applied after the polish, or before?

[#] Jul 10, 2005 02:48pm
bofett5
  • Scion Guru
 Using a high quality polish from time to time is fine. Since polish shines, and a shine comes from a surface that is smooth and free of imperfections, you do that first. You polish and or clay to get your paint -smooth as glass- before you start buffing away with your wax. Think about it, would you want to spend an hour or more rubbing your paint with a cloth/buffer when it has surface contaminants on it? That-s where swirls can come from. Also, I believe the smoother the surface your waxing the more effectively the wax will bond? Is it possible for polish to strip wax or reduce its level of protection?

[#] Jul 10, 2005 03:09pm
TRD_tC
  • Scion Guru
 Yeah, i meant poorboys, hehe, sorry, i was eating the poor brothers jalapaeno chips when i was typing, LOL...Meguiars NXT is just fine, they use a non-abrasive wax... Rule of thumb, at least when it comes to waxes/polishes/tire foam/interioir cleaner....If it smells fruity/wonderful, its probably non-abrasive. If it smell chemically...it probably has abrasives in it.And a polish will reduce the protection of wax if applied and worked into the wax once the wax has dried and coated the surface. And yes, the smoother the surface, the better the bond between wax and surface.

[#] Jul 10, 2005 05:44pm

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