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Accumulator · 09-13-06, 03:17

I've heard of people removing/buffing wax with foam before and I've tried it- not my cup of tea, I'll stick to buffing it with MF. When I did it, I worked by hand using a foam "wax removal pad" that I got from Griot's. It was about the same as a regular finishing pad. Too risky IMO, I'd worry about marring or at least streaking, especially once the foam gets loaded with wax residue.

I apply with the PC/Cyclo (speed ~4 with the PC) and remove with MF bonnets on the same machines. I remove all the wax (#16, 476S, you name it) with *usually* just one MF bonnet, and that's on the A8 or, more recently, the Blazer. If you put the wax on nice and thin, one bonnet (and one MF for by-hand follow up) will be sufficient. If you put the wax on thicker, then yeah, you're gonna need more bonnets/towels to get it all off (which is a good example of how excess LSP is a complete waste of product, time, and effort).

The last time I buffed #16 off the A8 (this last weekend) the ~6" Meg's MF bonnet still looked perfectly clean after I was finished, couldn't see any wax on it. But then I'm a bit of a fanatic about thin LSP applications.

09-13-06, 03:17	#8 (permalink)
Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 21,173	I've heard of people removing/buffing wax with foam before and I've tried it- not my cup of tea, I'll stick to buffing it with MF. When I did it, I worked by hand using a foam "wax removal pad" that I got from Griot's. It was about the same as a regular finishing pad. Too risky IMO, I'd worry about marring or at least streaking, especially once the foam gets loaded with wax residue. I apply with the PC/Cyclo (speed ~4 with the PC) and remove with MF bonnets on the same machines. I remove all the wax (#16, 476S, you name it) with usually just one MF bonnet, and that's on the A8 or, more recently, the Blazer. If you put the wax on nice and thin, one bonnet (and one MF for by-hand follow up) will be sufficient. If you put the wax on thicker, then yeah, you're gonna need more bonnets/towels to get it all off (which is a good example of how excess LSP is a complete waste of product, time, and effort). The last time I buffed #16 off the A8 (this last weekend) the ~6" Meg's MF bonnet still looked perfectly clean after I was finished, couldn't see any wax on it. But then I'm a bit of a fanatic about thin LSP applications.