Just by coincidence, I just typed up a tutorial on using spray wax, I'm sure this would apply to just about any companies spray wax.
I'll remove the links, as they link out of Autopia...
How To Get Great Results With Meguiar's Spray Wax!
* NXT Generation Spray Wax
* Quik Wax
Either of
Meguiar's two spray wax products work excellent by restoring a deep, rich, just-waxed look to your car's finish. The trick to using a
Meguiar's Spray Wax and getting great results is primarily in your application technique. It's also very important that you're applying it to a painted finish in the right condition. The right condition is a finish that is in
new or
like-new condition and already has a good base-coat of wax on it. This is one of the reasons we coined the term,
"Booster Wax" for the front label on
NXT Tech Wax. The idea behind the term is to imply that
Meguiar's Spray Waxes are product to be used on finishes that already have wax protection, not on neglected finishes in need of claying, cleaning and polishing.
When used on finishes already in great shape, either of
Meguiar's spray waxes in the automotive lines will quickly and easily add a deep, wet shine and restore that
just waxed look in most cases faster than you can apply and remove a traditional paste or liquid wax. This is partially because this is a very thin product that wipes on and spreads out easily, and also because properly applied to the correct condition finish, it wipes of very easily and quickly with a premium quality microfiber polishing cloth or 100% cotton, terry cloth towel.
There are two ways to apply a spray wax, both work equally well.
1) - Applying with a foam wax applicator pad
Basically, what you do is to take a clean, foam wax applicator pad, and mist some wax on to one side of the pad
to moisten it with wax. Then apply the spray wax like you would any other wax covering the car with uniform, overlapping motions. You only need a thin coating.
If you start at one corner of your car, and then go around the car till you end up where you started, you can then begin removing the wax following the path in which you applied it.
Here's my daughter spraying
NXT Tech Wax onto a foam applicator pad,
Here she is applying the Spray Wax with the foam applicator pad,
If she can do this on black paint, anyone can do it.
After applying a thin coating of the NXT Spray Wax, she removes it using a fresh, clean, dry microfiber polishing cloths. I usually use two
Ultimate Wipes with one in each hand.
It's quick and easy, but it takes applying and removing it a few times to become experienced and good at it. It was getting dark so I didn't get any after photo's but we have used this product so much since purchasing the Pilot that I can assure you, it always comes out looking great!
2) - Applying with a microfiber polishing cloth
Another method of applying a
Meguiar's Spray wax is to apply it using a microfiber polishing cloth. Here's my daughter misting some NXT
Tech Wax onto a clean, folded
Ultimate Wipe. The trick to making this technique work is only using one side of your folded microfiber polishing cloth to apply the NXT Spray Wax over the entire car.
First she moistens one side of an
Ultimate Wipe and then she can either spray some NXT Spray Wax onto the finish, or continue to spray some onto this same side of the Ultimate Wipe as she works her way around the Pilot.
The reason this method works is because once you have dampened one side with wax, you now have a wax-moistened surface that spreads and applies wax like the foam applicator pad. If you try to continually switch to a new, dry side, the cloth will tend to adsorb your product while your trying to spread it out and thus you will feel like you're fighting yourself while trying to spread the product out.
Here is what a thin coating applied over the entire finish looks like,
Then, after applying to the entire finish, you can start removing the wax where you first started applying the wax and follow your path of travel.
Hope this helps...
Mike
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